On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:39:26 -0600 Adam Thornton said: >> >> I don't think the problem here is support. I think the release notes >> say that SLES 11 does not even run on non z9/z10 machines. > >Fair enough. I was reading it as "I want to stay current, but I can't >afford new hardware."
More or less, that is true. The problem with IBM hardware pricing is that if you want to buy an IFL only machine, the will cut you a deal you can't refuse. However, if you have any standard workload that needs a standard CP, then you pay through the nose. > >There are vendors who *will* work with you to, say, leave the original >vendor support behind, but move to a more modern codebase, on older >hardware, is the position I was trying to get across. That is good to know and I may have to go that route. > >Which is to say, SLES 11 doesn't run on z800, but almost all of the >software that goes into SLES 11 does. > >> I fully understand that it is difficult an expensive to hang on to >> older processors and keep on supporting them but you don't have to >> keep them on maintenance agreements either. If the z800 that you >> do testing on died, you go out and get a new one for less than the >> cost of a >> PC. > >I think you buy expensive PCs. Either that or the used market in >z800s is REALLY cold. What does a used z800 cost these days? > Well, I was exaggerating a bit but even today, you can get a low end z800 for maybe less than $10K! Aria. >Adam > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
