Thanks Alan, Although the z/solution is indeed a good one it is going to be a super tough job to convince managment not to just go buy another Intel box (we already have a license for that DB/2). There doesn't appear to be any $$$$ incentive. Time to start schmuzing.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:35 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: z/LINUX DB/2 pricing? On Wednesday, 02/13/2008 at 12:10 EST, Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:58 AM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan > Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -snip- > > If you license it on your CPs, you will pay $386 x 100 x 4 = $154,400. If > > you buy an IFL for $125K, you will pay $22,500 for a new z/VM license > > (using STG value unit metrics) and $38,600 for DB2 (using SWG metrics), > > for a total of $186,100. It's cheaper to buy it for your CPs, but not by > > much. > > And that's if you're silly enough to pay list price for the IFL. Not too many > people do that I'm aware of. The downside of course is the second z/VM LPAR > and all that entails in the way of infrastructure and care and feeding. > > With the current z/VM pricing model, wouldn't the 5th license come cheaper than > that? (I forget where the price breaks are positioned.) Thanks for the nudge. The price drops at 4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 21, and 26 processors. Since Tom already reached the first plateau of savings, he only pays $20,250 for the extra z/VM license, not $22.5K. Remember, too, that the number of processors you run z/VM on is calculated on the *enterprise* level, not by CEC (box) or customer number. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
