RE: ** Feedback/Recommendations on the i5 520 Series **

Ok,

You're wrong!  ;-)

Linux hasn't required a dedicated processor in quite a while ( if at all?).

Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Barton [mailto:Mike.Barton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:49 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: ** Feedback/Recommendations on the i5 520 Series **
> 
> 
> >Hello All, 
> >
> >We're just getting ready to bring in a new i5 Server for in house 
> >development and support. 
> snip
> >
> >My thought process so far is to bring in a single or dual 
> processor where 
> >we can have 2 iSeries partitions, a Linux partition and an 
> AIX partition 
> >for cross platform development. 
> 
> Richard
>       i am not an expert in this area but one thing you
> might want to consider is the that Linux partitions require
> a dedicated processor (someone tell me if this is wrong !). 
> 
> Therefore a single processor box may be a little restrictive....
> 
> Mike
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