RE: IXA resource failures

["Jones, John \(US\)" <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

iSCSI is a good replacement for IxA, but the IxS still has advantages as
long as you can live with the limited processing power of a PentiumM.
For instance:

- The IxS has no maintenance costs (it is covered by the tower/CEC it's
installed in).
- There's no footprint in the rack.  
- If doing a lot of comm to the iSeries it can talk over VLAN which will
outperform Gb Ethernet.  
- It uses very little power and puts out very little heat.


John A. Jones, CISSP
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Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:17 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IXA resource failures

And...

Both are being replaced with iSCSI which makes the cabling a non-issue
since it uses standard ethernet LAN connectivity. Plus, iSCSI is a lot
less expensive than the IXA option.

Kind regards,

BJ


On 12/14/06, Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> IXA is basically a xSeries server that is attached to the System i 
> through (byzantine) cabling. The xSeries has an IXA adapter Card and a

> Remote Supervisor Adapter card so that it can communicate and share 
> resources with the System i.  IXS is a card IN the System i.  Either 
> can run Windows or Linux.
>
> Pete
>
>
> fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > What's IXA vs. IXS?
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