Re: The InfoWorld Scoop

Sorry to have let you down Dean......

It was mentioned yesterday, briefly, about partitioning the AS/400 in the
AS/400 futures exchange.  I don't know much about the details but in
essence you should be able to partition the AS/400 logically like the
mainframe with the one of the desired intents to allow an OS/400 upgrade to
a partition......as well as some others.

I don't know much more details (timeframe, etc.) however, I think there is
a session with Frank Soltis today that I plan on attending.  If questions
are possible I will ask.




DAsmussen@aol.com on 10/06/98 09:34:15 PM

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cc:    (bcc: Mike Crump/IS/Ball-Foster)
Subject:  The InfoWorld Scoop




Hey!

Where the heck have you folks at COMMON been?  Step out of CUDS for a
minute
and let us know what's going on ;-)!  Looks like John Carr's efforts have
been
fruitful!  Check out:

http://www.infoworld.com/scoop/sc?981006nw2

InfoWorld scoops midrange-l?  Unbelieveable!  One quote, "For each of the
partitioned chips, however, each of the users would have to run a separate
copy of the OS/400 operating system", sounds to me like what us high-
availability/large system people have been asking for _YEARS_ to help with
OS/400 upgrades -- if flowing the newly proven version of the OS to the
other
environments could occur without downtime.  Can any of you folks that are
_there_ and actually _understand_ the announcement provide any further
insight?

TIA!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com








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