RE: Upgrade paths

At 07:18 PM 11/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Gary Feinstein [SMTP:gfeinste@planethollywood.com]
>Sent:  Wednesday, November 12, 1997 6:42 PM
>To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject:       Upgrade paths
>
>I am trying to figure out the upgrade path for a 510.  I think the next
>step would be a 600, 620, 640, or 650.  How is the S series different
>than the 600 series?  Is the OS enhanced in the S series for file 
>server
>use?  Are their any hardware differences?  Is there somewhere on the 
>IBM
>web site that I can look for this information?  I downloaded a couple 
>of
>PDF files today however, they are just brief overviews of the
>information I am looking for.
>TIA.

IBM does a bad job of communicating this.

The server models are limited in the number of interactive (dum
workstations) jobs they can support.  The current limit is 7.  Also, the
amount of interactive performance is also limited.

You probably want to be in a 620.

Al



Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
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