On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:00:08 -0600, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote:
>To me, the more interesting aspect of this is that IBM is sort-of introducing >the concept of "pay for what you use" for Linux systems. This used to be the >province of z/OS only and has led to extreme examples of gyrations to keep >costs down. I have to say it worries me, given what I've read from various >z/OS shops in this mailing list. The more time people spend worrying about >keeping costs down, the less time they have for real work that provides real >value to the business. > Yes indeed! I have seen some 'extreme examples of gyrations' to keep MSU costs down. I wonder how they would implement this? The equivalent of the SCRT report each month for measured usage billing generated from each of the 1000's of linux images running on an 'Emperor'? Or perhaps a hook into HIS and report at the CEC level? Dana ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
