Veritas Cluster license

[jainmanoj]

I need to know the licensing method if i am planning to run 4 Node Window cluster  on Virtual machine.

1) Physical Machine having Dual CPU with 12 core ( Intel Xeon E5).

2) Virtual Machine having 16 vcpu each .

So need to understand how many license i need to buy to create 4 node Vertias Cluster and which license type .

Quick help is appreciated.

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

The new product name is 'Infoscale'.

Are you interested in Cluster software only, or Storage Foundation as well?

Best to discuss licensing requirements and actual product(s) that you need with your local reseller.

Herewith extract from Infoscale Licensing Guide:

[mikebounds]

You licence by core for the least amount.

So if you have 2 ESX servers and each has 24 cores, then if you run a 2-node cluster with each VM exposed to 16 cores then you pay for 2x16=32 as this is less than 2x24=48, but if you ran a 4-node cluster on the same 2 ESX servers, then you would licence for 2x24=48 as this is less than 4x16=64.

Mike