It was my experience that the main cost difference is not the hardware, it's software. Open system software was lisenced by the processor. So doing a little math. 1 IFL = 1 processor = $100,000 AP Websphere = $10,000 (very old price) Total = $110,000
30 servers ( 4 way ) @ $3000 each = $90,000 AP WS = $10,000 30 servers * 4 processor each * 10,000 = $1,200,000 Total = $1,290,000 So where is the cost savings from using the server farm? We won't even get into personel costs or environmentals. Jimmy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
