We converted from standalone client copies to DB2 Connect Server under zLinux.
Reasons: 1. Cost. The standlone copy was about $450 per. The server copy for 25 Named user was around $2,250. A Named user is per user and cannot be shared. A 25 pack for concurrent users costs much more. Another varient is a cost per engine based on your application server or web server size. Then there is the enterprize wide license. 2. I have multiple DB2 Connect servers running. One is production which has been up for more then 2 years. A fall back server in case the production server crashes (just change what you connect to). And a test one and MY test one. 3. If I add another DB2 (VSE), I just need to add it to DB2 Connect Server. Many PC based product will then see the new server when you open the connection. 4. The "thin client" on the pc is much smaller in disk space and PC memory usage. 5. Putting it, or really "them" on zLinux, is what zLinux is all about. Server Consolidation. Takes about 1-2% CPU. However, you have already paid for your current copies. We went with the server method and redistribute the standalone copies to certain users that we couldn't talk into the server method. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Tom Ambros <thomas_amb...@keybank.com> Sender: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:43:16 To: <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> Subject: DB2 Connect client, any sense in running server? We're running the DB2 Connect client at the various distributed machines that require it. Is there any sense in running the DB2 Connect server product in a Linux on System Z guest to serve the other guests or the distributed machines removing the client from those distributed devices? I am of the impression that the only purpose for the server, at this point, is to perform two-factor commit under certain circumstances that we do not encounter here. Do the advantages of running the client wash out when Linux on System Z for a set of guests becomes the configuration? Thank you for sharing your experience and advice. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key send an e-mail to mailto:dnereque...@key.com with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
