I would look at history and see that machines are withdrawn as new machines come on line. My guess is that a new one will be announced before fall. I would also look to other product lines of IBM to see what might be coming. They have done some amazing things with the P-Series. It would not surprise me that some of what they learned there doesn't rub off on the z-Series. Do a google for IBM P6.
A doubling of the processor speed, greater bandwidth, greater parallelism. Gee, that all sounds like goodness to me. The only question is price/performance, but history says that will get better too. Christopher Y. Blaicher BMC Software, Inc. Austin Development Labs (512) 340-6154 The comments made are my personal opinions. BMC Software, Inc. makes no representations or promises regarding the reliability, completeness, or accuracy of the information provided in this discussion; all readers agree not to rely on this information or take any action against BMC Software in response to this information. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach This makes z900/z890 perfect solutions for a DRP site. A low MSU rate machine with 1-15 CBUs. Best deal for a five years deal. Itschak -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld If you're in the market for a new or upgraded CPU, for whatever reason, why would you not want to get the latest - in this case a z9. Why would you go with the z890? I don't know whether the CPU costs more or less, but the MSU rating of the z9 and subsequent lower software costs make the z9 a better deal. The only thing I could see working to get a z890 is if on the used market the price is so much cheaper that even with the lower software cost of the z9, the total package would be cheaper. Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
