On this general topic, has anyone else priced z800s lately? A z800 ranges from ~40 (smaller than the smallest Multiprise 3000) to ~630 MIPS with 10 capacity settings over 4 engines. Minimum memory is 8 GB. Runs all software (i.e. it's 64-bit). It's even Parallel Sysplex capable.
Just for fun I looked up the 1990 (marketing list) price for an ES/9000 Model 120: U.S. $70,500. (That's $104,449 in 2005 U.S. dollars, adjusting for inflation.) That was a 31-bit uniprocessor model (and that's it) with 256 MB maximum memory (the $70,500 didn't get you that :-)) and a maximum of 12 channels. I can't remember if the 120 had LPARs or not, but the z800 has up to 15. Is that a fair hardware price comparison? - - - - - Timothy F. Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect IBM Americas zSeries/z9 Software Phone: +1 312 529 1612 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
