Upgrade economics

IBM Power Upgrade Economics Simulator

Compare a maintenance bridge, refurbished Power 9, Power 10, and Power 11 using workload size, IBM i requirement, budget priority, and hold period.

Which option deserves a full cost model?

This simulator does not invent a purchase price. It identifies which options remain economically credible after workload size, software requirement, cash priority, and planned hold are applied.

How the result is produced: Unlike the earlier version, workload size changes the ranking directly. IBM i requirements remove incompatible hardware choices. Budget priority and hold period then re-weight cash cost, runway, capacity, and remaining useful life.
Limit: Fit points are not dollars and are not a quote. Build the final comparison from real acquisition, maintenance, software tier, energy, migration, downtime, financing, tax, residual value, and growth assumptions.

What changed from the earlier tool

The earlier configuration tool asked for workload size but did not use it in the score. This version does. It also treats IBM i 7.6 as a compatibility gate and keeps fit points separate from actual dollars.

The cost model comes after the fit screen

Once the credible options are known, compare them with the same ownership window and the same categories: acquisition, maintenance, software tier, energy, migration, downtime, financing, tax, residual value, and growth.