Kammer, Charles wrote: > John, > We are in the process of going the other way, z800 to z9BC, and were able to > justify the move with the software savings that come with the z9. Has anyone > informed this manager that the cost will be going up for all IBM software (OS > & Middleware)? > > > > > Charles S. Kammer > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf > Of John McKown > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:52 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: MSU question z800 vs. z9BC > > I am ashamed to have to ask this at all. We currently have a z9BC. A high > manager has found what he considers a great deal on a used z800 that he want > to convert back when our lease expires. > > Anyway, does anybody have a pointer to some authoritive documentation which > would relate a z9BC MSU to a z800 MSU? I.e. if we have a 4hr rolling average > MSU of 40 on a z9BC, that would roughly translate to ??? MSUs on a z800. We > use SCRT for billing, so if the MSUs go up for the equivalent work (as I > believe they will), then this deal will be far less desirable. > > I would say more, but I need to keep my job. > > -- > John > > You don't tell a manager facts that go against their gut feeling, it just annoys them.
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