RE: First time buying System i5

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron

'Twas good to meet you at COMMON - you might try talking to John Ross 
at netshare. As to UPS, we just got the IBM basic one - I forget who 
is the actual manufacturer - 5 year full replacement guarantee and 
all that. I think you can order it on the lease. I assume you are 
getting a 520. And it appears without LPAR.

And load up on the software - get everything you would not think of, 
since as a partner it comes at no cost on initial order. Include all 
the options - Techline won't necessarily remember to check this for 
you. Not their fault, just not what they do.

HTH
Vern

At 04:36 AM 10/4/2006, you wrote:

> Now I am getting closer to a purchase/lease and have some questions about
> what I will need once the box gets to the office.  Note that this is the
> first System i5 we have hosted in our office so that is why the elementary
> questions.
>
> 1. Do I use 110 or 220 power?  From what I understood in a side conversation
> I heard the System i5 can do either.  Benefits to either?
>
> 2. Should I get a power conditioning unit?
>
> 3. I know I need a UPS.  Any recommendations or will something like the
> following work perfect: http://tinyurl.com/qkoy8
>
> 4. Any other setup or physical environment things I need to be made aware
> of?
>
>
> BTW, here is where I am at with my configuration - comments?  Note that I
> have two HD's and they are mirrored and NOT RAIDed.  The tech I am working
> with at IBM, whose judgment I trust, told me that mirrored drives will give
> me very similar data protection (i.e. drive goes down, just replace it ASAP,
> same as RAID), but also mentioned that mirrored drives potentially are
> faster with I/O compared to their RAID counterparts.
>
> Summary:
>  9406 520 0975 7350 600/30 CPW Value Edition with 2G memory
>  2x 35.16GB drives; embedded ethernet; DVD; VXA internal cartridge tape
>  V5.4 with one year Software Maintenance;
>
> Full config:  <http://mowyourlawn.com/temp/Krengel_Technology_Value2_3_.pdf>
> http://mowyourlawn.com/temp/Krengel_Technology_Value2_3_.pdf
>
> Note that ISV's get software "at no addtl charge" so in the end my lease
> price is on the $12,904 number which should put me at $129.04 per month (not
> too shabby!).
>
> Aaron "I'm buying an i" Bartell
> -------------------------------
> mowyourlawn.com
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> From: albartell [mailto:albartell@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 8:06 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: First time buying System i5
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> For a variety of details I wont dive into, I am now tasked with
> purchasing/leasing my first System i5.  I am actually quite excited because
> it is the same feeling I get when I buy a new PC, except this time I have
> next to zero knowledge on what I need to tell the friendly guy on the other
> end of the phone.  I am coming at this from an Partnerworld ISV standpoint
> where they give what seems to be pretty darned good deals for leasing or
> buying (i.e. 1% of list price per month or 50% off list price). Note that
> this is strictly going to be used for development and does not need to be
> HA.
>
> Here's what I need to be able to do on the machine:
> 1. Develop RPGILE/CLLE/CLE/SQL code (need to be able to compile at V5R1)
> 2. QShell environment.
> 3. Ability to run Java natively AND in a servlet container (Tomcat is my app
> server of choice)
> 4. Ability to have more than one LPAR (rep tells me I need an HMC to
> accomplish this. The HMC is some sort of Linux appliance that gives you
> control over your different LPARS)
> 5. Backup code and files (talking less than 1 or 2GB). Do I need addtl
> hardware for this or can I back to a network device?
> 6. Less than 5 profiles on 5250 at any give time.
> 7. DB2 and Query and SQL capabilities
> 8. WDSC and PDM (I already have WDSC 6.0)
> 9. Apache and SSL capabilities
>
> My retail price range is $10k to $15k which from what I can tell will get me
> a solid entry level machine.
>
> Based on the "Quick Pricer PDF" emailed to me, here is what I THINK I need,
> but I am lost as to if I have everything covered.
>
> Model/Server Feature SW Tier: 520-0975 P05
> CPW: 600/30 cpw
> Edition Name: Value
> Processor Speed: 1.9 Ghz Power 5+ includes L3 cache on 1200/60 cpw version
> Processor Feature: 8325
> Edition Featue and Price: 7350 $8,200
> ESA 24x7: $110
>
> Some things I don't understand or need clarification on:
> 1. What are "feature codes"? (i.e. 8325, 7350, etc).  For instance, it
> appears as though feature 7350 is a package deal of some sort.
> 2. From what I understand ESA gives me 24x7 access to support vs. just
> within business hours (seems like a good deal for only $110 more).
> 3. What is "5250 CPW 30"?  Is that how much processing power is given to
> green screens?
> 4. When they say "Disk Drive" on this page: http://tinyurl.com/pbpxa, what
> are they referring to? A harddrive? A backup drive of some sort?
> 5. Do I need a "Twinax Adapater"?  Is that if I want to connect an old
> school console directly to the machine?
> 6. What's the difference between the "Comm Adapter" and "Ethernet Lan" on
> this page: http://tinyurl.com/pbpxa
> 7. Is 600/30 cpw enough horsepower to run a machine with less than 5
> developers on it at a given time?
> 8. Is 1GB of memory enough to do general RPG development with some small
> Tomcat/Java and native Java mixed in there?
>
> Thanks to anyone that can help this lowly programmer buy his first iSeries
> :-)
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
>
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