Doesn't mean much to us, really. But the post below says that the government of Quebec installed Oracle on zLinux on a z9 (like ours) and licensing savings in one year paid the cost of the z9. Of course, since we are going to MS-only, this is meaningless to us. And Oracle is an extreme example due to it being overpriced.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 10:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Blades versus z was Re: Turn Off Another Light - Univ. of > Tennessee > > >>> On 9/4/2012 at 10:07 AM, Bruno Sugliani <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Interesting > > Could you provide real numbers ? > > For example to start with : the price for Linux server license on an > IFL > > and the one on a x86 server ? > > https://www.suse.com/products/systemz/how-to-buy/ > https://www.suse.com/products/server/how-to-buy/ > https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/server/ > > But that's not middleware, which is where far more significant costs > come into play. Oracle, DB2, WebSphere are all licensed by the number > of processors in a system. Oracle charges slightly more for System z > processors, but not much. See my reply to Richard Hintz for pointers > to my presentation that has real dollars listed. > > For most shops, every production system has a fair number of ancillary > systems configured the same, or close to it: dev/test, QA, DR, cluster > failover, etc. A lot of people conveniently forget to count these > systems, which must all be licensed as well, when doing TCO or TCA > calculations. It doesn't take very many middleware licenses to pay for > a z10BC or z114. The government of Quebec bought a brand-new (at the > time) z9 to run Oracle, and recovered the entire cost within 12 months > from licensing savings. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
