Re: V5R1 vs V4R5

Peter,

I would opt for V5R1 just because it has that many more "features" ;-) and
it will be that much longer before it goes out of support. I looked up your
original post and I have these comments:

1) As I think Neil pointed out, 4GB DASD is going to be too tight, IMHO,
even with V4R5. I just took a quick look at our V4R5 box and it is pretty
close to 4000MB for LIC, QSYS, and other IBM libs. This is a machine with
all the compilers and development tools, so that uses some space. However,
the machine you described is going to need at least a few hundred MB for the
INS, so I really can't see 4GB being enough.

2) The warning you were originally referring to may have been that some IPCS
cards (such as my 2850) were no longer supported by V5R1 and that even
though the card will boot up, the networking support will not load.

3) If the 170 was in my house, and I was the only user, and I was trying to
save money or card slots, I would consider the shared NIC. Otherwise, use
separate, dedicated NICs for OS/400 and FSIOP/IPCS/INS/IXA regardless of
OS/400 release.

-Marty

------------ original message -------------

From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Subject: Re: V5R1 vs V4R5
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:22:22 -0800
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com

Thanks Marty.  I think if it were my $, I'd be spending it on V5R1, not V4R5
+ INS, in which case there'd only be one NIC.  Do you have any thoughts to
share on that?

Peter Dow