RE: Any con's to getting rid of our development box and justrunning it as a partition?

I will preface my comments first by saying I am not sure how LPAR affects
software licensing.  If you move development to a box with LPAR, does the 'P'
level go up?  This would cost you more money.  I think one big reason why shops
get a separate box for development is so that they can keep that 'P' level down
and pay less for the development tools they need.  When we got our new
production box, we were able to get 'more power', but drop a 'P' level.  Saved
bucks all around in that move.  Just a thought for you to ponder if you have not
already.

-- Scott Johnson

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> Subject: Any con's to getting rid of our development box and just
> running it as a partition?
>
>
> Currently we have the following machines:
>
> 270 - Boss' toy.  First machine to get new versions of OS/400 and/or
> Domino.
> 840 - LPAR'ed machine.  Lots of production
> 820 - Development.  Second to get new versions of OS/400.  Does all
> compiles, etc.
> 270 - This 270 is our web server
> 270 - This 270 is our backup for our email.  Hey, you can
> have a hot site
> for email but not that trivial stuff like payroll or order entry.
>
> We are looking at putting both the 820 and the web serving 270 as two
> separate partitions on the 840.  One major goal being able to
> afford a
> Mimix solution and upgrading the backup email 270 machine to
> be our Mimix
> backup machine.  This would drop us down from all these to:
> 270 - Boss' toy
> 840, (or newer box)
> 270 (probably newer box) for Mimix
>
> I like having a separate development box.  And, LPAR
> speaking, we will.
> But is there any drawbacks to consider?
>
> Rob Berendt