| StoreGrid Installation |
List Price per installation (calculated for a year) |
| StoreGrid Backup & Replication Servers |
Free |
| StoreGrid Backup Client on a Desktop OS* |
$30 / year |
| StoreGrid Backup Client on a Server OS** |
$60 / year |
| OPTIONAL PLUGINS |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for Exchange Server Backup |
$60 / year ^ |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for Backup of UNLIMITED number of Exchange Mailboxes |
$30 / year |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for SQL Server Backup |
$60 / year ^ |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for MySQL Backup |
$30 / year |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for Disk Image Backups (Bare-metal) |
$60 / year |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for MS SharePoint Backup |
$60 / year ^ |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for VMware Backup |
$60 / year / socket |
* Desktop OS - Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, 2000&Mac OSX
** Server OS - Windows 2008 Server, Windows SBS Server, Windows EBS Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server, Linux, FreeBSD
^ For Windows SBS Servers, MS Exchange backups MSSQL and MS SharePoint backups will cost $30 each instead of $60 per installation per year.
Licensing in StoreGrid
StoreGrid licenses are required only for the client installations backing up to the Backup Server. A Client Access License (MCAL) is a license unit that allows a client to backup to the StoreGrid backup server. You simply need to purchase Client Access Licenses (MCALs) from us which will be credited in to your Customer Zone account. You can add these MCALs to your Backup server as required, by generating MCAL license keys in your Customer Zone account. Client Access Licenses (MCALs) are then consumed from the backup server every month.
How many MCALs does a client need per month? It's quite simple – use the table below to do your math, or simply use our intuitive calculator.
Here is the how the different client installations use MCALs in the backup server
| Client Installation |
Number of MCALs consumed per month per installation |
| Client machine running Desktop OS - Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, 2000&Mac OSX |
1 |
| Client machine running Server OS - Windows 2008 Server, Windows SBS Server, Windows EBS Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server, Linux, FreeBSD |
2 |
| OPTIONAL EXTRAS (for Clients running Server OS) |
| StoreGrid Plugin for Exchange Server Backup |
+2 (Only +1 for Windows SBS servers) |
| StoreGrid Plugin for UNLIMITED number of Exchange Server Mailboxes |
+1 |
| StoreGrid Plugin for SQL Server Backup |
+2 (Only +1 for Windows SBS servers) |
| StoreGrid Plugin for MySQL Server Backup |
+1 |
| StoreGrid Plug-in for Disk Image Backups (Bare-metal) |
+2 |
| StoreGrid Plugin for MS SharePoint Backup |
+2 (Only +1 for Windows SBS servers) |
| StoreGrid Plugin for VMware Backup (UNLIMITED Guest OSes) |
+2 per socket of the Host Machine(s) |
Figure: StoreGrid Licensing Example
- A Windows Vista machine backing up files/folders will consume 1 MCAL every month in the backup server.
- A Windows 2003 Server backing up Exchange Server will consume 4 (2+2) MCALs per month.
- A Windows 2008 Server backing up Exchange Server and Exchange Mailboxes will consume 5 (2+2+1) MCALs per month.

You can use the Licensing and Pricing Calculator to find out your MCAL requirement and its costs.
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