[Info-vax] Large Qty of rx2800 i2 i4 & i6 in STOCK

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Michael
> Moroney via Info-vax
> Sent: April 20, 2019 6:24 PM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Michael Moroney <moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Large Qty of rx2800 i2 i4 & i6 in STOCK
> 
> "Forster, Michael" <mforster at mcw.edu> writes:
> 
> >Forgive me for this loaded and variable outcome question. For your
> >customers, how significant have the x6 versus x2 chips been for real
> >applications and their experience and performance and potential issues
> >encountered.  I know that on paper the specifications seem to be
> significant.
> 
> The difference between i4 and i6 is quite small.
> 
> The difference between i2 and i4 (and therefore between i2 and i6) is much
> more substantial. HPE is likely to offer hardware support for i6 longer
than for
> i4, but other than that, little difference.
>

Something to consider is that OpenVMS licensing for Integrity is based on
the base product costs x a multiplier of socket counts in the server.

Hence, upgrading from a 4 socket I2 to a 1 or 2 socket I4/I6 could result in
a pretty substantial difference in OpenVMS license costs. 

Difference might even pay for the new hardware?


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com