Perhaps you already know about this, but there is something called a "qualifying Parallel Sysplex" required to obtain aggregated software licensing. Here's some more information:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/swprice/sysplex/ There are also scenarios where Parallel Sysplex may provide more efficient utilization of resources, allowing otherwise smaller capacity settings on members of the Sysplex (and/or deferring capacity increases). This depends on your workloads, of course. And, then of course, there are the positive attributes of Parallel Sysplex itself, attributes which may have cost benefits elsewhere in the organization. Your situation may vary, but it's important to run a full and realistic analysis. You may have done that already, but perhaps these comments are at least useful to others. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.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
