On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:51:23 -0700, Bill Johnson <mellonb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>We are considering creating a separate LPAR just to run Connect Direct on >because it would reduce the cost of the Connect Direct product by about 80% >saving around $80K. Is anyone doing this? Does it make sense? Drawbacks? > The question is: Does it make sense for your shop? It depends on what else is needed on that LPAR (other supporting software, for example automation, scheduling, etc.), management of that LPAR, etc. "Penalty Boxes" have been used by many shops. SAS in particular before they allowed LPAR pricing. This is similar, although not a separate box. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
