RE: Any thoughts on the PowerVM and lx86 announcement? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Think "DataCentre" and the rack space and floor space this will save. (Yeah,
I know, ignore power and cooling requirements at the same time)

I do think being able to use "cheap" SAN has some obvious benefits but as
with many features the entry cost to obtain the savings will be significant.

I did mean to say earlier that some of the functions available in SANS are
available on i5/os. In particular he mentioned Geographic Mirroring
otherwise known as Cross Site Mirroring.

Ironically, lot of the SAN technology pitches I see seem to be aimed at
making the SAN storage provide the same benefits as single level iSeries
storage does...

Regards
Evan Harris

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Subject: RE: Any thoughts on the PowerVM and lx86 announcement?

Or one other scenario.

c)
Buy a blade center.
Buy a blade for i5.
Buy a SAN (and related equipment)

vs

d) Buy a 515, 520 or 525.

Meaning, if you didn't already have a SAN, why would you go for C vs D? As
a way of getting in a SAN and blaming the high expense on running the
System i based application?

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