Re: Requesting vendor recommendation for used machines

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've dealt with the following, who have a good reputation:

http://store.flagshiptech.com/ibm-power-system-i-iseries/

Given that your 520 is probably at least 12 years old, if you depreciated a
new S914 at $24,000 to $32,000 over 12 years - that would be a moderate
cost of $2,000 to $2,666 per year.



On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 1:39 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We were just given 5% off of the price of our P9's for trading in our
> P8's.  Not to say it may be like a car trade in where mark one down to
> mark the other up but you end up with the same bottom line.
> But there may be something to that used market.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   "Bob Cagle" <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   06/26/2018 03:20 PM
> Subject:        Requesting vendor recommendation for used machines
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> Really need to upgrade our aging and soon to be unsupported System i 520,
> but the boss has balked at the price of new machines.  And doesn't like
> the idea of the ongoing cost of the hosted options, although I would much
> prefer to go that route.
>
> Who's a good used-server vendor?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Cagle
> IT Manager
> Lynk
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