[gpfsug-discuss] Spectrum Scale licensing - important correction

[Flanders, Dean]

Hello Carl,

Yes, for existing IBM direct customers that may have been the case for v4 to v5. However, from my understanding if a customer bought GPFS/SS via DDN, Lenovo, etc. with embedded systems licenses, this is not the case. From my understanding existing customers from DDN, Lenovo, etc. that have v4 with socket based licenses are not entitled v5 licenses socket licenses. Is that a correct understanding?

Thanks and kind regards,

Dean

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From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org> On Behalf Of Carl Zetie - carlz at us.ibm.com
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 2:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Spectrum Scale licensing - important correction

Folks, I need to correct a common misunderstanding that is perpetuated here:

> As IBM has completely switched to capacity based licensing in order to 
> use SS v5

For new customers, Scale is priced Per TB (we also have Per PB licenses now for convenience). This transition was completed in January 2019. And for ESS, it is licensed Per Drive with different prices for HDDs and SSDs.

Existing customers with Standard sockets can remain on and continue to buy more Standard sockets. There is no plan to end that entitlement. The same applies to customers with Advanced sockets who want to continue with Advanced. In both cases you can upgrade from V4.2 to V5.0 without changing your license metric.

This licensing change is not connected to the migration from V4 to V5. However, I do see a lot of confusion around this point, including from my IBM colleagues, possibly because both transitions occurred around roughly the same time period. 

Regards,

 
Carl Zetie
Program Director
Offering Management
Spectrum Scale
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(919) 473 3318 ][ Research Triangle Park carlz at us.ibm.com
 



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