Re: 520 "Upgrade path"

I'm in the process of replacing a 520 with a 515.
The 520 had reached end of lease. We were not in great need of performance boost, but the maintenance cost (hardware and P10 software)
was huge compared to a new 515, one year hdw maint free, and P05 software level, plus a cpw boost from 1000 to 3800, which while not needed now, would be needed as we add more cpu intensive apps (more sql, more http serving). Their monthly payment from prev lease went down
over 50%.
We have few local users (12) and many (100's) remote/web users.
What did hit us after the decision was some software vendors having a substantial transfer fee (most were free to a few hundred). Have learned the lesson to check this first.

jim franz
----- Original Message ----- From: "Burns, Bryan" <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:03 AM
Subject: 520 "Upgrade path"

Good morning all,

In the past, we've upgraded our AS/400 (iSeries) systems every three years due to both performance and financial incentives and also the expiration of upgrade paths. Presently, we have a 520 that's about 3 years old which doesn't have any performance problems and for which IBM hasn't yet to show an upgrade path. Management would like me to give them something they can put on their radar with respect to budgeting and planning an upgrade.

Any thoughts on what I can tell them? We're on a 9406 running V5R3.

Thanks in advance,

Bryan Burns
iSeries Specialist
IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries System Command Operations
M.I.S. Department
ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment
www.echo-usa.com

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