Tom Moulder wrote:
Thank you Timothy for informing us that the same customers and maybe a few new ones are running fewer "z" machines to do more. Why are they ordering bigger machines? Could it be the introduction of DB2 Version 8 or 9? Trying to run Websphere on "z"? Software is a good market for IBM because it also drives hardware revenue. I don't know how to figure this into the profitability of any particular software product, but it is definitely there.
Setting aside issues like single point of failure, lack of redundancy, etc. running on a single CEC provides tremendous advantages over running separate CECs. In terms of managing and distributing computing resources, the fewer CECs the better. And, today's machines can run a lot of work compared to those of just a few years ago. Anyone running multiple CECs to mitigate limitations of the technology (e.g., number of CPs, number of LPARs, real storage limitations, etc.) has been able to consolidate. I've seen some of our largest customers doing exactly that, especially after the introduction of z990.
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