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

[Mike Barton <Mike.Barton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Ok,
>
>You're wrong!  ;-)
>
>Linux hasn't required a dedicated processor in quite a while ( if at all?).
>
>Charles


>I'm pretty sure this is completely wrong.  IIRC a 520 will support up to 10
>LPARs per processor, you would need some additional resources for each
LPAR,
>but they're virtualizing more IOP's all the time so this could change.
>
>In the case of Linux, you could also run it as an iSeries guest LPAR, which
>requires no additional resources.  On a 520 with V5R3 you do not need an
>OS/400 management partition and you have support for dynamic processor
>movement so you might not even need the 2-way system.  Per the V5R3
handbook
>http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/ga195486.pdf you can get a 1-way
>520 with up to 3300 CPW.

Hello
I only mentioned it as I have a recent leaflet which dropped out of an
AS/400
mag in the UK which gives configuration details.
At the bottom it has a couple of notes, one which says 'Linux supported on
Dedicated Processors only, other partitions support processor sharing.'

It did catch my attention at the time & mentioned it here partly to see if
it was true :)
Perhaps I have read this out of context....

Mike

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