On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: <deleted> > this is compared to 80 processor z196 with 50BIPS, ??GFLOPS, 31.7Kw at > $28M (and IBM claiming it effectively earns roughly $5.25M in mainframe > services, software, and storage for every $1M in mainframe sold) ... > bringing 80 processor z196 to $175M > 10 or 20 Linux servers consolidated onto 1 x86-64 blade server. 300 Linux servers consolidated onto 1 zIFL.
Now that looks reasonable. A full speed z processor is still 15 to 30 times faster than Virtual x86-64. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
