Licensing Policy

3/24/2009 12:37 PM

FRP Licensing Policy

You will need a license for each machine that is running a copy of the Replication Server (FRPRep) software on it. This is every machine that serves as a partner in the replication process as a source or target for replication.

In most cases,  this means a customer will require a minimum of 2 licenses to use FRP.  The only exceptions would be if you use FRP to replicate files between drives\volumes or folders on the same machine or when using a NAS with a UNC path.

The management server and it's helper service do not require a license. They may be co-located with a replication server or installed on a different machine.  It is important that only one management server is running on the network, more than one instance of the management server will cause serious problems.  One management server can control all your replication nodes whether on the same lan or anywhere else around the world.

The license is portable and can be transfered to another machine when changing servers but will not permit two machines to run on the same license. 

Support Licensing

FRP support contracts provide email support and limited telephone and RDP sessions if needed.  Support is licensed one contract per server per year.  For instance if you have 3 servers running FRP you will need three annual support licenses.  Licenses can be purchased on our website at http://www.filereplicationpro.com/buy  

Support includes all updates and releases for one year. We issue Minor updates every 2 - 4 weeks and Major releases every 3 - 6 months.

Click here to see last few years of release history.

Open File Manager

The OFM (Open File Manager) is an optional add on for windows and is licensed separately per server.  You will need one license for each server that has locked system, application, or database files on it that need to be replicated. You do not need an OFM license (or installation)for the destination server if it is only to be used to store copies of the replicated files.