>>> On 2/1/2016 at 12:37 PM, "Will, Chris" <[email protected]> wrote: > Any TCO comparisons of Intel x86 processors (vmware) vs EC12 IFLs that is not > authored by IBM? We are comparing costs on a EC12 14 IFL system running WMB, > WAS, and DB2 vs running this on an x86 solution running vmware. Looking for > information on how many x86 cores would be needed to replace the EC12 IFLs.
I'm not aware of any, but please, please, please, make sure that the cost of the mainframe itself versus the server hardware alone is not the only metric that is examined. There are so many more cost factors involved. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
