On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:30 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote:
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4. IBM has greatly relaxed the data center environmental
requirements for
this model, expanding the temperature and humidity envelopes. It's
much
more realistic now to install the z13s in nontraditional data
centers, or
even places that aren't really data centers. Platforms that move, for
example, or out in remote facilities. (In technobabble it's an
ASHRAE class
A3 system now instead of class A2.)
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Timothy,
Thanks for the update
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I worked at one place that used a ware house type environment to do DR.
That is they bought a new machine in their DC and disassembled the
old machine and put it in the ware house.
Some how they expected the old machine could do DR. Periodically they
would send a sysprog off to the DR site to power up and run a few job.
The sysprog was fairly good he could use a screwdriver like no other
sysprog and could basically get the machine up and limping to do
those few jobs.
That is until they bought a new machine that couldn't IPL the latest
and greatest MVS. Also DB2 wouldn't even work.
They ordered the new machine with their heads in the clouds as they
were so cheap they didn't even want to pay for the latest COBOL.
They screamed and moaned about having to put out a few dollars a
month for COBOL and LE.
When reminded that the old COBOL was Y2K compliant that pretty well
shut them up.
I was never so happy to leave place everything that cost $$ was met
with a NO.
They were also unhappy that their homegrown security system would not
work anymore and they had to go to RACF.
IDIOTS they got what they deserved.
Ed
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