What sorts of tests did you run to arrive at this formula? I'm just curious because it seems like a bit much to compare a single IFL to a 4xCPU AIX or Sun box.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Uriel Carrasquilla Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Business Week Article John: The formula we use is 4xCPU (sun 1.2 GHz or aix 1.0 GHz) is the same as one IFL under z890 running zLinux under LPAR. If zVM, we take away 10% power for the zVM overhead. This is a rough estimate and gets refined upon the real circumstances. Products licensing based on number of CPU's get penalized but we spend more for the H/W (IBM is happy). There are other benefits that are more important, such as saving in head counts that I rather not get into but you can figure it out. Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] NCCI Boca Raton, Florida 561.893.2415 greetings / avec mes meilleures salutations / Cordialmente mit freundlichen Grüßen / Med vänlig hälsning "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] insctr.com> cc: Sent by: Linux on Subject: Re: Business Week Article 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 06/30/2005 09:35 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Pieter Harder > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Business Week Article > > > > Run Oracle on the z/890 as a "super server", > > (We just eliminated z/VM and Linux on the zSeries because nobody > > knew what to do with them > > John, > > Just curious, on what are they planning to run Oracle then? zOS? You > guys mus have gobs of money.... > > Best regards, > Pieter Harder We don't have "gobs of money". That scenario is what is being touted by certain managers. Personally, I don't buy it, but what do I know? They say that Oracle is licensed by the number of processors in the box. And that a license for z/OS on two processors (regardless of which processor it is - z800, z890, z990, all the same cost) costs the same as a license for Windows running on two processors. This seems silly to me, but I cannot refute it. Also, at one time, we did test Oracle on Linux under z/VM (back when we had those products). The Oracle DBAs (who ran the test themselves) came to the conclusion that a z800 single IFL and 1 Gb of memory did not perform as well as a 10Gb Sun system with 10 processors. Well, duh! -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
