RE: YAIQ - Yet another ignorant question: multiple LPARs.

Of course, z/OS is nice too. If you can afford it and need some very

advanced

multi-box ability (like having 1,000 jobs running across 5 32-way

processors,

presenting a single system image to the user).

Oh, the places you'll go!

On our model 550 at the current moment we're running about 1700 jobs
across 3 LPARs using a single processor. I know many others here on the
list have much bigger and more complicated environments.

Once you get used to the i you'll wonder why you didn't do this years
ago. Many of the mainframe concepts you're used to will transfer almost
directly, like the "hipersocket" concept.

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
Senior IBM Support Specialist
Fiserv Midwest


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Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:03 PM
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Subject: RE: YAIQ - Yet another ignorant question: multiple LPARs.

I will say this, you do have the right frame of mind and are quite
open.

Rob Berendt

Sometimes I'm "open". The i is a NICE environment. Linux is nice. Other
UNIX systems may be nice (no experience). Don't ask me about Windows and
M$. I'd likely be put as NOPOST to the forum and scolded by the admin
for using such language. <frown>

Of course, z/OS is nice too. If you can afford it and need some very
advanced multi-box ability (like having 1,000 jobs running across 5
32-way processors, presenting a single system image to the user).

--
John McKown
Systems Engineer IV
IT

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