Last list price I heard was $375K, but I did find this: Hardware IBM 3906 - 1934 Hdwr 2031 ICF Each $256,132.39
I won't say where that came from, but I believe that's a VAR's sale price. So, that's an idea of price range, at least. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Ken Smith Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 11:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Base SYSPLEX setup [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] What does a CF processor cost these days? On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:14 AM Joel C. Ewing <jce.ebe...@cox.net> wrote: > I interpreted Brian's requests as asking for typical cost range or > some estimate of cost. "Peanuts" is always relative to the budget of > the speaker -- may or may not be peanuts in your budget. > > If the switch will be essential for your operation, it also needs to > have an acceptable time-to-repair/replace, which could be more of an > unknown if your budget constraints influence you to look at > discontinued or past-EOS devices. The effective price at least > doubles if you have to buy additional units up front as insurance > against possible future hardware failures. > Joel C Ewing > > On 6/5/20 2:49 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > Brian Westerman wrote: > >> SO just how much are the peanuts? > > Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > >> Peanuts mean really cheap. > > Even a new switch with warranty is only a few more peanuts. For > > example, the Brocade 6510 and IBM SAN48B-5 (2498-F48) switches were > > just recently discontinued (May, 2020), but there might be some new > > stock available > from > > distributors. > > > > Looking at fully qualified (vendor blessed), reasonably physically > small, > > not latest model FICON switches, the discontinued Brocade 5300 and > > IBM > > SAN80B-4 (2498-B80) switches were also qualified for IBM z13s > > machines > (at > > 4 and 8 Gb/s). The Cisco MDS 9250i (also available as IBM 9710-E01) > > and discontinued Cisco MDS 9222i (IBM 2054-E01) also appear in IBM > > z13s-related qualification letters. > > > > - - - - - - - - - - > > Timothy Sipples > > I.T. Architect Executive > > Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE > > - - - - - - - - - - > > E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > > ... > > > -- > Joel C. Ewing > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
