SUSE Geo Clustering - Inherited Subscription - 5 Year

Introducing SUSE Geo Clustering - Inherited Subscription - 5 Year, a comprehensive clustering solution crafted to protect and optimize mission-critical workloads across geographically dispersed data centers, campuses, edge sites, and cloud environments. This edition provides a five-year inherited subscription that is specifically designed for academic and volume licensing needs, offering predictable budgeting and simplified license management through the Novell Volume License Agreement (VLA). Delivered electronically for rapid access, it enables you to activate, deploy, and scale geo-distributed clusters with minimal delay, empowering IT teams to deliver high availability, disaster recovery, and resilient performance at scale. Whether you operate a university research lab, a government agency, or a distributed enterprise, this license enables you to consolidate your clustering strategy under a single, robust entitlement, eliminating the friction that often accompanies multi-site deployments. By installing on a PC or server, you unlock the full spectrum of clustering capabilities, including automated failover, cross-site replication, centralized policy enforcement, and streamlined orchestration across nodes. The inherited nature of the subscription means you can adapt to changing workloads as virtual machines and containers are moved or scaled within your environment, maintaining compliance while optimizing resource utilization. Academic pricing and volume licensing provide an accessible path to enterprise-grade resilience, while electronic delivery accelerates procurement and supports modern, digital-first IT operations. With SUSE Geo Clustering, you gain a reliable foundation for geo-aware workloads, data integrity, and service continuity, backed by a vendor with decades of expertise in enterprise Linux and clustering technologies. This 5-year license is designed to stay relevant as your needs evolve, offering room to expand within the socket coverage and across additional sites as your geo-distributed architecture matures. In short, this product combines licensing flexibility, powerful geo-clustering features, and a forward-looking renewal path to deliver lasting value for academic institutions, research centers, and enterprise teams seeking uptime, scale, and governance across dispersed environments.

• 5-year inherited subscription for 1-2 sockets, enabling long-term deployment with stabilized budgeting and reduced renewal uncertainty, all optimized for academic and volume licensing under the Novell Volume License Agreement (VLA).
• Geo-distributed high availability and disaster recovery capabilities that protect critical services across multiple sites, with automated failover, cross-site data replication, and policy-driven orchestration to maintain service levels during site outages or network interruptions.
• Electronic delivery and academic/volume pricing provide fast access to licensing entitlements, predictable costs, and flexible terms that align with research timelines, procurement workflows, and scalable deployment plans.
• Inherited virtualization support simplifies license management when workloads move between physical hosts and virtual environments, enabling smoother capacity planning, migrations, and licensing compliance as your infrastructure evolves.
• Easy activation and deployment on PC or server, with full feature access after installation and a clear path to expand clustering across additional sockets or sites as your geo-distribution strategy grows.

Technical Details of SUSE Geo Clustering - Inherited Subscription - 5 Year

• License Type: Inherited subscription
• Term: 5 years
• Socket Coverage: 1-2 sockets
• Delivery Method: Electronic
• License Agreement: Novell Volume License Agreement (VLA)
• Licensing Model: Academic, Volume pricing
• Virtualization Support: Inherited virtualization
• Product Focus: Geo Clustering for distributed deployments across multiple sites

How to install SUSE Geo Clustering - Inherited Subscription - 5 Year

• Step 1: Confirm system prerequisites and ensure your hardware and hypervisor environments are compatible with the SUSE Geo Clustering release you plan to deploy; verify network prerequisites for cross-site replication and failover.
• Step 2: Obtain the installation package through electronic delivery, and verify your entitlement for 1-2 sockets under the 5-year inherited subscription; prepare license keys or entitlement file as required.
• Step 3: Run the installer on a supported PC or server, follow the guided prompts to complete the base installation, and choose the geo-clustering components to deploy according to your topology.
• Step 4: Activate the license during or after installation by entering the inherited subscription details and confirming license status; ensure connectivity to license servers if required by your environment.
• Step 5: Configure the cluster topology, enable geo-replication across sites, define failover and recovery policies, and validate the setup with controlled failover tests to ensure readiness for production workloads.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What is SUSE Geo Clustering - Inherited Subscription - 5 Year?
  A: It is a 5-year license that provides access to SUSE Geo Clustering capabilities under an inherited subscription model, typically used in academic and volume-licensed environments.
• Q: How long is the license valid?
  A: The license remains valid for five years from activation, with renewal options available under new terms or licenses as your organization expands.
• Q: What does inherited virtualization mean?
  A: Inherited virtualization means the license can cover virtualized workloads that are moved or scaled within environments governed by the same or compatible licensing terms, simplifying management when virtual and physical resources coexist.
• Q: How many sockets does the license cover?
  A: The listing indicates coverage for 1-2 sockets; verify your hardware configuration to ensure alignment with the license scope before deployment.
• Q: Is delivery electronic?
  A: Yes, this product is delivered electronically, enabling immediate access after purchase and entitlement verification.