Re: Cheaper Servers?

Not to beg the question, but AIX, Linux, and OS/390 are all *NIX type
operating systems with more demanding CPU requirements than OS/400. I think
recent threads have shown the *NIX type processing takes much more power (CGI
calls (including running Java and Websphere), all *NIX type calls, use of more
dynamic vs static storage types, etc.). If the AS/400 is to LPAR all these
different OSes on the same physical box, IBM has to step up the CPU speed, a
lot.

Also with respect of Infiband technology making PCI and IOPs unnecessary..

Why does the AS/400 look more like a PC (server)?

Loyd

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:03:50 -0400, jpcarr@tredegar.com wrote:

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>The iSeries pioneered the 64-bit PowerPC hardware technology that IBM is
>now counting on to carry three of its four servers into the future. SLIC is
>still the best example of eServer ware, and when it comes to operating
>system support, what other IBM server can support Windows, Linux, AIX, and
>OS/400? Maybe when zOS moves to PowerPC, we should consider running zOS in
>a partition on the iSeries.
>
>The new I/O architecture, called InfiniBand, will (over the next couple of
>years) replace the current Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) bus
>architecture used in today's eServers. Because InfiniBand is a channel with
>far more built-in intelligence than a PCI bus has, there will no longer be
>a need for IOPs to provide that level of intelligence. As a result, common
>I/O will exist across all eServers, including the zSeries and the xSeries.
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