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

Glenn
Nice to get an e-mail from you. I see your picture in the magazine, you look
good.

Fred

Glenn Ericson wrote:

> Gary
> I  had a  similar  experience on a SAP new  system[ same type  sizing
> questionaire]  but the local IBM rep  did not want to go there at all.
> Perhaps it  was because  this was  going to  put production and test on a
> single box  with LPAR - all  new from IBM.... but  ......
>
>                 Glenn
>
> At 10:47 AM 10/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >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 that
> >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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