What is a 10-clients?

[webexplorer]

http://www.apple.com/server/macosx

I read about the Mac OS X Server. What a 10-clients mean to you? I do not understand it.

Does it mean that:

(1) it allows up to 10 employees to have their own account to access the server software?

(2) it allows up to 10 people (customers) to open their own account.

(3) it runs up to 10 different server-computers.


I think that it is pretty confusing for anyone to understand what the 10-clients really mean.

[fryke]

Number 1. Or 2? Definitely not 3. The "clients" are computer connected to the server directly, making use of the server's services. I'm not sure what you mean by the second point, so I'd go with 1.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Yep -- it's number 1. A "10-client" license will allow you to have 10 "client" machines connect to the server at a time (you can have as many machines as you want connect to the server, but only 10 simultaneous connections are allowed).

[webexplorer]

ahh, Thanks. Actually, I was thinking of number 3.

May I ask you a different question?

I do not see a database that works with Dreamweaver MX 2004 so the only way for a database to connect is a Mac OS X server. Is that correct?

I have a Dreamweaver MX 2004, and I don't know how to connect a database. Actually, I have never tried to create something for the database on MX 2004 (?).

[Go3iverson]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

Yep -- it's number 1. A "10-client" license will allow you to have 10 "client" machines connect to the server at a time (you can have as many machines as you want connect to the server, but only 10 simultaneous connections are allowed).

Remember, this applies to file sharing services only.

[fryke]

So, for web services, it's all clear for any use, right? (I never quite bothered with the 10-client version's restrictions...)

[Go3iverson]

Historically the user licensing has been used only to restrict file sharing services. For example, you could use a 10 client license/cluster node Xserve to host an Open Directory with 100 users or so forth.

[Kees Buijs]

Originally Posted by webexplorer

http://www.apple.com/server/macosx

I read about the Mac OS X Server. What a 10-clients mean to you? I do not understand it.

Does it mean that:

(1) it allows up to 10 employees to have their own account to access the server software?

(2) it allows up to 10 people (customers) to open their own account.

(3) it runs up to 10 different server-computers.


I think that it is pretty confusing for anyone to understand what the 10-clients really mean.

It allows 10 connections to the server at once. This is only sensable in case a limit has any meaning (e.g. for DNS a limit is useless). This will apply at least for File Sharing and IMAP (and I think POP3 members also).


Buy the unlimited edition, a much better choice. Good luck, Kees