To chime in on this: I don't believe you would need to purchase multiple copies of CF for virtualized servers, only one per *physical* server, with up to 2 max CPU's.
Since the license for CF is for 1-2 CPU's, running it on an unlimited number of VM's residing on a single physical server (dual CPU dual or quad core) would still conform to the license. Of course, you would need to go beefy to properly support anything more than 2 - 3 instances of windows / CF, but 8 gigs of ram would be cheaper than 4 copies of CF Enterprise =) With your example, run 4 virtual servers on a dual CPU quad core system, and software licensing would be (4) windows at $2000 and 1 CF enterprise at $6000. Also, I believe the next version of Windows server will support 'virtualized' instances right out of the box, and would share the same OS code for each virtual machine. This would remove the necessity for multiple windows instances. I really think virtual servers sharing a license would be the way to go for CF hosting I think, have a beefy machine with relatively small VM's so each user has a 'dedicated' server to play with, and pay for only 1 CF license =) Chris Peterson Nathan Strutz wrote: > First off, licensing - windows 2003 web edition costs around $500 last I > checked, though I don't track the virtualization pricing schemes. ColdFusion > Standard edition is about $1300 and ColdFusion Enterprise weighs in at > $6000. CF is always licensed to physical CPU pairs (dual cores count as 1 > CPU). > > To go the CF Enterprise way, If you have 4 servers, 2 processors each, > you'll buy 4 Windows licenses, and 4 CF enterprise licenses. - cost: > $26,000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
