Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread McKown, John
I've been looking at this on the IBM web site. I was thinking it might be a possibility for our end of month crunch. But it doesn't seem to be. So I'll ask here. Is this what On / Off Capacity on Demand is for? How does it affect OEM software costs (likely it depends on the contract). -- John

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I was thinking it might be a possibility for our end of month crunch. But it doesn't seem to be. Why not? So I'll ask here. Is this what On / Off Capacity on Demand is for? Yes, as long as you don't use it for more than 45 days. How does it affect OEM software costs (likely it depends

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Marian Gasparovic
Gasparovic IBM Slovakia On Dec 19, 2007 3:31 PM, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been looking at this on the IBM web site. I was thinking it might be a possibility for our end of month crunch. But it doesn't seem to be. So I'll ask here. Is this what On / Off Capacity on Demand

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Ted MacNEIL
but requires a POR to turn off It didn't last Feb. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Edward Jaffe
Hal Merritt wrote: COD is easy to turn on, but requires a POR to turn off. At least, that's my memory. I also seem to recall some frequency (twice a year?) and duration (couple of days?) limitations. Since 2003, OOCoD goes either way dynamically. COD seems to be targeted to DR boxes or to

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Hal Merritt
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Capacity on Demand? I've been looking at this on the IBM web site. I was thinking it might be a possibility for our end

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Martinez, Frank J
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Capacity on Demand? Hal Merritt wrote: COD is easy to turn on, but requires a POR to turn off. At least, that's my memory. I

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Marian Gasparovic
boxes or to be able to swallow a rare huge workload spike. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Capacity on Demand? I've been

Re: Capacity on Demand?

2007-12-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
I can only speak (unofficially) re: IBM software considerations with Capacity On Demand, but I think you'll be pleased. 1. For MLC, you pay only for the month(s) in which you have increased your capacity. If you have VWLC (subcapacity MLC) -- as you probably should with CoD -- you pay only