RE: as/400 / linux / lpar

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

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Vern
  I can testify- fractional processors  save a LOT of Money and add tons
of  flexibility

At 10:14 PM 05/31/2002 +0000, vhamberg@attbi.com wrote:
>You can do the fractional bit all over. So, with 3
>processors, say, you could have a partition with 1.2,
>another with 1.2, and another with .6 processors
>allocated. I guess the point is you can manage these
>things very finely now. Don't quite know what good it'll
>do, but someone thinks it will.
>
>I think, v5r1 and later, you can change a lot of this on
>the fly. This can be pretty useful, I think. I believe
>it has to be done manually, however, in OpsNav
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> > So I guess that if you have multiple processors then you should dedicate a
> > whole processor (or more) to Linux?  And thus have no need for 'Linux
> > Shared Processor'?
> >
> > Rob Berendt
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> > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > Benjamin Franklin
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> > "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com>
> > Sent by: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> > 05/31/2002 03:57 AM
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> >         To:     <midrange-l@midrange.com>
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> >         Subject:        RE: as/400 / linux / lpar
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> > Rob,
> >
> > I went back to the chart and looked; I was unable to find any
> > uni-processor models which were listed as supporting Linux but not
> > supporting 'Linux Shared Processor'.  As you imply in your note, it
> > would be a theoretical impossibility.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
> >
> > > Subject: RE: as/400 / linux / lpar
> > > What is the difference between being able to run Linux on a single
> > > processor and 'Linux Shared Processor'?  On the chart I see that some
> > > single processors support LPAR, and Linux but not 'Linux Shared
> > > Processor'.
> > >
> > > Rob Berendt
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