Edward Jaffe astutely observes: >According to the charts on www.tech-news.com (see "public library"), the >smallest G6 machine (available 2Q99) was a 9672-X17 cycling at 178 MIPS >or 30 MSU. Seven years later, in spite of unprecidented industry-wide >MIPS growth, the smallest z9BC (available 2Q06) is a 2096-A01 cycling at >only 26 MIPS or 4 MSU. I calculate a drop in MSU of about 86%.
Yes, although in fairness the drop to 26 MIPS and 4 MSUs occurred with the z890 Model 110. The z9 BC continued this capacity setting. You can softcap/subcap license 3 z/OS MSUs on any model, so 4 is not actually the minimum. zNALC is also available if you qualify. Now that z/VSE V4 and MWLC are available, you can configure a z9 BC Model B01 (~38 MIPS) and pay subcapacity on that (softcap at roughly 50%). It's a substantial drop in entry price from z/VSE V3 (i.e. full capacity 26 MIPS) from what I can tell. Service bureaus, consortia, partnerships, and other sharing arrangements with LPARs and/or VMs serving multiple organizations should also see these same effects. One 3 MSU LPAR is the same price as two LPARs totalling 3 MSUs, for example. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific 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
