The numbers are real enough. Rockin good price comparison. On Friday 18 January 2002 08:38 pm, you wrote: > > I'm not talking about the operating system, but the middleware and > applications. > > DB2 UDB for Linux is the same price based on the number of engines. I can > support more users on a 390 engine then an Intel engine. Hence I need more > copies under Intel. Same for Websphere and then we get down to the > applications. > > > Given the rule of thumb of 100 Intel servers can be consolidated to a > single 390 server... > > 100 copies of DB2 costs a lot more than 1 copy > 100 copies of Websphere costs a lot more than 1 copy > 100 copies of NT costs more than 1 copy of VM > > I thought I saw that DB2 UDB was $20K per server/engine. So, just on a > software side, DB2 under Linux/390 being able to replace 3 copies of DB2 > UDB on Intel, would basically reach a break even point. > > z/VM 4.x $45,000 > DB2 UDB for Linux $20,000 > Total: $65,000 > > DB2 UDB for Intel: $20,000 per copy > 3 copies: $60,000 > > Of course, if anyone has real numbers, I'm all ears... > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting
-- Rich Smrcina Sytek Services, Inc. Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
