Re: I'm eating crow... but not for long...

Andrew,

there should be iSeries Blade Servers by late next year....I just sat in
on a really interesting briefing on them and where the technology's
going....


And, they should be sufficiently rackmountable to make your requirements.

Don in DC

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Andrew Borts wrote:

> OK - the age old question if there IS going to be a "Rack Mounted" AS/400 has 
>finished.  I've been moaning about this for a while, but it was delivered 
>w/out many people EVEN KNOWING that's it's been here all along!!
>
> 1) All 270's are apparently designed to fit within a STANDARD rack, with a 
>Drawer thingy that IBM can provide to place the 270 in question onto. (19 
>inches I believe is the size!) (The double wide ones at least... the thin 
>270's can be placed onto shelves)
> 2) All 830's are ALSO designed to fit within these SAME spaces!!
> 3) All 820's require a 24inch rack (I think - I didn't verify this) but this 
>is the only NON-Standard AS/400 sized box apparently
>
> OK - so I don't have the right to ask (ANYMORE) where the Rack mounted 
>AS/400's are, they've been with us all along!  However when I ask about it, 
>the IBMer's (not knowing their own product I guess...) answer "Why do you need 
>this" - I guess they don't know their own product?
>
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