Re: HASB mulls new computer system

["Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/29/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Please add the price of the database application to your non-iSeries
> solutions.  Also include backup software and other necessary utilities
> as what comes with Unix & Windows is not sufficient.

IBM is pricing the p5 much lower than the i5:

db2 express runs on the max 2 processors and 4GB of memory.  db2
express can be had on a per user pricing of $624 + $124 per user.
Unlimited users is $4874 per processor.

the workgroup server edition of db2 is $1211 + $311 per user or
unlimited users for $9375 per processor.

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/entry/185/browse.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/entry/505/91151f1l.html

>
> Please consider the total cost of operating the machine(s).  That
> includes hardware & software and also includes 3rd party software, HW/SW
> maintenance, and of course staff/consultant time.  I won't bother with
> reliability/uptime configurations.

IBM support line for AIX or Linux starts at $500 per year.

>
> Please consider that if using a Windows solution, most vendors will
> encourage you (i.e. may not support you otherwise) to have separate web,
> app, and database servers so you may have to multiply your hardware
> costs by 3 or buy a bigger (more $) box & use VMWare.

You can partition the p5 just like you can the i5.

-Steve