Re: TCO comparison Intel vs EC12 IFLs

2016-02-01 Thread Kurt Acker
I've used this tool in the past: Alinean's IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool That said, Google did not return any current information on it so care should be taken with potiential use. Although I do see some TCO info on there web site, I could not find a link to their tool from with

Re: TCO comparison Intel vs EC12 IFLs

2016-02-01 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 2/1/2016 at 12:37 PM, "Will, Chris" wrote: > Any TCO comparisons of Intel x86 processors (vmware) vs EC12 IFLs that is not > authored by IBM? We are comparing costs on a EC12 14 IFL system running WMB, > WAS, and DB2 vs running this on an x86 solution running vmware.

TCO comparison Intel vs EC12 IFLs

2016-02-01 Thread Will, Chris
Any TCO comparisons of Intel x86 processors (vmware) vs EC12 IFLs that is not authored by IBM? We are comparing costs on a EC12 14 IFL system running WMB, WAS, and DB2 vs running this on an x86 solution running vmware. Looking for information on how many x86 cores would be needed to replace

SHARE San Antionio 2016 - Request for Session Chairs

2016-02-01 Thread Crossno, Johnathan
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Re: TCO comparison Intel vs EC12 IFLs

2016-02-01 Thread Eduardo Oliveira
You would need to qualify the situation... there is no magic formula to convert x86 cores to IFLs, each case depends upon many variables, for instance: - Which Intel X86 technology is being consolidated? - How fast is the x86 clock? - How much is the x86 server utilization? - What type of