Whats the difference between Workgroup and Enterprise versions of Progress?
In an attempt to reorganize and simplify their pricing structure, Progress has created two tiers of Progress database servers. The Enterprise version is the full product with all the performance enhancing features. The Workgroup version is stripped down by not including any of the APW/BIW/AIW processes and not having improved multiple processor support via the -spin parameter (effectively returning performance of the database to the same level it used to be before V6.3). There is also no support for raw disk usage. Accordingly, the Workgroup server is only recommended for smaller systems with the database considerably less than 1GB, a single processor, and less than 30 users (there is supposedly a hard-coded limit of 65 users). Users who are currently running V6.3-V7.3 databases can contact Progress in order to upgrade to an equivalent product under the reorganized scheme. In later versions of Progress, Workgroup products also dont include some of the new performance enhancements. Ther
