Re: Why did you LPAR?

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Buck,
LPARs are used to provide distinct environments. System 1 will have a Hyperviser
partition, Production system partition (Primary of HA pair), Domino test
partition. System 2 will have Hyperviser, Production (Backup of HA pair), New
Release testing partition, Development partition, Testing partition (for System
Admin testing, including Linux)
Bob
Buck Calabro wrote:

> Bob L wrote:
>
> >Just received two 830 4ways to replace old
> >two old S/20s. 830s are LPARed and have a
> >total of eight partitions between them.
>
> Bob, I have seen a little interest in LPAR boxes for pseudo High
> Availability, supporting old releases or for incremental processor usage
> (Service bureau only needs 3 CPUs and LPARs out the 4th to their development
> department.)  Out of sheer curiosity, may I ask what prompted twin boxes and
> 8 partitions?  Al Barsa might jump in here too, since his folks probably
> sell a few LPAR systems...
>   --buck