IdeaJam(tm) : Lotus Domino Messaging & Collaboration Express licenses should allow a single, two-server cluster for DR purposes. Even if it req's an 'upgraded license' of some type.

Domino Server / Other: Lotus Domino Messaging & Collaboration Express licenses should allow a single, two-server cluster for DR purposes. Even if it req's an 'upgraded license' of some type.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:26:31 +0000

Author: Craig Wiseman
Tags: express cluster licensing
Idea:

Domino Express licenses are a very nifty way to get & deploy N/D for smaller customers.

BUT if you want to do something very simple, like have a backup server at a DR site that's 'hot' and ready, you enter a pretty complicated licensing situation.

Domino clustering is (honestly) one of the best selling points, esp when compared to the "business partner revenue cow" that is Exchange clustering.

For small, single server shops, we should make this very easy - even if there's a charge to upgrade the Express license to allow two-server clustering.

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re: Lotus Domino Messaging & Collaboration Express licenses should allow a single, two-server cluster for DR purposes. Even if it req's an 'upgraded license' of some type.

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:02:54 +0000

Author: Bill Malchisky
Comment: As you know, the option here for a one server shop on an express license (which implies free Domino server licenses with Notes client express licenses paid), accrues a several thousand dollar upgrade to an Enterprise license just to get clustering.

This helped kill a deal at a small conservative bank. They wanted clustering, but had 200 users and the server upgrade fees added $10k to the bill--just so they could cluster. "Wow...the trade journals are right...Lotus is more expensive than Microsoft--we had no idea".

Customers at small shops don't know what goes into a technology or how good Lotus products are. They just know that feature A satisfies business need B and has cost C. If C is too big, the solution is too expense, not, "Does the business really need A to solve B or is there a different way with the same product suite?"

re: Lotus Domino Messaging & Collaboration Express licenses should allow a single, two-server cluster for DR purposes. Even if it req's an 'upgraded license' of some type.

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:03:06 +0000

Author: Mathieu Pape
Comment: I entirely agree. In Belgium, most of the companies are SMB. We can rarely propose clustering to them. This could mean a serious advantage compared to Exchange.

re: Lotus Domino Messaging & Collaboration Express licenses should allow a single, two-server cluster for DR purposes. Even if it req's an 'upgraded license' of some type.

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:17:26 +0000

Author: Ralph Borcherds
Comment: They are going to do this with the Collaboration Express Server

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