From 545b6fcd94033f38867168ab48e2726d3bc6e5af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fedor Korotkov Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:06:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Provide license usage examples (#568) --- docs/licensing.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/licensing.md b/docs/licensing.md index 2b3157e..e64b279 100644 --- a/docs/licensing.md +++ b/docs/licensing.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ but organizations that exceed a certain number of server installations (100 CPU will be required to obtain a paid license. ??? note "Performance and Efficiency Cores" - The virtual CPU cores in Tart VMs do not differentiate between the high-performance and high-efficient cores + The virtual CPU cores in Tart VMs do not differentiate between the high-performance and high-efficient cores of the host CPU. Instead, Tart VMs automatically alternate between these types of cores depending on the workload being executed within the virtual machines. As a result, both performance and energy-efficient cores of the host CPU are treated equally in terms of licensing. @@ -19,11 +19,22 @@ will be required to obtain a paid license. ## Free Tier By default, when no [license is purchased](#get-the-license), it is assumed that an organization is using a Free Tier license. - You can find the Free Tier license text in [Tart](https://github.com/cirruslabs/tart/blob/main/LICENSE) and [Orchard](https://github.com/cirruslabs/orchard/blob/main/LICENSE) repositories. Free Tier license has a 100 CPU core limit for Tart and 4 Orchard Workers limit for Orchard. +??? info "Usage Scenarios Examples" + + Here are a few examples that fit into the free tier: + + - Using Tart on 12 Mac Minis with 8 CPUs each running up to 24 VMs in parallel. + - Creating an Orchard cluster of 4 Mac Studio workers with 24 CPUs each. + + Here are a few examples that do not fit into the free tier: + + - Using Tart on 13 Mac Minis with 8 CPUs each. + - Creating an Orchard cluster of 5 Mac Minis workers with 8 CPUs each. + ## Gold Tier If an organization wishes to exceed the limits of the Free Tier license, a purchase of the [Gold Tier License](#get-the-license) is required, which costs \$1000 per month.