TCO Study zSeries

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TCO Study zSeries

• Microsoft costs
• Cost comparison w/New Zseries
• Cost comparison w/IFL engine on Zseries

Data provided by Jimmy Lee, Mainline Inc.
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• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
• Dual Intel 1 Ghz, 1Gig memory, 108 Gig storage,
  Dual PS
• 2,000 mailboxes per each commercial grade
  server
• 50 Meg per mailbox (50 Meg X 2,000 mailboxes
  100 Gig)
• 6,000 mailboxes require 4 servers (3
  operational, 1 fail-over)
• Communications rack and networking gear
  (16/100mb/2gb switch)
• 64 square feet of data center floor space
• .85 day per server of electricity (350 watts
  _at_ 10 cents per kwh)
• 4.85 day for California, minus 12 blackouts
  averages .85 a day
• Support (1 NT, Exchange, PC and router
  knowledgeable person)

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• Microsoft Exchange Server
  36 months
• Intel Servers (4 x 11K) 44,000
• NT License (4 x 4K 30 per seat) 196,000
• Exchange License (6K _at_ 50 per CAL) 300,000
• Communication racks 2,000
• Networking gear 6,000
• Facilities (18 per sq.ft/mo. x 64 sq.ft)
  41,472
• Electricity (.85 per day per server)
  3,723
• Support (1 _at_ 55K x 1.5 for benefits) 247,500
• Total Costs 840,695

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Cost per User
6,000 USERS Microsoft Exchange
Server 840,695 / 6,000 users / 36 months
3.90 / user / month
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• Bynari Insight Server
• IBM z/800 Linux Only Package with External Disk
• 2066-002 (8 Gig memory, 28 Escon channels, 4
  OSA/E Gigabit)
• z/VM 4.2 with 3 years hardware and software
  support
• Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) with 4.8 TB of
  disk
• 6,000 mailboxes can be supported with 1
  virtual server
• 50 meg per mailbox (50 Meg X 6000 mailboxes
  300 Gig)
• Communications rack and networking gear
• 250 square feet of data center floor space
• 32 per day of electricity (13.4kw _at_ 10 cents
  per kwh)
• Support (1 VM programmer and 1 Exchange
  specialist)

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New ZSeries

• Bynari Insight Server
  36 months
• IBM z/800, z/VM and ESS 1,648,186
• Linux License (Mainline LOTS contract)
  156,570
• Bynari (6K _at_ 20 per seat 18) 141,600
• Communication rack 2,000
• Networking 6,000
• Facilities (18 per sq.ft/mo x 250 sq.ft)
  162,000
• Electricity (32 per day) 34,560
• Support (1 _at_ 90K, 1 _at_ 55K x 1.5 for
  benefits) 652,500
• Total Costs 2,802,846

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Cost per User 6,000
USERS Microsoft Exchange Server 840,695 /
6,000 users / 36 months 3.90 / user /
month Bynari Insight Server 2,802,846 / 6,000
users / 36 months 12.98 / user / month
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• Servers and Mailboxes
  Intel Mainframe.
• 4 Servers 6,000 mailboxes 840,695
  2,802,846
• 8 Servers 12,000 mailboxes 1,405,497
  2,910,390
• 16 Servers 24,000 mailboxes 2,548,022
  3,033,510
• 20 Servers 30,000 mailboxes 3,112,666
  3,143,070
• 28 Servers 42,000 mailboxes 4,213,111
  3,182,190
• 36 Servers 54,000 mailboxes 5,355,471
  3,281,310
• 40 Servers 60,000 mailboxes 6,083,462
  3,306,970

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Cost per
User 60,000
USERS Microsoft Exchange Server 6,083,462 /
60,000 users / 36 months 2.81 / user /
month Bynari Insight Server 3,306,970 / 60,000
users / 36 months 1.51 / user / month
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Linux IFL
Integrated Facility for Linux
Dedicated Linux only engine
installed on an existing z800 system
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DB2/CICS
CICS
VSE/ESA
WebSphere
Linux
z/VM
z/OS
z/VM
IFL
CPU 2
CPU 1
zSeries
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• Linux IFL
  (36 months)
• 6,000 Mailboxes
  Intel Mainframe
• Servers or IFL 44,000 281,555
• O/S 196,000 156,570
• Email Licenses 300,000 141,600
• Racks 2,000 0
• Networking gear 6,000 6,000
• Facilities 41,472 0
• Electricity 3,723 3,452
• Support 247,500 247,500
• Total Costs 840,695 836,677

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Cost per User
6,000 USERS Microsoft Exchange Server 840,695
/ 6,000 users / 36 months 3.90 / user /
month Bynari Insight Server with IFL 836,677
/ 6,000 users / 36 months 3.87 / user /
month
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• Linux IFL
  (36 months)
• 60,000 Mailboxes
  Intel Mainframe
• Servers or IFLs 440,000 563,110
• O/S 1,960,000 156,000
• Email Licenses 3,000,000 1,113,600
• Storage and Memory 0 820,000
• Racks 8,000 0
• Networking gear 24,000 6,000
• Facilities 119,232 0
• Electricity 37,230 3,452
• Support 495,000 247,500
• Total Costs 6,083,462 2,909,662

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Cost per User
60,000 USERS Microsoft Exchange
Server 6,083,462 / 60,000 users / 36 months
2.81 / user / month Bynari Insight Server with
IFL 2,909,662 / 60,000 users / 36 months 1.34
/ user / month
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Customer Benefits

• Cost reduction
• Email license costs
• Server costs
• Transaction costs
• Efficiency
• Easily scaleable
• Single platform deployment
• Consolidates services and support
• Attributes
• Operates with most email clients
• Supported on IBMs eServer product line
• Exploits the power of the mainframe