Yes, the pricing has changed.  I just web priced a p510 with 3 GB memory, two 4 
Gb Fibre card, AIX with one year maintenance for under $8500.  This has one 
dual core Power5+ processor.  One is enough (2 dual cores can be put in the 
box) as it has a SPECint comparable to four dual core Intel Xeon 3.3 MHz 
processors.
 
 
Orville L. Lantto
 

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Curtis Preston
Sent: Fri 6/8/2007 01:32
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] New Linux server issues



I've got nothing against AIX, but unless the pricing of AIX boxes has
changed significantly since the last time I looked, the project would
have to go HORRIBLY wrong before he go to the point that it would be
cheaper to stick with AIX -- especially if he's buying a bunch of them.
He could probably spend 6 man months working on this problem before he'd
approach the cost differential between a single Linux and AIX server.
(The same would be true if it were an HP or Sun server, BTW.)  Then once
he solves it, he gets to experience the joys of that cost differential
over and over as he buys a bunch more Linux servers at a few thousand
dollars apiece.

We've got many clients using Linux servers all over their production
environment and I don't think it's like the picture you're trying to
paint.  There can be just as many problems getting a new
AIX/Solaris/HPUX config working.  Man, do I know that.  I've banged my
head against many a Sun/IBM/HP/Digital keyboard.

---
W. Curtis Preston


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Allen S. Rout
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:26 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] New Linux server issues

>> On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:44:43 -0400, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
<zforray AT VCU DOT EDU> said:


> We have been having all kinds of interesting adventures trying to get
our
> new DELL 2900 with 5TB with RHEL 4 (fully patched), [...]


Just out of curiosity, have you put enough work into getting this
flying that your management acknowledges that AIX would have been
cheaper?


- Allen S. Rout