Re: HASB mulls new computer system

On 3/29/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I addressed the up-front costs.  For a complete environment, you cannot
> just consider hardware + OS.
>
> - Take your p5 or your Windows box (using Steve's numbers: $5-10K).
> - Add a database (per Steve another $5K for 1 CPU for DB2 Express).
> We'll assume 'Express' is sufficient.
> - Add utility software for backups, anti-virus (on Windows) etc.
> ($500-1000).
> - If Windows, add virtualization capabilities or more servers for
> separation of workload ($4K for virtualization software & extra hardware
> like disks/RAM or 2x that initial $5-10K per server; $4-10K more
> overall).
> - Add at least 1 tape drive to your Windows environment to match the
> included 30GB QIC in the iSeries: $1400.  Of course, this is just for
> your database machine.  The other servers won't have an inherent method
> of being backed up.
>
> Realistic up-front cost: $15.9-27.4K.  At this point you're easily
> within the same price range as Steve's $22K iSeries.
>
> That's without considering the cost of actually operating the
> environment: Staff, operations, DR, consulting/implementation, etc.
>

I think we will know in a few weeks how things are going for our
System i.  The 1st quarter sales figures will be announced in the 2nd
week of April.

-Steve