I think there must be some confusion somewhere. IFL \= LPAR.
I doubt anyone other than JPL, NOAA, NASA and other such
huge places would ever need 32 processors, IFL or otherwise.
That is a *HUGE* amount of processing power!
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Now that is the kind of response, I, a mainframe type, can work with.
On the 390 side there is little negotiation on number of engines, just
on price. (OK so the net result may be the same thing.)
Assuming that this consolidation project goes anywhere near plans, I
can see a lot of other "loads" being migrated, which then pushs us to
another IFL and potentionally another license for every product (right
now, without much software, a second IFL is going to cost about $150K in
software charges. As the number of unique software products increase,
the number of licenses * processors increase...I worry about moving us
towards a $300k- $400k software bill for each new IFL. It seems like we
are back to some simular to tiered software charges that historically
limited us from increasing the 390 workload.)
As I said before, going to 32 IFLs in a mixed load environment, doesn't
seem to scale well.
I would rather have a 'roadmap' that all vendors may sign on to, that
sets some terms and limits instead of each shop having to negotiate
starting at square one. Not every shop has the talent for this.
Tom Duerbusch
THD Consulting
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