-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Power Edition vs Network Edition
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:23:47 -0500
From: "Ed Skolnik" <eskolnik AT interpublic DOT com>
To: "'George Sinclair'" <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV>
Power Edition bypasses the TCP/IP stack locally, it uses cross memory
services to pass information between processes on the same
box.
-----Original Message-----
From: George Sinclair [mailto:George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: Power Edition vs Network Edition
I seem to recall another difference in the communication between the
server and devices. Something about NetWorker being developed
to work in a networking environment where devices may not be local to
the server. As a result, I think it uses TCP/IP to send the
commands to the devices to load/unload tapes, etc. -- just the nsrjb
commands, or something like that. Anyway, I could have sworn
that someone from Legato mentioned that the Network Edition did things
this way, but that the Power Edition used a different level
of communication to speed things up. Not sure, but I recall something
about this being another difference between the editions.
George
Librado Pamintuan wrote:
>
> Good morning,
> I made an inquiry from Legato about this a few months ago. According
> to Legato, the main difference between Networker Power and Network
> Edition is the Server Parallelism. Network Edition has a maximum of 32
> and Power Edition has a maximum of 64 save streams.
> We have the Network Edition and 6 DLT 7000 tape drives on our tape
> library, that's why each drive is limited only to 5 save streams (5 x 6
> = 30).
> The pricing is also different, because I want to maximize the tape
> drives, I inquired how much will it cost to upgrade to Power Edition,
> the upgrade cost is $ 22,000.00 (CAN) and subsequently there will be an
> increase on our software/technical support contract.
>
> Librado Pamintuan
> Technical Support Analyst II
> Information Systems Dep.
> Operations Group
> City of Regina
>
> Phone: (306) 777-7573
> General Fax: (306) 777-6804
> eFax: (306) 546-6002
> eMail: lpamintu AT regina DOT ca
>
> >>> Treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM 07/29/03 01:12am >>>
> Craig Ruefenacht wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A few months ago I upgraded our Networker v6.1 server to 6.1.3. The
> server
> > OS is HP-UX 11i.
> >
> > Prior to upgrade, the nwadmin GUI said we had Networker Power
> Edition.
> > After the upgrade, it says we have Networker Network Edition (v6.1.3
> build
> > 428). I upgraded using the media that Legato sent us on our
> software
> > maintenance. I haven't noted any big differences in speed as far as
> > backups/restores using the Network Edition (I've read the little
> > documentation there is about the difference between Power Edition
> and
> > Network Edition as well).
> >
> > My question is, is Networker Power Edition server on different media
> than
> > Networker Network Edition, and, does the license for each cost
> different?
> > It would appear that they use the same enabler code, since I went
> from a
> > Power Edition (v6.1) to a Network Edition (v6.1.3) without having to
> obtain
> > any updated enabler codes. I've been unable to get a clear answer
> from our
> > reseller or Legato on this. We are trying to reconcile our Legato
> licences
> > and I'm trying to figure out if we are using a more expensive
> > license
> (for
> > Power Edition) for a cheaper product (Network Edition).
> >
>
> The binaries are the same whichever edition you are using. The only
> exception to this was pre-6.0 when there was a separate nsrd binary
> for Enterprise Edition, and this was only because the licensing worked
> differently.
>
> If you are using all the same enabler codes, then the edition should
> be the same. It is perplexing that it is not. My question to you would
> be,
> did you ever actually buy Power Edition and do you pay maintenance
> based
> on Power Edition? The reason I ask is that I have seen a situation
> where
> a server is using an enabler that in theory was not PE, but it did in
> fact identify itself as PE. The customer had never bought PE. I don't
> know whether or not it enabled PE features such as immediate saves.
> What
> I am suggesting is that this was a bug that erroneously identified PE,
> and perhaps this has now been fixed in 6.1.3. Could this theory fit in
> your case?
>
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