That's a bit above our $500 cost for Ficon cards. :) Brian
On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 16:10:00 +0000, Jackson, Rob <rwjack...@firsthorizon.com> wrote: >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
