Wait a minute. The i series is the AS400, right? (I hope I didn't get that wrong again). There is a bigger AS400 box than the largest z10EC? I find that hard to believe, but then what do I know.
Eric ---- John McKown <joa...@swbell.net> wrote: > > Thanks for the info. The reason that I ask is a bit weird. I'm on a list > similar to this one, but for the iSeries machine. I was just talking about > relative processing. One person pointed me to the i 595 system. That is > mucho bigger than the biggest z10EC, as best as I can tell. Now, I've tried > to explain that huge shops on z/OS don't run on a single machine, but use > multiple machines joined together in a parallel sysplex. I don't think that > I ever explained parallel sysplex well enough for them to understand (likely > cause I'm not all that knowledgeable). > > So, this was just for "bragging rights" over on the iSeries forum. Not > really important. > > Oh, I'm on the iSeries list because we are very likely going to convert from > z to i towards the end of 2009. My manager has talked to a lot of shops who > have actually done this and are very pleased. Especially since the cost for > the same level of functionality and responsiveness is less than 1/2 the cost > of the z/OS. My manager has indicated that the entire package being > discussed costs about the same as just the base z/OS license cost (just z/OS > itself with no "optional" or vendor software). > > -- > John -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Washington University St Louis, Missouri 314-935-3418 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
