RE: Good time to upgrade box?

[John Myers - MM <jmyersmm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You're the beneficiary of Moore's Law (every 18 months, computer 
performance doubles and cost is halved), low interest rates, increased DASD 
density, improved reliability, and perhaps an IBM promotion or two!

You might also be moving down a software tier, as well!

Your company is probably at its lease-end period for the existing 
processor.  Leasing is good for both IBM and customers:
 - IBM - continued sale of new iron
 - Customers - You pay for what you use ... an step into the latest 
technology every "n" years

We own our company's office building, but we always lease our AS/400's ... 
even though it is a pain to migrate every few years.

The only reasons to NOT upgrade now would be:
 - The Fall is your busy season
 - You are "afraid of / don't want to take the time to do" the migration 
between machines
 - You think that there MIGHT be a better IBM promotion available soon 
(not likely ... most of the current promotions expire 12/21/03) that would 
drive down the price more
 - You plan to leave your job in a month <grin>

John

At 02:51 PM 10/14/2003, you wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> Take a look at the minimum CPW requirements for Websphere.  I think it is
> 1070.  So, do you have enough horses for the WDS stuff?
>
> Fritz Hayes
>
> <snip>
> > Subject: Good time to upgrade box?
> >
> >
> > People,
> >
> > We are looking at upgrading our leased 820 to a leased  810.
> > We would doubling memory from 1.25 gb to 3.0 gb, and doubling CPW from
> > 370/35 to 750/750.
> > A total reduction in monthly lease/maintenance costs of $200-$300 is
> > being quoted by our business partner.
> >
> > Current performance is NOT an issue, and we do not foresee the addition
> > of more than a few additional users in the near (1 year) future.
> > We are going to start using Websphere Development Studio shortly, but
> > don't know what kind of performance hit, if any, that will entail.
> >
> > Can anyone give me some insight or reason why this would NOT be a good
> > option AT THIS TIME?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Tim Kredlo
> > tkredlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx