Re: licensing and distributions ...

Bill Nottingham <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:37:24 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.ia64.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Christopher D. Maestas ([email protected]) said: 
> Cluster Licensing
> -----------------
> Is there any licensing issue on installaing redhat advanced server on a cluster of Itanium2 machines?
> Is it buy once, and install anywhere?   Or should we just stick to the i386 version for clusters to be
> safe?  I can't find much information on this via the website ... 

I believe the licensing is similar to Advanced Server for x86.

> Distributions
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> How much different is the rh72 install base for Itanium2 versus the advanced server version?  
> (besides the kernel)

The kernel is the biggest difference; notably, it includes support for
HP's Itanium 2 line, which isn't in 7.2. The userland is reasonably
similar.

Bill