A thoughtful "epistle according to Sam" snipped; > A final thought is that running so lean and mean that finding 1/2 of a > CP suddenly occupied results in failure to meet business objectives is a > good argument to provision sufficient capacity for problems.
Mate, I have (what was) a multi-site customer that is migrating off-platform for reasons of less than half an engine. They wouldn't pay for an ICF, and wanted the M-thingies back from the CF LPARs. Eventually the second site was shut down; WLC and (severe) capping pulled the costs down on the remaining site. Not enough - on the way to being lost altogether. The Geico's of the world may not feel the pain, but the smaller end of town is. We all know what options we have to work with, but if the IT department has a 50% budget cut, they are *NOT* going to carry the can for contingency M-thingies. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
