I'm sure there are. I do not have any IFL's (yet). I was just trying to point out that hardware/environmental cost comparisons do not present the whole picture. There have been several presentations at SHARE and EXPO from companies realizing significant savings implementing Linux on z.
The big thing that seems to be missing is a comparison of virtualized Intel vs. IFL/z/VM. I did hear of one company that HAD to move to IFL/z/VM simply because they could no longer increase power to the datacenter (Power company restriction). Only other alternative was to move. -----Original Message----- Rich Smrcina Ken Porowski wrote: > Look at licensing costs for Oracle (and other products licensed per > CPU). Last I heard was around $40K per CPU. If I can replace 4-5 > Intel servers with a single IFL software costs alone generate savings. > > The larger question is can IFL/z/VM compete with Intel/Vmware (or > equivalent) when ALL costs are considered. > > Ken Porowski > AVP Systems Software > CIT Group > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you only looking at Oracle servers? Are there other servers in your environment that might be a good fit for Linux on System z? -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2009 - Orlando, FL - May 15-19, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
