Yes. The phrase you want to Google is "technology dividend". The specialty processors IFL, ICF, IIP, IFA all "carry" to the new machine but without an upcharge get significantly faster since all of those run at full speed regardless of weather you run with sub-capacity general purpose engines or not. The GP engines carry the burden of the pricing legacy that is pervasive on the platform but all the specialty processors. There is some fine print you need to do the right kind of upgrade you cannot just acquire a new box without any connection to the old box and float the engines over by osmosis:-) This is not hard. We are still carrying one IFL I think we bought on a 9672 G6 now it is on a z10 EC. I don't have any other server that gets part of it's cores refreshed for free every few years.
https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/charter/techdividends.html https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/z10bc/index.html Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z Performance and Availability Management mailto:[email protected] (office) 301.986.3574 (cell) 301.996.1318 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Y Odo Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM halves mainframe Linux engine prices Timothy Sipples wrote: > As Mark Post alludes to, the author forgot lots of things, including (for > example) the traditional separation between IFL purchases and frame upgrade > purchases. That is, typically an IFL purchase much more closely resembles a > one-time charge. > Can you elaborate on that point? And cite documentation for it? I mentioned that to my bosses in one of my many attempts to sell Linux/IFL to my management. The way I understand it, if we purchase, say, a z10 BC with an IFL, when it comes time to upgrade to the next generation processor (a z11?) we don't need to shell out that $47K again ... we pay for the new box, memory, channels, standard CPs, etc. but we get the IFL enabled "free" on the new box. Is that a correct interpretation? --Stephen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
