RE: Windows Integration and Longhorn

I never said it wasn't overpriced, but it is underused and it is 
definitely a gem. 

We use ours as a VMware test server.  Only time I ever reboot Windows is 
when we have to IPL the iSeries. 

I too believe IBM could have turned the IXS into a must-have feature for 
every site if it didn't cost 3x as much as a Windows box. 

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message: 4
date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:56:34 +0200
from: "Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Windows Integration and Longhorn

 My guess is that IBM will support it on the IXS card though.  They

would 

be silly not to support it.  The IXS is one of the most underused gems

on 

the iSeries.

That's because you can't pay for it.

About 1.5 years ago, we thought about modernizing our Windows
infrastructure. Of course, integrated xSeries came to mind. However, it
just wasn't feasible. We needed about 450GB of storage, and 4GB of RAM

We could buy an IBM xSeries 346, Rack Mount, 2 HE, 6x 147GB. Cost = 8k
CHF

Or we could buy an integrated xSeries, an expansion tower for additional
disks, hugely expensive 70GB Disks (no 147GB disks available for our
machine). Cost = 25k CHF

IXS = overpriced.