Options and Add-Ons
The Standard Edition and the Enterprise Edition of
Currency Server differ in some of the more advanced
features.
The following options are included in the
Enterprise Edition, but not in the basic Standard
Edition:
- Multiple FX Feeds (to aggregate or
cross-check data, for redundancy, etc.)
- Web Service Clients (one license for each remote
client, or one Unlimited Web Service Clients license)
- CPU Upgrades (for servers with more than four
CPU cores)
It is always possible to
add individual features
to the Standard Edition, or to
upgrade
from the Standard Edition to the Enterprise
Edition, thereby activating all features.
Some commercial (subscription-based) third-party services may optionally
be combined with either version of Currency Server:
- Exchange rate data subscription (not required for
the free feeds offered by the many public and official
sources which are supported by the software)
Commercial FX feed subscriptions are optional, i.e.
they are not required for the operation of Currency
Server. All
versions of Currency Server also work with
feeds
by Currency System, and other free and official feeds.
Multiple FX Feeds
The standard version of Currency Server supports
exchange rate data updates from a single
FX feed of your choice. The data source can be
changed at any time, however data aggregation,
cross-checks and failover involving multiple sources are
not supported in the standard configuration. If you
require this advanced feature, then you need the
Multiple FX Feeds license (which is included in the
Enterprise Edition).
Web Service Clients
The software license provided with the Standard
Edition allows for direct access to the software
interfaces from unlimited local clients, and places no
limitations on local or remote client access once the
data has been exported or otherwise processed (via SQL,
ASP, file upload, etc.) More specifically, COM
clients never need a separate client license.
If the Currency Server software itself is accessed
directly by remote clients via the Web service
interface, then one Web service client license is
required for each client accessing
the Currency Server Standard Edition software, or a
single Unlimited Web Service Clients or Currency Server
Enterprise Edition license is required for access by
unlimited clients.
The Unlimited Web Service Clients license becomes
less expensive than the sum of the individual client
licenses after about 10 individual client licenses. If
you prefer to purchase individual licenses you will be
able to replace them with an unlimited clients license
at no additional cost after you reach 12 client
licenses. Upgrading to the Enterprise Edition may also
be a viable option.
CPUs
The Standard Edition of Currency Server is licensed
for a single server with up to four CPU cores. In order
to run Currency Server on servers with more than four
CPU cores you can check the number of CPU cores in the
Software tab of Currency Server Manager (e.g. if an
evaluation version is installed) and then select the
appropriate CPU Upgrade license from the
Online Store. Each CPU upgrade doubles the number of
licensed CPU cores (the Enterprise Edition is licensed
for unlimited CPU cores).
FX Feed Subscriptions
No options or add-ons are required to access exchange
rate data, unless the data source itself requires a
subscription. The Currency Server software supports
multiple free and official
feeds that do not require a subscription, in which
case there are no costs other
than the software license itself. The software license
does not limit in any way the currency exchange rate
data that can be accessed with the software, or the use
that can be made with said data. This type of
restriction, if any, is usually set by the specific data
provider. Some of the supported providers, especially
private providers, do place some limitations on data use
and redistribution, typically including at least some
disclaimers, but most public and official institutions
do not place restrictions on the use of the data.
Currency System itself provides both a
managed service
(not required or intended for use by Currency Server)
and a
data feed for use by Currency
Server. The managed services are unrelated from the
Currency Server offering (the software does not make any
use of this data or service). The dedicated data feed,
instead, is free for Currency Server clients, and
complements additional free and subscription-based
offerings by third parties, which are all
supported by the software.
Additional Options
The software can further be extended by
adding the following types of custom components:
- FX feed Filters (e.g. to support
new FX feeds)
- Client Validation Modules (e.g. to
implement custom subscription-based
services)
- Custom Action Modules (e.g. to upload
data to a remote server, or feed data into a
database)
Currency Server includes detailed development
documentation
for the above items. Examples and source code
are also available.
Custom development services are also
available.
Currency Server ships with several
FX feed filters.
These filters are also available under a source
code license.
Volume licenses, site licenses, ISP licenses
and FX feed software bundling options are
also
available.
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