OkiePC
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(I posted this on the Rockwell forum a week ago, it has 7 views and zero responses.)
As of now, we have Factory Talk Activation running on an obsolete company server. The boss want to get rid of the server altogether. Most of what we do has already been moved away from it.
We have about 6 employees who run Rockwell Software. We have several licenses for RSlogix 500 and one of each for FTView, RSLogix 5000 Mini, RSLogix 5000 Standard, and RSLogix 5000 MLP. If we get rid of that server, we have a few options: Buy everyone a license for everything. This is the simplest and most wasteful option, since some of these licenses will rarely get used. Get Dongles and split the licenses up. This would be fine until Person A is in New Mexico with the Studio 5000 dongle and Person B in Kansas needs to use it for an hour.
We have already quit using our office server for file storage, opting to use a Google Team Drive instead. That got me to thinking that perhaps there is a cloud based server option that could host Factory Talk Activation manager. Even if there was a nominal fee to lease this cloud based server, if the activation software could run that way, it would be the best way for us to maximize availability at a minimal cost.
Does anyone know if that is possible?
As of now, we have Factory Talk Activation running on an obsolete company server. The boss want to get rid of the server altogether. Most of what we do has already been moved away from it.
We have about 6 employees who run Rockwell Software. We have several licenses for RSlogix 500 and one of each for FTView, RSLogix 5000 Mini, RSLogix 5000 Standard, and RSLogix 5000 MLP. If we get rid of that server, we have a few options: Buy everyone a license for everything. This is the simplest and most wasteful option, since some of these licenses will rarely get used. Get Dongles and split the licenses up. This would be fine until Person A is in New Mexico with the Studio 5000 dongle and Person B in Kansas needs to use it for an hour.
We have already quit using our office server for file storage, opting to use a Google Team Drive instead. That got me to thinking that perhaps there is a cloud based server option that could host Factory Talk Activation manager. Even if there was a nominal fee to lease this cloud based server, if the activation software could run that way, it would be the best way for us to maximize availability at a minimal cost.
Does anyone know if that is possible?
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