Re: IBM i Hosting

[Don Brown <DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm with Brad on this one.

As a developer I want my own system.

And I purchased a 41A with 5 years hardware and 5 years software all up 
front and my repayments are manageable.

Significant discount bundling all the maintenance in up front.

Cheers


Don Brown 
Director 

MSD Information Technology
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From:   "B Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" 
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   05/04/2020 03:32 AM
Subject:        Re: IBM i Hosting
Sent by:        "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



I looked into cloud before buying my 41A.  Even with Holger it wasn't cost
effective, and he was one of the lowest.

It is tough.. but then again you save on electricity.  I don't know how
much my system pulls.  :)  But one of the hosters says it's a lot.  I'm
sure it's a selling point.

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 12:24 PM Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Yeah, Brad, that's always the decision point, isn't it?  If it costs
> more than $1000 a year, it's going to be difficult to justify, and I
> don't think I could get down that far for an in-house box.  But some of
> the cloud offerings are a lot higher than that, so there's no simple
> answer.
>
>
> On 4/4/2020 11:29 AM, B Stone wrote:
> > If you are a developer your own 21A (if that's still the smallest) may
> not
> > be terrible and pay for itself in a 3 or 4 years vs leasing.  Just a
> > thought.
>
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