Re: DIY

[Rob <rob.couch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron,

    My end goal is to have my own development machine at home. 
Something I can practice with and learn the IBM i inside and out...

    Building...  OS installation...  System protection...  OS, Software 
and Data Backup, Recovery & mirroring.

    I have that level of competence with the Windows and Linux systems 
I manage.  I hate off the shelf machines.  They were lacking the moment 
they were designed.

    I do not mind installing the OS every 70 days.  What I will be 
using for does not require 24/7 operations.  I what to become a master 
of this universe which is the IBM i.

    I really like Mark Waterbury suggestion of starting with a used 520 
for a few hundred dollars... adding some SCSI DASD drives.  But I 
understand the IOP cards and other processor boards to consider. I want 
to learn it all!

Thanks,
Rob.

On 12/30/2015 02:42 PM, Aaron Bartell wrote:
> Rob Couch, what is your end goal?  Learn how to put together an IBM i or
> <something else>?
>
> Aaron Bartell
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:40 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > <snip>
> > used Power 8 hardware...
> > </snip>
> > will be a lot rarer than a used 2016 Cadillac.
> > People tend to hold on to their Power equipment for at least a couple of
> > years.
> >
> > And, yeah, that license of IBM i... You might want to research that before
> > scouring Ebay for used Power 8's.
> >
> > IDK if you have much familiarity with AIX but my boss felt that buying a
> > licence of AIX to run on Power was chump change compared to what licences
> > of IBM i cost.  And then there's SQL, compilers, etc.  All sold
> > separately.
> > Really starts to make idevcloud look good.  I get no money from them.
> >
> > See the command WRKLICINF on your system.
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> > --
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From:   Rob <rob.couch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To:     midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date:   12/30/2015 03:11 PM
> > Subject:        DIY
> > Sent by:        "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > I have learned quite a bit in a very short time....
> >
> >       Thanks Mark...
> >
> > So I guess I am looking for used Power 8 hardware...
> >
> > I am thinking my home office rack and my wallet wont know what hit
> > them!!!!!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
> >
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