Re: Hot standby

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On 5 Mar, 11:42, Roy Hann <specia... (AT) processed (DOT) almost.meat> wrote:

Quote:

jack jones wrote:
So if we upgrade from 2.6 to 2006 we only pay for what we need support
on as there are no licences anymore.

It's not quite that simple. *As I understand it (and I may well be
wrong), you can download executables for a stale version or a beta
version and use it without paying for the right-to-use. *The GA
executables that you can download are for 30-day evaluation or paid
use only.

You can of course download the source code of the GA version and compile
it yourself and use that without restriction. *But then if you ran into
a problem you'd be expected to fix it yourself too.

Therefore we could use back up systems and keep them on the same level of software and providing we're not using it for testing and it doesn¢t automatically take over there is no additional licence payable to Ingres. Isthat correct ?

If Ingres is actually running, for the purpose of participating in a
replication scheme, that is probably not correct. *However if you were
to do disk-level replication to a standby machine, and Ingres is not
normally running on it, you'd probably be OK. *(The idea being that you
power-down the failed box and the standby box comes up with the same
host name, IP address, etc., so it's just replacing a failed machine.)

Failing that *if i wanted these systems supported it would cost *£1k plus per
socketper annum. Can anyone else provide open source on support or do
we have to go to ingres the company?

At present, AFAIK, there is no one offering support on community
versions. *All you get is community support--i.e. more-or-less well
informed, with no guarantees, no legal indemnification, and no
certification of the executables. *

Note all the use of "probably" and "AFAIK" above. *If you want to really
try this you'd need to get authoritative advice first. *If you want, I
can ask for you, or you can contact Ingres.

--
Roy

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I think Roy has covered all the bases, but for absolute confirmation
and the latest pricing details, your best bet would be to contact
Ingres directly.

Feel free to use me as a point of contact and I can put your account
manager in touch with you.

Cheers,

Jim

Jim Callaghan

NEMEA Partner Manager, Ingres Europe Limited
Tel: +44 01753 559541
Mob: +44 07918 703786

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