Eric, The answer is "it depends." At one time, we asked for pricing on upgrading our 2086-260 to a 2086-270 (microcode upgrade) versus replacing our mainframe with a z9 BC. The estimates we got from the IBM business partner was that it would cost about 50% more to do the microcode upgrade than to bring in a new box.
Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Co. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:03 PM No one answered my original question of what percent savings there is in upgrading versus buying a new box. Maybe thats some of that secret IBM information that you actually have to be buying a processor before IBM will tell you. Eric ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
