RE: Help me Justify iSeries

["Gary Monnier" <gary.monnier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ask yourself this question - If I prove the numbers support the iSeries
will the boss accept it?  I worked for a company a long time ago that
was running a System 38 and using diskette magazines (each magazine held
ten 8 inch floppy diskettes) as backup media.  I suggested we get a tape
backup system and showed doing so had an ROI of about 3 months.  The
boss wouldn't go for it.

So also ask yourself the question "Does the boss really want to be
convinced?".  It may be a wiser choice to show how much better he can
sleep at night knowing "his/her" systems are stable - hardware, software
and personnel-wise.  Others have given you many suggestions on how to do
this.

Just as an aside ask your boss what processor the new X-box runs on.  He
will be surprised and disbeleive you when you tell him it is the same
one your i5 system runs on.


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Subject: Help me Justify iSeries


My boss has the impression that running on the iSeries/AS400 is more 
costly than a Wintel platform with something like Oracle or SQL Server.

I'm a staunch supporter of the iSeries, however, my boss who came from a

Microsoft environment seems to think its so much more expensive to stay
on 
the iSeries due to hardware and software costs. How can I convince him 
that this where our business needs to be? Or, has the time come to give
up 
the fight?

BTW: the scale-tipping factor was the high cost of a backup machine for 
D-R purposes. We're looking at about $20K to buy a new low-end 520 with 
V5R3 and enough DASD to put in another location as a hot-site. The 
production machine is an Enterprise Class 520 that we purchased in Sept
of 
last year. The total cost including all of our software licenses was 
around $200K.  I hate to say it, but I think he may be right. I agree
that 
iSeries is a stable and secure platfor that is highly capable of running

our business, but unfortunately, they're only looking at the bottom
line.


Thanks,

Ron Adams