Re: [AS/400 Sizing] -- BPCS-L

I worked for IBM for 10yrs, my recommendation would be to keep IBM and the
business partner in the loop.  That way, if problems do arise, you can
always defer back to IBM's court.  Even though the guarantee is on NEW
systems only....depending on your relationship with IBM, they may be willing
to go to bat for you.  I know I would, if I was your rep.  Good Luck...Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Ackland <ackland@gssolutions.com>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AS/400 Sizing]


> Becareful on the IBM guarantee, IBM's promise is on NEW systems only, not
on
> upgrades.
>
> AS/400 sizing is accomplished by completing the SSA sizing questionnaire,
> and then working with one of the certified SSA Hardware partners.  We are
> constantly working with customers, helping them find the best solution to
> meet their system performance needs.  This is what we do.
>
> How accurate is the questionnaire? Right now its pretty good.  Certainly
the
> AS/400 system size that the BPCS software needs is larger than the past,
but
> the system sizes for any other ERP solution in the marketplace is just as
> large or bigger.  The other reason I think the questionnaire is doing a
good
> job is the lack "noise" on this issue.  For those customers who have
> upgraded their systems in the past 18 months, I can't think of any
customer
> having an issue with their AS/400 system's performance, which either a BMR
> or PTF has been able to fix.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Robins <BillZBubb@netscape.net>
> To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [AS/400 Sizing]
>
>
> > Kusman Lim <KUSMAN@takeda-id.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> Sizing is the good way to know what size of server you need. If we do
> > sizing process we need to fill some questionnaire. Bob is right "How
> > accurate that BPCS sizer ?".
> > <<
> >
> > Has everyone forgotten IBM's promise to upgrade for free any machine tha
t
> is
> > pre-loaded with one of their e-solutions and then doesn't perform
> > satisfactorily?  It seems to me that if you are planning to upgrade, you
> > "should" be able to get the same kind of guarantee.  If they can do it
for
> a
> > brand new installation, why not an existing?  The sizing logic would be
> the
> > same.
> >
> > Bill
> >
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