I stand corrected. I was not aware that such systems were available. One site I saw after a brief search will even sell you a 12-core Xeon with Win7 Pro or Win 8.1 Pro for less than $4,200.
I also stand corrected that there are only 4-core i7 CPU's. I see now that there are 6-core versions, the i7-3930K for $600 and the i7-3960K Extreme Edition for $1,070. However, those IBM prices do mean RD&T is not really feasible for interested tinkerers. Especially with a 15% annual renewal fee. OTOH an obvious boon for genuine ISV's (or others with $$$ to spend). Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Williams, Jeff (MGS) Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 11:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Rational Development and Test (RD&T) aka z/OS on a PC A dual Xeon box with 12 cores and 64GB can be had for less than half the price of that Mac. If you have the $$$ for the licence, the hardware cost is a non-issue. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: August-06-14 11:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Rational Development and Test (RD&T) aka z/OS on a PC On 2014-08-06, at 08:53, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > > For Sysplex installations, IBM recommends an 11-Core system with 3 cores > devoted to linux and 8 cores devoted to z/VM and its guests. > > AFAIK ordinary people don't have access to an 11-core system. That would > require a "PC" with four i7 CPU's on the motherboard, and I don't know of any > such "PC" motherboard out there. > Hmmm. MacPro. http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/buy-mac/mac-pro Hardware * 2.7GHz 12-core with 30MB of L3 cache * 64GB (4x16GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC * 256GB PCIe-based flash storage * Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each * User's Guide (English) * Accessory Kit $8199 > Does that mean RD&T cannot really support a "Sysplex installation"? > You get what you pay for. Not everyone considers $8199 "ordinary". -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
