Those of you with z10BC machines waiting for the z12BC to come out had better
learn to make do with what you have.
Keep in mind that z10BC is just _one_ generation removed from the current z114
"business class" machine. Nevertheless, hardware MES were withdrawn earlier this
year and microcode MES are announced withdrawn as of June 2013.
A memory upgrade is both hardware (the physical DIMMs) and microcode (enabling
the memory). The only way to get additional memory for a z10 these days is to
buy it on the used market. And, IBM is charging a premium price for the "magic
screwdriver" to enable this memory: $8K/GB! Thus, a 16GB memory upgrade would
cost $128K in services PLUS the cost of the memory itself! (FYI. You can buy a
brand new z114 machine for that...)
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-338-0400 x318
edja...@phoenixsoftware.com
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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