mikeatkc
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OK, so let see if I get this right (or that I need more caffeine). For example, I have 16 physical cores total for my Oracle SQL server. I would take 16 x 10 PVU = 160 (i.e. example from p.25 indicates TDP PVU is 10). I know my cores, I just don't have the TDP PVU nail down similar to that of normal server (i.e. # of cores x 50 for certain x86 model and 70 for certain x86 model).
P570 not x86No,
You will need 16 X 50 or 16 X 70, if it is on x86.
Jliehr,
Yes, that is right - your calculation. But you must know that it is a list price, and all IBM list prices looks insane. What you need is to engage your IBM office or BP/Service provider in negotiation about price, and you may be able to achieve a considerable discount.
P570 not x86
IBM PVU pricing looks insane no matter how you slice it. It's just the list price is a worse level of insanity than your company-negotiated price. Cut it in half and it's still insane. I think he'll still be looking at $30-40K.
I understand their PVU pricing, but as I've said before, it should apply to application server software Websphere, etc) at best, not to a utility such as a backup client.