The Sun GlassFish Portfolio is offered in two licensing formats: per-server or unlimited. A per-server subscription is an annual subscription based on the number of physical or virtual servers on which the software components of the Sun GlassFish Portfolio are deployed. An unlimited subscription is an annual subscription based on the number of company employees. Per-server offerings include Basic, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. The unlimited subscription is offered for Gold or Platinum.
Basic includes Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and Sun GlassFish Web Stack. Per-server basis.
Silver includes the Basic components, plus Sun Web Server, Sun Web Proxy Server, and Sun Message Queue. Per-server basis.
Gold includes the Basic and Silver components, plus HADB. The Enterprise Manager components are also included: Performance Advisor, Performance Monitor, and SNMP Monitoring. Per-server basis.
Gold Unlimited includes all Gold components, plus Sun GlassFish Web Space Server and Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Bus. Unlimited basis.
Platinum includes Basic and Silver components, plus HADB. The Enterprise Manager components are also included: Performance Advisor, Performance Monitor, and SNMP Monitoring. Also includes account management. Per-server basis.
Platinum Unlimited includes all Platinum components, plus Sun GlassFish Web Space Server and Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Bus. Also includes account management. Unlimited basis.
The following table indicates the components that are included with each offering of the Sun GlassFish Portfolio. Links to the documentation for each component are also provided.
Table 1 Sun GlassFish Portfolio Offerings and Documentation
Component |
Basic |
Silver |
Gold, Gold Unlimited |
Platinum, Platinum Unlimited |
Documentation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included | |
Sun GlassFish Web Stack |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included | |
Sun Web Server 7.0 |
Included |
Included |
Included | ||
Sun Web Proxy Server 4.0.9 |
Included |
Included |
Included | ||
Sun Message Queue 4.3 |
Included |
Included |
Included | ||
Sun GlassFish Web Space Server |
Included in Gold Unlimited only |
Included in Platinum Unlimited only | |||
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) |
Included in Gold Unlimited only |
Included in Platinum Unlimited only | |||
Sun GlassFish HADB |
Included |
Included | |||
Enterprise Manager
|
Included |
Included |
GlassFish 2.1 document collection |