I've always thought that the restrictions IBM puts on sites and the
hoops you have to go through to save money really suck. I've never had
to do any of that, as our last 2 machines were an MP2003 and our current
MP3000, and the pricing IBM gives you is pretty good without going
through all of the gyrations. I've sat through several sessions
explaining how to save money at Share and MCMG. Every time I sit
through a session, my overriding thought is WHY? Why not just cut the
price for everyone!
The first time I heard IBM talk about the 4 hour rolling average that
pricing is based on, I though there is no way we could utilize this.
Since pricing is based on the highest rolling 4 hour average (I hope my
understanding of this is right - if not I'm sure someone will correct my
thinking), I knew it wouldn't give us any relief, even if we could use
it. Every month we get periods of 8 hours or longer where the CPU is
pegged out. Why doesn't IBM just take an average for the month in
billing, and give us a user friendly way to cap it?
Eric Bielefeld
P&H Mining Equipment
ibm-main wrote:
Capping LPARs anytime is bad - in the case of defined capacity, probably BAD
(broken as designed).
Just a monumental example of marketing apparently over-riding the techos.
The contortions customers have to perform to use the machinery they paid for
is mind-numbingly stupid.
The "perfect solution" Gil mentions, is surely the only common-sense
design - *from day 1*.
I too have a customer that moves MSUs around - although with less
regularity; end of month/quarter, that sort of thing.
Shane ...
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