Re: xSeries and iSeries integration - ROI

Ask for help from IBM. They can show you documentation that IBM's 
"version" of the Windows server software is more stable than the version 
that runs on Intel. 

At the Fall 2003 COMMON, there was a case study presented by the IT 
director of the company that makes Chinet plates, etc. He showed that he 
had consolidated over 80 servers into an iSeries/xSeries configuration, 
and had plans to do more. When I spoke to him later, he said that the 
biggest savings were in the staff area. Sorta ties right into the Laughing 
Boardroom commercials one can find on TUG's web site at   www.tug.ca

Pull them down and use them as a lead-in to your ROI presentation...... 
:-))


Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978  Cell
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx





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I'm looking into the benefits of consolidating our Windows server
environment (currently about 125 servers) into an iSeries / xSeries
configuration. 

Before anything like this would even be considered my manager would need 
to
understand what the return on investment would be over time. Even though I
see lots of wonderful technical reasons for moving in this direction I 
would
need to prove that it also could save us money over time too.

Has anyone out there prepared an ROI analysis on this subject that they
might be willing to share? Also, has anyone actually planned and 
implemented
a server consolidation using IBM iSeries and xSeries? If so I'd love to 
get
some information from you on how you convinced your company that this was 
a
good idea....

Kenneth

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Kenneth E. Graap
IBM Certified Specialist 
AS/400e Professional System Administrator
NW Natural (Gas Services)
keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537
FAX:    603-849-0591
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