Re: LPAR Question

No. of Cabinets is same or less for LPAR
Amount of memory is same or less for LPAR
Quantity of Disks is generally the same.
Quantity of IOAs is generally the same, sometimes less.
Quanityt of Tape drives is generally the same, sometimes less.
Amount of CPW purchased is often Less

That is why I asked the question to begin with, I understood that someone consolidating real production servers into one LPAR server would need the extra hardware, tape drives etc... I just wanted to confirm that this was also needed on a simple QA box that isn't mission critical, doesn't need backup etc....

I have no intention of trying to do this myself, if anything I don't want to do it period. It is way more expensive than buying multiple boxes. I am actually just trying to convince some other people that they cannot do this themselves, and I wanted to be sure I understood the reasons and confirm that there are not scenarios where you probably could do it yourself.

Mark




Subject: Re: LPAR Question


Mark,

Please understand this is not a flame but from your comments you understand the theory behind LPAR but not the reality. Those of us doing LPAR would like to be able to do some of the things you suggest and perhaps in the future some of them may appear. But for now you must get the rules right, all of them, or you *WILL* be missing critical pieces. Trust me on that. You cannot create a partition without the minimum requirements. I strongly recommend that if you are doing only one, you select a partner that knows the ropes. They can show you how it was done, train you in the day-to-day stuff and be available for future enhancements.

- Larry