I'm curious: what about adding zIIPs was challenging? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 3:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe co-op [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] On Jul 3, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com> wrote: > > Ah, software cost. I still remember the first CPU upgrade after the > insinuation of tiered pricing. We budgeted for the hardware and extracted > approval from management. Then we were bowled over when the software bills > rolled in. Of course it was our fault for not considering the budget busting > impact of increased MIPS. Not sure IBM thought it through. We now refrain > from hardware upgrades because of software costs. I just gave a presentation to our user community about the z10 BC → z14 ZR1 upgrade we did last August. One of the most challenging things about this upgrade was our z14 has zIIPs, which we didn’t have before. But try explaining zIIPs and CP capacity levels, or processor characterization in general! Those are totally irrational, except in the context of how mainframe software is priced. -- Pew, Curtis G curtis....@austin.utexas.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
