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  3. March 2006

RE: Partitioning and Windows Servers?

>I was just discussing with a business partner the possibility of
>consolidating some Windows servers on integrated Netfinity servers in an
i5.

>I was told:
>
>You can just partition the i5 and run Windows on the partition(s).

>This is WITHOUT a netfinity card?????  

>What have I missed?  Will Windows run on a non-Intel (or Intel-look-alike)
>processor, namely the i5 processor?   Partition or no partition, I find it
>hard to believe that Windows Server will run on an i5 CPU without an
"Intel"
>chip in the mix somewhere.

You've missed getting a Business Partner that has any clue what they are
talking about.

You can not run windows on an iSeries partition by itself, you do in fact
need the IXS cards, one for each windows server instance.

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