CIMS Lab, Inc (www.cimslab.com) recently ported their Unix chargeback
agent to s390/Linux. The other pieces they offer cover MVS, CICS,
VM, VSE, etc. When everything is integrated, the system will produce
"invoices" for the user departments at zero cost, or at some fixed
chargeback rate. It's fun to watch their jaws drop when they see
that first "invoice"!
On Wednesday 28 August 2002 13:42, you wrote:
Just kidding -- I know how to sell them. It's not hard cuz
everybody wants one :) The real question is, I know I can sell 'em
how do I charge for 'em?
So, here's the scenario: We're a government datacenter. Our
customers are government agencies. Currently, we are set up with
the following:
1 9672x27 engine - (about 160 MIPS)
1 gigabyte of real storage
2 ESS Sharks
According to the Server Consolidation Red Paper I just read, the one
that discusses a capacity formula in terms of workload, we have the
capability of matching 30 - 40 Win/Sun web servers. This is
assuming an average utilization of less than 10% on the pc servers
and at least 80% on the S390 VM/Linux system. Is this realistic?
Are there any ways to boost the numbers under our current
configuration?
Are there any other datacenters out there with charging systems in
place? We're attempting to move away from the OS/390 billing model
and into a "charge by the server' one. One price for one server -
small, medium or large -- sort of like a Gateway pc lease program.
(Of course, Gateway can't offer built in networking, high speed
legacy data access and Plug and PLay server farm disaster recovery)
We're sort of stumped with the pricing scheme until we can figure
out how much we can realistically expect to handle with the
resources we currently have. Don't want to give away the farm but
don't want to price ourselves out of competition either.
Thank you for the help and ideas,
Matt Lashley
State of Idaho
