Response:
Teradactyl has a licensing model that uniquely benefits large sites
both in terms of price and ease of license administration. TiBS
is licensed by operating and network file systems. An initial license
charge (ILC) for each operating or network file system purchased,
permits the user to backup an unlimited number of client machines
within that operating or network file system. We do NOT have any
per seat charges for TiBS. We do not require our customers to track
or report the number of machines currently being backed up by TiBS.
If multiple TiBS servers are required, the ILC's purchased may be
deployed on multiple TiBS servers within a licensed site at NO additional
charge.
To
support an increasing number of computers or to reduce the backup
window, TiBS uses process packs. A process allows one backup job
to run on any of a site's backup servers. Purchasing additional
processing licenses allows more backups to run in parallel at
any given time. With TiBS, you can generally add more processing
packs to increase data processing capacity and/or reduce backup
windows. This pricing architecture gives our clients the ability
to scale their backup system to meet future needs without having
to pay upfront charges for utility not currently needed. Processing
packs are not operating system or network file system specific.
Your change from one flavor of UNIX to another, for instance,
will not require you to buy new processes or pay an upgrade fee
for the processes you currently own. Processes may be transferred
between TiBS backup servers. The only restrictions with your processes
are that they must remain within the department or entity that
purchased them and they must be applied to the TiBS Edition purchased
(Full, Lite, or Small Business).
The
TiBS Automated Tape Library Interface (ATLI) and Disk Library
Interface (DLI) are both licensed per backup server. With the
ATLI module there are no additional charges for the number of
drives, tape slots, or physical libraries connected to a TiBS
backup server. The charge is the same regardless of tape library
manufacturer for all supported models.
