z/OS.e and NALC are the same price. The primary difference being the limitations of z/OS.e and that z/OS.e could be a sub-capacity pricing metric while NALC was full capacity.
Ed was correct that zNALC is priced lower than either once the billable MSUs are above 45MSUs. The difference is not large, at 175 MSUs z/OS.e is $6,300 and z/OS with zNALC is $6,040 (USD). The big difference between NALC and zNALC is sub-capacity in an LPAR rather than a dedicated machine. Also it seems more clear cut to me as to what is a "Qualifying Workload" for zNALC. While the zNALC LPAR is to be dedicated to the "Qualifying Workload" the database server used for the "Qualifying Workload" can also be in the zNALC partition. This allows DB2 to be with WebSphere if DB2 is the database server for a WebSphere "Qualifying Workload". Al Sherkow, I/S Management Strategies, Ltd. Consulting Expertise on Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, WLC, LPARs, IRD and LCS Software Seminars on IBM SW Pricing, LPARs, and IRD Voice: +1 414 332-3062 Web: www.sherkow.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
