Actually, I find it straight forward. It is approximately $31 list per point. Each product has a different set of points assigned at a specific tier level but there are only three tiers based on my last contract.
Desktop is not in the tier system for Windows at least it is a 4 point device. Tier 1 Intel 32 bit up to and including 4 processors (not workstations, servers) Tier 2 Intel 32 bit over 4 processors, Itanium 1 up to and including 23 processors Tier 2 RISC 1 - 23 processors Tier 3 HP V-Class 14 and up processors Tier 3 RISC 24 and up processors So a simple table will calculate everything. Do not know where you got the 8 processors as the break point unless that is a recent change. -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Point system has me very confused Can somebody help me to understand this point/tier system. It understand that sharing Tivoli pricing information is some kind of no-no, so please feel free to reply off-list. What I think I understand so far. Workstation Clients ??? Tier 1 - 1 ~ 4 processors on Intel 32bit hardware. Tier 2 - RISC or Intel 64bit - I assume 5 ~ 8 processor 32bit Intel boxes as well. Tier 3 - Greater than 8 processor?? In Tivoli pricing land, what is considered a "server". For example, I don't think an RS/6000 Model B50 (piece of junk) with a 9GB drive used for development work should be a Tier 2 machine. I don't even consider it a Tier 1 machine. Even though it runs DB2, it is basically a workstation. How many points is each tier worth, and where do normal workstation machines fit in? How many points is the TSM server itself? on a tier 1 (NT) server? on a tier 2 (AIX) server? How many points are the Data Protection products, specifically Domino? What about DB2, do you just buy enough points to cover the tier of the machine? Even if there is no plan to backup "files"
