Last I heard, PULSE uses Tandem for the ATM's and uses a z/890 for the ancillary (balancing, posting, reporting) functions. If we look only at the 'clearing' function, then it is all z/os plus the usual assortment of tinkertoy servers. There might be a *nix or two in there somewhere.
And has been so for at least 15 years. No plans to do anything differently except possibly moving the Tandem work to z/os. That software vendor offers ports to both platforms. I would guess that Pulse paid about $500k for their z/890. Maybe $1.2m as it sits today. Don't have the DASD prices handy, but I'd guestimate the total to be a little shy of $30m. Perhaps $27m shy :-) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark F Morris Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 6:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows The following discussion on comp.lang.cobol may prove interesting. I would be curious to read if any of the major claims such as American Airlines Sabre moving totally to Unix are wrong. Clark Morris On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:38:36 -0500, in comp.lang.cobol Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:58:52 -0600, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 1 May 2008 02:56:51 +1200, "Pete Dashwood" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...snip For example, PULSE, the largest ATM/EFT clearing system in the US, runs entirely on Unix servers. "The base zSeries 990-332 machine, without disk and memory, costs around $15 million. If you had to beef it up with an appropriate amount of memory and disk, the mainframe hardware might cost $30 million. If you have to add monthly software fees for three years to this machine, it is probably on the order of $50 million for this machine over three years, including maintenance. Mainframes don't have list prices--which used to be against the law for IBM--so it is hard to say for sure. Even if you assume a 50 percent discount, after adding in the software costs, you are talking about $55 per TPM. That's a 10 to 1 price premium. And it will get worse as the Power6 and Power7 generations roll out, unless IBM consolidates the zSeries into one of these future Power-based servers. And that is why many people believe IBM will do just that, as it has already done with its proprietary OS/400-based servers." http://www.itjungle.com/tug/tug120204-story02.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
