To me (and IBM) they are (B)usiness and (E)nterprise class machines. On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:14:49 -0600, Eric Bielefeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't quite understand the confusion either between BC and EC. I always kept them straight by remembering that B is before E in the alphabet, so therefore the BC is the smaller one. Also, you can think B for Basic. > >Eric > >---- Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ted, what are the confusing parts about EC and BC? It should be very >> simple: there are two pieces of hardware. The BC starts at 26 MIPS of CP >> capacity and goes up to almost 1,800 per frame. The EC starts at about 200 >> and goes up to nearly 18,000. (There's plenty of overlap between the two >> so you have room to grow.) If the BC provides enough capacity, that's what >> you buy, otherwise the EC is available. You can upgrade a BC to an EC.> 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] >-- >Eric Bielefeld ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
