IBM "i" in the Cloud

Solution Overview:

Many iSeries customers are challenged with premise based delivery for secondary workloads. Data Center power and cooling, capital intensive upgrades and ongoing total costs of ownership have caused many to get by with less than optimal resources. Consider an alternative approach to supporting your Development/Test, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Archival, and Production iSeries workloads.

IBM “i” In the Cloud is designed to enable the iSeries installed base with a radical new approach to delivering workloads more affordably and flexibly than ever before. Our full focus is to reduce your Total Cost of Ownership by leveraging the enhanced virtualization capabilities of i5OS, combining our extensive pre-owned iSeries hardware inventory with our technical expertise in managing and supporting, delivering our customers a comprehensive solution. Abacus provides alternatives to the traditional premise based deployments, and has had extensive success with many hosted iSeries environments deployed across our two data centers. The Abacus technical and sales teams have the knowledge to provide you with best of breed solutions and exceed your expectations.

To put it simply, we’re remotely delivering an “iSeries Cloud Environment” that minimizes disruption to the business, and maximizes your budget. Now you have the “Power to go “i” in the Cloud with Confidence!” Contact us today!

Hardware/Software Resources:

Abacus Provided IBM "i" in the Cloud Offering:

Processor: 1000 CPW, 1 LPAR
Memory: 4 GB of memory
Storage: 1,058GB raw disk / 917GB Useable RAID5
OS Level: Options for V5R4, V6R1, V7R1
Connection: Abacus will provide a Cisco VPN Static IP / Firewall / 1.5MB VPN Bandwidth
Backups: Abacus will perform a weekly backup via BRMS with onsite storage

Overview

The Abacus "i" in the Cloud includes:

Initial consult with Abacus team / Assigned Project Management Lead
Preconfigured Dedicated Hardware LPAR
Installation of selected OS Level with current PTF's and restore of customer provided LTO media
9x5 M-F Abacus Engineer OS and Hardware Support
Post project planning session with Abacus team

The Abacus "i" in the Cloud Total Cost: $1500/quarter

IBM iSeries Workloads Supported

Suggested Utilization for the Abacus "i" in the Cloud:

Testing i5OS Upgrades - ex: V5R4 to i6/7.1
Testing Application Software Upgrades - ex: Mapics/BPCS/JDE/etc.
Development / Test vs. undersized or no environment in-house.
Innovation - testing newer virtualization options with Power/i5OS - VIO and SAN
Proof of Concept Environment
Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing

The Abacus "i" in the Cloud is a stepping stone for:

Dedicated Recovery vs. Subscription Based or no Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
High Availability as a Service (optional fully managed - additional costs for HA Software, Support, etc.)
Sun setting iSeries … needing ongoing Archival / Read Only access to historical data.
Full Blown Production with optional redundant data centers and enhanced resiliency

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There are tremendous future benefits associated with the Abacus "i" in the Cloud. Now you have the Power to go to "i" in the Cloud with Confidence! Contact us today!