On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Rick Fochtman <[email protected]> wrote: > ------------------------------------<snip>--------------------------------- > >> Don't be sorry. I'm glad you said it. I had something happen the other day >> that really made me laugh. The ratio of System Admins to system programmers >> here is about 8 to 1. Management wanted us to start showing the admins the >> systems aspect of z/os and the z10. One of the really bright guys came over >> and the first thing he asked was when the system hangs how do I reboot it. I >> laughed out loud and explained to him that we have scheduled IPL's once a >> week and don't do reboots in the middle of the week. He really couldn't >> believe it. >> > > -----------------------------------<unsnip>---------------------------------- > BTDT, Mike. Our IPL interval was the first Sunday of each month, but our M$ > boys were rebooting 2-3 times daily. > > SYSPROG staff was 4, vs. 2 Admins for each server. Management argument was > that M$ servers were less expensive than z-series but I wonder if they ever > computed the "people costs"? > > Rick
They need to calculate total cost of all servers and total cost of all admins. Then show them they could run 300 zLinux servers on per IFL with very few admins and low SAN disk space under z/VM. Don't forget utility and cooling costs too. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
