Hi Andrew, I may propose to my management for a EasySMF for my PC. Is that I should go for single user/PC key?
Any limitation on managed/processed LPARs SMF? As I have several z-boxes, which running over 50 Lpars. In this case, still $595/year? On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Andrew Rowley <[email protected] > wrote: > On 23/11/2012 4:06 AM, Ed Finnell wrote: > >> Is there a cost comparison vs SAS/MXG on PC? >> > > The cost of EasySMF is $595 per user or $795 per LPAR for a site license, > for a 12 month subscription. In both cases there are discounts for multiple > licenses. No other software is required (except for Windows itself). MXG I > think publish their price on their website. I don't know the cost of SAS. > > However, EasySMF is different to MXG and I don't claim it is a replacement > for MXG. Unless you are only a light MXG user you would probably find that > it didn't have MXG functions you were used to. > > The idea behind EasySMF was to create a product that would be valuable > even if you already have MXG or similar software, and to make SMF data > accessible outside the groups that traditionally have the MXG and SAS > skills. > > At every site I have worked there have been groups that would have found > SMF information useful, but had no way to use it either due to no tools or > no SAS skills. Ops analysts/schedulers, storage management and even systems > programmers. > > EasySMF is designed with more of a focus on problem solving than capacity > planning. It is designed to help answer questions, and follow a thread > through your SMF data where initially you may not know exactly what you are > looking for. If you are investigating a problem you can move from one > report to another without having to break your train of thought to code up > a different report. > > For example, you might look at all service classes, then details for a > particular service class, a specific job in the service class, the history > of that job, the datasets it used etc. As you move to different reports > from different record types the filtering (service class, job etc.) is > maintained. > > If you don't already have a SMF reporting product, EasySMF will provide a > lot of useful information and could be all you need. If you currently use > MXG or a similar product, EasySMF will hopefully also provide a lot of > useful information, but I do not claim it is a direct replacement for your > current product. > > "A replacement for MXG & SAS" is probably a simpler marketing message, but > I think it would result in less satisfied customers. > > Regards > > Andrew Rowley > > > -- > [email protected] > +61 413 302 386 > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Cobe Xu Best Regards ----------------------------------------------------------- z/OS Performance & Capacity Analyst z/OS System Programmer Email: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
