Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

John,

Since adding windows boxes throws away having a "consolidated-server", would
adding one of the express 520s with the turbo feature turned on be a
possibility? This would give you a 3800 CPW box with only a P10 pricing
level for the software. Also, if you purchased the DASD and possibly the RAM
for this 520 on the used market, you might be able to put together a nice
box for a lot less than adding to the 570. I think it would be easier to
administer multiple i5s than multiple windows boxes.

Just a thought.

Kind regards,

BJ


On 12/9/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"One of the interesting problems is that a major benefit of the System i
is also it's drawback. "

Agreed.  As I mentioned in another post we need additional capacity for
running WebSphere App Server.  I don't need additional capacity for
BRMS, iSeries Access, and so on.  Unfortunately when pricing an iSeries
solution there's no compensating for that and I'm stuck at $60K/CPU for
the OS license on top of the CPU activation cost which in itself costs
twice what a dual-Xeon Wintel box costs.

On single and dual core iSeries, I think a good TCO will show the
iSeries to be competitive.  But as you scale up, moving to 4 or more
cores, the value proposition is reduced unless you're workload mix
scales accordingly.


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