Licensing question re: 2012 R2 Essentials and IIS
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2012 Essentials seems to use CAL, which from my limited understanding is related to how many users/devices can be using businessy services off of the same server. Does that directly apply to IIS? IIS comes pre-installed on 2012 Essentials from what I read and I'm trying to figure out whether I need Standard or can save hundreds of $ and get an Essentials license for my home server to run a private beta of my new web app off of a T110 in my closet. Could not find this via Google, does anyone know for sure?
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The use of IIS on your LAN requires CALs, yes.
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If you want to run a PUBLIC web server, IIS does not require CALs, it couldn't since you can't know how many users you have. Public vs. private usage is key to CAL determination.
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@scottalanmiller said:
If you want to run a PUBLIC web server, IIS does not require CALs, it couldn't since you can't know how many users you have. Public vs. private usage is key to CAL determination.
So just to be clear/confirm, I'm just using 2012 R2 as a web, app, and database server, and no LAN clients will connect to it w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor. Does that mean no CALs beyond the included ones are necessary?
It is public in that it's only people across the country that have a private invite connecting to the web app and myself, but through a browser.
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@creayt said:
So just to be clear/confirm, I'm just using 2012 R2 as a web, app, and database server, and no LAN clients will connect to it w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor. Does that mean no CALs beyond the included ones are necessary?
No CALs needed for the IIS aspect. The database, whatever it is, may or may not have licensing needs. You will need a Windows Server CAL for each internal user that connects to any aspect of the system - Windows, IIS, DB, etc. This would apply to if you were running Apache and MySQL too.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@creayt said:
So just to be clear/confirm, I'm just using 2012 R2 as a web, app, and database server, and no LAN clients will connect to it w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor. Does that mean no CALs beyond the included ones are necessary?
No CALs needed for the IIS aspect. The database, whatever it is, may or may not have licensing needs. You will need a Windows Server CAL for each internal user that connects to any aspect of the system - Windows, IIS, DB, etc. This would apply to if you were running Apache and MySQL too.
Just saw this:
http://content.screencast.com/users/creayt/folders/Jing/media/f88e9a8d-d6e4-49fe-b5a3-32d04ea3e2a8/2015-07-14_1434.pngI'll be running IIS, MySQL Community, and a Java-based app server, the which I have a license for. It sounds like this will work, thank you.
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Why the Windows and IIS given that lineup of tools? MySQL does much better on UNIX. Java is indifferent. Does you have an IIS dependency?
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@creayt said:
w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor.
Window Server includes two Administrative User CALs so you'd be good there.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Why the Windows and IIS given that lineup of tools? MySQL does much better on UNIX. Java is indifferent. Does you have an IIS dependency?
No dependency, but I don't feel comfortable adminning Linux or Unix ( have logged less than 5 hours w/ Linux ever and found running and adminning Apache on OS X very annoying, though I know it's simpler w/ a scratch install ) and most importantly: I don't think you can make a single SSD push 4.5 giggers a sec on a *Nix OS, so my raw performance would be much worse.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@creayt said:
w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor.
Window Server includes two Administrative User CALs so you'd be good there.
Sure, but if he connects an internal (home) web browser, he needs a CAL for that - most likely.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Why the Windows and IIS given that lineup of tools? MySQL does much better on UNIX. Java is indifferent. Does you have an IIS dependency?
Out of curiosity, do you have some links to explain/illustrate the "MySQL does much better on UNIX" phenomenon? I've heard both that that's true and patently false, but the only time I really looked into it I arrived at a post on MySQL.com or wherever that was at the time where a higher up at MySQL was touting how well MySQL runs on Windows and that they have an epic number of clients that do just that.
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@Dashrender said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@creayt said:
w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor.
Window Server includes two Administrative User CALs so you'd be good there.
Sure, but if he connects an internal (home) web browser, he needs a CAL for that - most likely.
It looks like 2012 R2 Essentials doesn't use CALs at all, it just has an upper limit after which you need to switch to Standard. See my earlier post for details.
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@creayt said:
@Dashrender said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@creayt said:
w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor.
Window Server includes two Administrative User CALs so you'd be good there.
Sure, but if he connects an internal (home) web browser, he needs a CAL for that - most likely.
It looks like 2012 R2 Essentials doesn't use CALs at all, it just has an upper limit after which you need to switch to Standard. See my earlier post for details.
You're right, I did forget about that feature of Essentials.
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@creayt said:
I don't think you can make a single SSD push 4.5 giggers a sec on a *Nix OS, so my raw performance would be much worse.
Where is Windows getting that performance from that UNIX doesn't have?
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@creayt said:
@Dashrender said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@creayt said:
w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor.
Window Server includes two Administrative User CALs so you'd be good there.
Sure, but if he connects an internal (home) web browser, he needs a CAL for that - most likely.
It looks like 2012 R2 Essentials doesn't use CALs at all, it just has an upper limit after which you need to switch to Standard. See my earlier post for details.
Yes, it has a user cap.
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@mlnews said:
@creayt said:
I don't think you can make a single SSD push 4.5 giggers a sec on a *Nix OS, so my raw performance would be much worse.
Where is Windows getting that performance from that UNIX doesn't have?
Samsung's Rapid Mode on any 840/850 SSD. It turns the system's RAM into a write back cache and this box has 32GB and gets this performance:
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@creayt said:
@Dashrender said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@creayt said:
w/ the exception of me over remote desktop to set it up and monitor.
Window Server includes two Administrative User CALs so you'd be good there.
Sure, but if he connects an internal (home) web browser, he needs a CAL for that - most likely.
It looks like 2012 R2 Essentials doesn't use CALs at all, it just has an upper limit after which you need to switch to Standard. See my earlier post for details.
Ah, didn't catch that it was essentials.
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@creayt said:
It's kind of depressing, because TEN 850 Pros in a Raid 10 only put up these numbers:
Yeah but those 10 did it without sucking up any RAM and without risk of data loss from a power event. Credit where it's due and all that.
