A customer is running an E870 and is considering adding an IBM middleware workload that will run on any
available operating system. IBM software costs are based on processor cores and PVUs.
Assuming that processor and memory requirements are comparable, which of the following will provide the
most cost-effective solution?

A.
AIX with Mobile Processor Activations in LPARs

B.
IBM i with Permanent Processor Activations in LPARs

C.
Linux with Mobile Processor Activations in LPARs

D.
Linux with Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) in LPARs.