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by realm master

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I am looking at installing Windows 2000 servers for my web hosting business. What would be the best way to license the servers? I will be hosting customer sites on these servers.

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by tony

The iusr_machinename account is not considered to be a client in the sense of being required to have a so called cal (client acces license), therefor if you only have that kind of clients it would be cheaper to have a "per server" license.

by timwalsh

Much depends on how many servers you will be installing, and how the servers will be accessed for maintenance purposes.

You do not require CALs for any anonymous Internet connections. However, any authenticated connections (customer website requires user authentication for access) do require CALs.

Per server mode is not reccommended for environments that have more than one server.

In per seat mode, a CAL is required for each authenticated user regardless of the number of servers beingaccessed. In per server mode, a CAL is required by each user for each server being accessed.

Example: 15 authenticated users, 3 servers; all servers must be accessed by all users.
Per seat mode: 15 CALs required.
Per server mode: 45 CALs required.

Hope this helps.

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