WebServer License
There seems to be some confusion about the
licensing of the PxPLUS WebServer.
You now have 2 possibilities to activate the
PxPLUS WebServer:
- Buy the PxPLUS WebServer 'add-on' package. (package 20002)
or
- Buy the PxPLUS 'E-Commerce' Bundle, which includes the WebServer, plus many
more things. (See pvx_bundles.htm )
The number of users your PxPLUS is activated
for, is equal to the number of Task Handlers of the WebServer.
What's a PxPLUS WebServer Task Handler ?
How many such Taskhandlers do you need ?
Well, every time the WebServer is requested to do
*anything*, the request is handed over to a Task Handler for execution.
With a single user license of PxPLUS (or a single user E-Commerce bundle), the
WebServer has one (1) Task Handler. This Task Handler will handle each and every
one request sequentially.
Only after the 1st request has been handled (or has timed out), the Task Handler
will start handling the 2nd request. And so on.
In other words, a request will only be executed as soon as the Task Handler has
finished processing the previous request.
If you have a license for 2 Tasks, the WebServer
will (probably) give the 1st request to the 1st Task Handler and the 2nd request
to the 2nd Task Handler. The first Task Handler to end handling the request will
then receive the 3rd request to handle. And so on.
In other words, Task Handlers run parallel. The more Tasks you have licensed
(activated), the more likely that waiting requests will be served faster.
When the WebServer is started, it will automatically start the number of Task
Handlers which you have configured (activated). These Task Handlers will sit and
wait until the WebServer hands them something to do.
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