RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Jones, John \(US\)" <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Even if that's the case and we have to jump through hoops or partition
it using VMWare or whatever, it'll still be far less expensive than the
iSeries.  Consider a single i5 core for a 570 runs over $60K for
hardware + OS activation.  Just the CPU; no additional RAM, disk, or
support fees included.

We use McAfee; hopefully it won't suck as much (CPU) as Symantec. :)

John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782
john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:40 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

> John Jones wrote:
> So for under $25K I'd have 16 cores, 32GB RAM, and all the trimmings.

> Can the iSeries compete with that?

To fully utilize all 16 processors, you'll probably need to deploy your
applications across about 32 instances of Websphere (maybe not quite
that many since Norton AntiVirus can probably keep a couple of the
processors busy) <smile>.

Nathan.





 
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