RE: P7 IBM Hardware & Software Maintenance Renewal line item details -- MIDRANGE-L

Larry,

I was informed by BP that those numbers are for 9x5 maintenance only, does not include the 24x7 uplift.

What really shocks me is the maintenance renewal for 1 year is what we paid for 3 years back in 2012.
Reason for part of that could be both the P7 and the 3573 tape library came with 3 year warranty, so the 2012 maintenance number was a 24x7 uplift only.

Paul

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Subject: Re: P7 IBM Hardware & Software Maintenance Renewal line item details

They likely are close but the numbers certainly change. What's likely true are the ratios. For stuff of a given age prices change pretty much evenly either up or down.

The exception are SSDs. You have a MMC of $576 for those here and I
*THINK* that has gone down as SSD prices are falling much more quickly than most other hardware.

I did get a quote recently for my TS3200 which was a bit higher than your number here but I have two drives in mine. If you have just one this would be about the same.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 11/21/2014 4:39 PM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:

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Pro* Larry,

I found these numbers from my original config, shows the maintenance either monthly or annually.
But, I'm not sure these are accurate, 3 years old.

8205-E6C Server 1:8205 Model E6C 0 1 865 72 P
1794 177GB SFF-2 SSD w/ eMLC (IBM i) 18 64584 576 P
5877 12X I/O Drawer PCIe, No Disk 2 21780 166 P
5887 EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer 2 10800 532 P
EPC8 4-core 3.7 GHz POWER7 Processor Module 2 8200 74 P
Monthly Maintenance 1420

3573-L4U TS3200 Tape Library Express 1 7505 1638 A P
Annual Maintenance 1638

7216-1U2 Multi-media Enclosure 1 1300 10 F
1420 DVD-RAM Sled w/1 DVD-RAM SAS Drive 1 450 9 F
Monthly Maintenance 19

Paul

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DrFranken
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 4:33 PM
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Subject: Re: P7 IBM Hardware & Software Maintenance Renewal line item
details

For hardware they give you a number and for software a number.

You CAN get hardware detail but it's not easy or quick.

The hardware number would only be broken down the various Rack components so things like the System Unit, the I/O drawers, the HMC and
like that. Then there is the 24x7 uptick also that's a separate line item.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com
www.iInTheCloud.com

On 11/21/2014 3:49 PM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:

I just received our Hardware & Software Maintenance Renewal quote from BP.
Totals only, I requested itemized detail, was informed by BP that IBM does supply the details.
I know the details were included on the original config when we migrated from P5 to P7 3 years ago.
Is this normal?
Is there a source for these numbers?

IBM Hardware Maintenance 1
1 Yr, 24X7 coverage
Coverage period: 02/06/15-02/05/16
(1) 8205-E6C Power 740 s/n 5815R
(2) EPC8 4 Core 3.7GHZ Power7Proc
(18) 1794 177GB SFF 2 SSD w/EMLC IBMi
(2) 5877 12X I O Drawer PCIe No Disk
(2) 5887 EXP24S SFF Gen2 Bay Drawer
(1) 7042-CR6 Rack Mount HW Manage Console s/n 6693C
(1) 7316-TF3 Flat Panel Console Kit s/n 6235P
(1) 3573-L4U TS3200 Tape library s/n 78P8387
(1) 7216-1U2 Multi-media Enclosure s/n HG210
(1) 1420 DVD RAM Sled w/1 DVD-RAM SAS D

IBM Software Maintenance 1
1 yr, 24x7 coverage
Coverage period: 2/06/15-02/05/16
8205-E6C Power 740 s/n 5815R

Thank You
_____
Paul Steinmetz
IBM i Systems Administrator

Pencor Services, Inc.
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