RE: limited interactive (was Image catalog to install V5R2)

How quickly they forget....  It was just a few short years ago that many
users raised the roof over having the interactive CPW limits "shoved down
their throats"  rather than having to choose between a full interactive
model or a server model.

I have had an application stuck on a 620 due to using right around 100 CPW
interactive(my 620 is 210 CPW interactive model) and not wanting to risk
migrating it to a 720 with only 120 CPW interactive capacity.  On a 720 the
upgrade to 240 CPW interactive alone was about $100K.  Now I can upgrade my
720 to an 810 enterprise edition for about the same price and not only do I
get 1020 CPW interactive, but I'll save over $20K per year in Software
Subscription and SupportLine costs and also get LPAR and Linux capabilities.
Perhaps the 810 doesn't currently have an upgrade path(though it scales to a
2700 CPW 2-way,) but if my workload triples I think I could justify the new
hardware. 

Scott Ingvaldson
AS/400 System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group 

-----Original Message-----
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:07:14 -0500
From: TechSupport@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Image catalog to install V5R2


Welcome to reality.  One of our machines is also an 820 with 1100/35 CPW.
We don't need more than 35 interactive but the comparable 825 upgrade is
$200,000 higher than the machine I budgeted for this year.  I could upgrade
to an 810 for only an additional $100,000 but the 810 can't be upgraded to
anything else so why would a company put a brick wall right in front of
their growth plan?  Forcing limited interactive CPW users to move to full
interactive CPW is *WRONG.  All of these customers will be *SCREWED.


Paul Fenstermacher  AS/400 Certified System Administrator
Bass Pro Shops