There's also a triple technology dividend between a z800 and a z10 BC. And more granular capacity settings. And zIIPs and zAAPs. And much beefier IFLs for additional consolidation potential.
I'm not sure what capacity you have for your z800, but let me guess it's a 2066-0B1 which is approximately 99 MIPS and exactly 20 MSUs (full capacity). Other examples are similar. Here are some z10 BC configurations that would be analogous to a 2066-0B1 (ignoring potential specialty engine benefits): 2098-J01: ~96 MIPS/12 MSUs 2098-E02: ~96 MIPS/12 MSUs 2098-K01: ~108 MIPS/14 MSUs 2098-F02: ~107 MIPS/14 MSUs Let's go with the average of 13 MSUs. Just moving to a z10 BC would yield a ~35% reduction in MSUs, which then yields a substantial reduction in IBM license charges. For example, if you're currently seeing a peak 4HRA of 19 MSUs on a z800, you'd probably see that change to 12 MSUs on a z10 BC. There's most likely a strong business case here for doing something different/smarter when putting the ingredients together. Whether your employer sees the business case reasonably accurately then acts on the business case is another question, unfortunately. :-( - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation & Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
