On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 16:59:33 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: >A memory upgrade is both hardware (the physical DIMMs) and microcode (enabling >the memory). The only way to get additional memory for a z10 these days is to >buy it on the used market. And, IBM is charging a premium price for the "magic >screwdriver" to enable this memory: $8K/GB! Thus, a 16GB memory upgrade would >cost $128K in services PLUS the cost of the memory itself! (FYI. You can buy a >brand new z114 machine for that...)
... which is precisely the point I guess. And if you listen to Martin, everyone out there on zSeries (of any sort) is apparently wallowing in memory anyway. I suspect a lot of small(er) customers do as I see happening here - shunt the z10 out to DR, buy in a z114 for the main site. When the next BC arrives, wash, rinse, repeat ... Customers rebelled against the constant need to update the OS we've had to dance to over the last few years, and IBM changed its tune. Maybe the same will come to pass on the hardware side as well. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
