On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:59:23 -0600, Walt Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> >If you did decide to use Java, why does that require moving the data off of >z/OS? > >Just curious... > >-- > Walt 1) no CPU power to run Java on our current system 2) no money to get a zAAP 3) Intel is dirt cheap compared to "z" MIPS. All, in all, Linux/Intel or Windows/Intel is so much cheaper than the z, that using one of them, where possible, is preferred. Let's not get into TCO discussions. "Intel is more cost effective" is the mantra around here and that is that. Trying to convince people otherwise is unwise. off topic point - some may remember that in 2002, the then-management wanted to replace the "z" with Wintel on a particular vendor's boxes. Vendor promised performance and RAS equal to or better than "z". We are now totally replacing that vendor's hardware due to reliability problems. No, I won't reveal the vendor. These boxes are __OLD__ (the 2002 boxes, in fact). -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
