-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe Datacenter Migration
Yep thts true .. I just wanted some document which will explain the complexity involved in mainframe datacenter migration which can be put up to top management and also will help in preparing RFP. <snip> As others have said, it depends, based on what you currently have and what you want to end up with. Let us suppose that you are going to move an existing facility across the street. 1) Whatever your current A/C requirements are you will have to meet the same 2) Whatever your power requirements are now, have to be met there (120VAC, 220-250VAC, 3 phase, etc.) 3) ACCESS ACCESS ACCESS - just because the other building has a computer room the same size as what you currently have, doesn't mean that your equipment will fit through the doors or on the elevator. 4) Now if you are consolidating while doing the move, you must have the info to determine if the new site will accommodate 5) Raised floor now? Will the other side have raised floor and will it be tall enough and will it support the weight of what you have? 6) ACCESS - do you have to have some type of security access, does the other site have to be modified to provide same? 7) Software licenses -- processor id(s) or dongles, etc. ... And the list goes on to cover communications lines (external, internal, phone, data, etc.), fire suppression/alarm, etc. There is a lot you have to know (FULL inventory of what you currently have, giving floor space, access requirements, power, etc. ab naseum), just to start down this road regardless of where you want to end up. So you can see why no one really wants to bite on this until you can give a bit more info because some of the things listed don't apply if you are outsourcing (theoretically the vendor's issue(s)). Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
