Yes, I agree totally....however The initial query was on installing the first one or few Linux/390 images. It's hard to justify $22,500 per engine (z/VM 5.0) or $45K per engine (prior z/VM 4) just for a couple Linux/390 images. Especially when the OTC is non-refundable (they loose interest in Linux/390 or the application isn't mainframe suitable).
But, if you got a go, and Linux/390 meets your needs, and you are going to run more than a few images, bite the bullet and get z/VM early on. Unless you are in the market for a new processor, and you might get a good "bundled" deal of hardware and software from your VAR, get VM now and use Linux there. Much better than learning how to do Linux/390 on LPAR and then migrating to Linux/390 on VM. Isn't z/VM 5.0 annual maintenance around $500 a month per engine? Cheap! Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/02/04 11:37AM >>> On Monday, 08/02/2004 at 10:55 EST, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LPARs also make sense if you have a lot of engines. VM is priced per > engine. Even at the new, low rate, for z/VM 5.0, it can be big bucks. > > However, if you only have 1 or two engines, licensing VM can lead to > greater productivity when using Linux/390. Just much easier to handle > then lpars, and you have a place, CMS, where you can store files to aid > in the development/creation of new Linux/390 images. I would argue that if you are running "a lot of engines" then the number of guests goes up (subject to memory constraints, of course) and the value of z/VM increases. Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer IBM z/VM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
