The cost of IBM-boxes, which you base your whole argument on, is listed on www.ibm.com. If you had taken a few minutes to check it out you would have found that the cost has been reduced significantly the last couple of years.
In our TSM environment the cost and maintenance of the AIX TSM-servers is about 5-10% of the total cost, excluding software licenses and the man hours to keep the TSM environment running. Saving a few dollars by using Intel/Linux-combo is totally out of the question. In our experience the AIX-server is absolutely trouble free and it's superior to Intel/Linux when it comes to handling I/O. In fact I would choose Windows before Linux to avoid the device driver "kernel panic" nightmare horror stories I so often hear about. When you say that "the project would have to go HORRIBLY wrong before he go to the point that it would be cheaper to stick with AIX", I have to ask what your backup is worth in the first place. Mabybe you should consider not backing up your systems at all and save some trouble. "He could probably spend 6 man months working on this problem before he'd approach the cost differential between a single Linux and AIX server." Sure, but not in the real world. Best regards Hans Chr. Riksheim -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: New Linux server issues I've got nothing against AIX, but unless the pricing of AIX boxes has changed significantly since the last time I looked, the project would have to go HORRIBLY wrong before he go to the point that it would be cheaper to stick with AIX -- especially if he's buying a bunch of them. He could probably spend 6 man months working on this problem before he'd approach the cost differential between a single Linux and AIX server. (The same would be true if it were an HP or Sun server, BTW.) Then once he solves it, he gets to experience the joys of that cost differential over and over as he buys a bunch more Linux servers at a few thousand dollars apiece. We've got many clients using Linux servers all over their production environment and I don't think it's like the picture you're trying to paint. There can be just as many problems getting a new AIX/Solaris/HPUX config working. Man, do I know that. I've banged my head against many a Sun/IBM/HP/Digital keyboard. --- W. Curtis Preston -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen S. Rout Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] New Linux server issues >> On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:44:43 -0400, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > We have been having all kinds of interesting adventures trying to get our > new DELL 2900 with 5TB with RHEL 4 (fully patched), [...] Just out of curiosity, have you put enough work into getting this flying that your management acknowledges that AIX would have been cheaper? - Allen S. Rout <html><body><br /><br /><br /><font face="Arial" size="1"><hr>This email originates from Steria AS, Biskop Gunnerus' gate 14a, N-0051 OSLO, http://www.steria.no. This email and any attachments may contain confidential/intellectual property/copyright information and is only for the use of the addressee(s). You are prohibited from copying, forwarding, disclosing, saving or otherwise using it in any way if you are not the addressee(s) or responsible for delivery. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender and cancel it immediately. Steria may monitor the content of emails within its network to ensure compliance with its policies and procedures. Any email is susceptible to alteration and its integrity cannot be assured. Steria shall not be liable if the message is altered, modified, falsified, or even edited.</font></body></html>
