Container Pricing for z/os

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1 Container Pricing for z/os Scott Engleman z/os Offering Manager Andrew Sica Container Pricing Architecture 1

2 Container Pricing for IBM Z IBM introduced Container Pricing for IBM Z, providing: Greatly simplified software pricing for qualified solutions Flexible deployment options that support best technical fit, not driven by pricing Competitive economics that are directly relevant to each solution Possibility of different pricing metrics in the same logical partition Container Pricing provides line-of-sight pricing for qualified solutions running on IBM z14, z13, and z13s servers 2

3 Container Pricing for IBM Z Container Pricing can scale from collocated solutions within existing LPARs, through to separate LPARs, up to multiple-lpar solutions. Container Pricing does not directly impact the cost of unrelated workloads. Client has flexibility to determine where to deploy Based on technical requirements and preference - not driven by pricing. z/os enables solution-level metering and controls. The client is not responsible for monthly manual tagging and tracking. 3

4 Container Pricing for IBM Z Key Concepts Container The pricing container is the method of measuring the scope of a workload for pricing. Containers provide the pricing and billing infrastructure, not the actual pricing metrics. There are no additional technical virtualisation layers that enable the container. Solutions It is the solution that runs inside the container that is priced. Price points differ between solutions, and prices are specific to those solutions. IBM announced Container Pricing will initially support 3 different solutions. The container is the infrastructure for the pricing and billing The solutions are the specific offerings that are sold and priced. 4

5 z14 Announcement 3 supported solutions IBM initially announces three solutions that will be enabled with Container Pricing: The New Application Solution will provide a highly competitive stand-alone priced offering for new z/os applications, such as CICS TS or WebSphere applications. The New Application Solution is the strategic replacement for the current zcap and IWP priced offerings. The Application Development and Test Solution will provide highly competitive stand-alone pricing for z/os based development and test workloads. Modern DevOps tooling can be optionally added at uniquely discounted prices. The Payments Solution will provide a per payment pricing option for IBM Financial Transaction Manager for z/os deployments. This new offering directly ties operational cost to business value by basing the price on the number of payments processed, rather than capacity used to process them. 5

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7 New Application Solution Client can add new z/os workloads, co-located with existing environments, and pay a highly-competitive stand-alone price Does not impact IBM pricing of other workloads Client determines the size of the container Container size sets the billing for all capacity-priced IBM software For Reference-based software, licensing is only to the container size Intended to eventually replace the previous zcap offering Growth above initial container size managed through container process 7

8 Key Requirements for a New Application Solution Brand new stand-alone business application, not previously run on platform. For example, a new ISV application, a newly written client application, or an application moved from distributed or a public cloud The qualifying application must, at minimum, be an isolated set of new address spaces. For example, applications that execute in a run-time environment such as CICS, IMS TM, WebSphere Application Server. If co-located, the client can use an existing Db2 or MQ instance. Note: databases, data sharing resources do not qualify on their own. 8

9 Software Pricing for the New Application Solution The New Application Solution delivers z/os capacity at a savings of 50% off the current MzNALC MLC price points, which was previously the best available new workload pricing metric for z/os. MzNALC price points are only being used as a reference for z/os pricing in the New Application Solution. The previously announced znalc terms and conditions (such as annual recertification) do not apply with this solution. Other software in the New Application container is offered on a one-time charge (OTC) basis, at prices that are competitive with and can be compared against public cloud and onpremises x86 environments. As with public cloud environments, software must be licensed with reference to the size of the container. 9

10 Candidate Example Collocated Container: CICS / Db2 on z/os from Oracle Tuxedo (x86) LPAR1 (z/os peak contribution at 500 MSU) CICS Regions (Existing) Db2 (existing) New App Container Anticipate ~ 30 MSU CICS Regions (New app isolated via Tenant CICS Res. Region Group) (New app isolated) * High percentage of new app Db2 use captured in CICS region address space. x86 / Tuxedo application consolidation to z/os CICS. Client has an existing CICS environment. Requires new app development, would be new to platform and is isolatable. Client chooses a full-cap Container size of 30 MSU. Licensing requirements based on Container size: z/os - 50% off. CICS TS VUE Db2 VUE Note: VUE even if Db2 MLC PID is deployed. Minimized impact to traditional workloads on the LPAR. Potential increase in z/os, Db2 overhead. 10

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12 Application Development and Test Solution (DevTest) Highly competitive stand-alone pricing for z/os based development and test workloads Clients can increase their DevTest capacity up to 3 times at no additional MLC cost: Based upon client's existing DevTest workload size Client chooses the multiplier they want, sets the reference point for both MLC and OTC software DevOps tooling can optionally be added at uniquely discounted price Intended to solve the problem of DevTest workloads being severely capped, making testing inconvenient or forced off hours 12

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15 Customer scenario with Application Development and Test Containers Insurance company deploying a new CICS/Db2 application. Currently uses 250 MSUs for application development and test but does not want to increase MLC. With Appl Dev and Test Container, can add capacity for new/additional application development with no additional MLC charge (up to 3X original size) IPLA needs to be licensed at the size of the container This company will increase application development with 2X container Not constrained. No impact to rolling 4 hour average Can increase container size over time Can move into production via New Application Solution pending approval as a New App. Current: Application Dev & Test 250 MSUs New: Application Dev & Test 500 MSUs 2X Future 750 MSUs 3X 15

16 Customer scenarios with Application Development and Test Containers Client with Solution Edition for Application Development and Test at end of Solution Edition term. Client wants container pricing for flexibility to include software in ELA and use BAU SCRT to manage environment Client is also ready for technology upgrade Client acquired z14, container pricing with increased application development and test capacity for incremental applications, and flexibility to run appl dev and test without impacting 4 hour rolling average Container size starting at 2X with same MLC IPLA licensed to size of container. 16

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18 Payments Pricing Solution New "Per Payment" price metric On Premise, Payments-as-a-Service, on z/os Both SW and SW+HW variants available Up front licensing of IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) software Remainder of Payments SW stack charged as MLC with a low-priced Per Payment business metric with IBM Payments Pricing Solution for z/os Includes z/os, MQ, Db2, Operational Decision Management (ODM) Provides predictable & consistent pricing regardless of peaks, no impact to pricing of other workloads on machine No charge for development payments Pricing based on business volume 18

19 Payments Solution Deeper Dive A. On Premise, Payments-as-a-Service, on z/os (SW Only) Up Front For life of term FTM SW Licensing Client Commitment A small price per payment Entire zsw stack in support of Payments IBM Commitment zsw Stack per Payment: IBM Payments Pricing Solution for z/os z/os MQ Db2 ODM Client Value Lowered Risk around volumes & peaks Predictable pricing regardless of peaks No impact on MLC Benefit of co-location to existing corebanking FTM SW License title(s) passed Production Payments only are charged Can be co-located in existing LPAR B. On Premise, Payments-as-a-Service, on z/os (SW + HW) Up Front For life of term FTM SW Licensing + some zhw Client Commitment A price per payment Entire zsw + zhw Stack in support of Payments IBM Commitment IBM payments pricing Solution for z/os z/os MQ Db2 ODM zhw* Client Value (in addition to above) Significantly Lowered Risk with HW included in Utiiity model. Minimal upfront HW spend. Note: Hardware maintenance not included. * HW Provisioned to an agreed max concurrent payments. 19

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21 Container Pricing for IBM Z IBM introduced Container Pricing for IBM Z, providing: Greatly simplified software pricing for qualified solutions New Applications Application Development and Test Payments Flexible deployment options that support best technical fit, not driven by pricing Competitive economics that are directly relevant to each solution Line of sight pricing Does not impact pricing of unrelated workloads Containers makes it easier to add qualified solutions to IBM Z 21

22 Technical enhancements to support Container Pricing New Tenant Resource Group capability within z/os Workload Manager (WLM) Allows the metering and optional capping of workloads Ability to map workloads directly to Container Pricing Enhancements to SCRT to capture eligible Container Pricing workloads Allows for billing of those solutions independently of traditional Sub-Capacity pricing. Container Pricing requires SCRT V25 R2 or later. Additional enhancements to SMF, z/osmf, RMF, SDSF. General support for Tenant Resource Group monitoring and tracking. New FIXCAT for Container Pricing: IBM.Function.PricingInfrastructure Enabled in z/os 2.2 and 2.3 Client determines where to deploy: z/os and SCRT do the rest! 22

23 Resources Comprehensive Content Solution Container IBM.com Client Qualification / Questions / More info cpricing@us.ibm.com 23

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