RE: i5 vs. p5

No p5's can run OS/400.  They run i5/OS.  ;)


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al Barsa
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 12:16 PM
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Subject: RE: i5 vs. p5

There are several hundred i5's running AIX in a partition.  There are
only a handful of p5's running OS/400.  The "rumor mill" is that future
generations of p's will not run OS/400, but future generations of i's
will continue to run AIX.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
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Read the redbook about p5's for the answer.

It is limited, and it's not very cost-effective unless you have a
specific task to perform.

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248001.html?Open

IBM i5/OS on p5 servers is intended for clients with a relatively small
amount of i5/OS applications, whose focus and IT strategy are centered
on UNIX.


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ingvaldson, Scott
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:46 AM
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Subject: i5 vs. p5

Seriously what's the difference?  Can anyone definitively say that you
can't (or can) load i5/OS on any 5xx model p5 or load AIX on any 5xx
series i5?

I took a plant tour at IBM Rochester yesterday and the tour guide
specifically said that there was no way to tell an i5 from a p5 until
the cover was put on.  Later I asked one of the engineers and she said
that other than licensing and support issues she didn't know why it
wouldn't work.

A thread earlier this week suggested that i5/OS could only run on p5 in
a "limited fashion" and it would cost "a GAZILLION dollars."   Does
anyone really know?

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group
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