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  3. May 2007

Re: Power6 on System i

Steve Richter wrote:
On 5/23/07, Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Eric,

The trend towards hardware platform consolidation has been long in the
making...

I dont understand what the holdup is with i5/OS running on
consolidated hardware. Ian Jarman says there is no technical or
performance reason i5/OS cannot run on the p5. But he says customers
dont want it ( which again I dont understand because the p5 is sold in
the blade config that i5 customers say they want ).

i5/OS has been available as an option for highend p systems for a few
years now. It's processor restricted enough to discourage you from
buying a p5/p6 for the primary purpose of running i5/OS.

I would expect z/OS (for power architecture) to be similarly restricted
on both p & i hardware. z hardware could easily have the highest markup.

As the cost of servers decline, Rochester will have to depend less on
hardware markup. It would be better if i5/OS was priced on it's own (no
hardware subsidies).


Keith

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