Re: Power 6

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

They don't do the marketing either...more's the pity.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Pete Massiello
<pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I was doing an upgrade last night from a small 9406-520 to a new power 6
> one core using an LTO-4 tape drive, and the restore was actually about 1/2
> the time it took to do the backup on the 520 with an LTO-3.
>
> I think IBM might want to change their marketing program to "POWER 6 - It's
> faster than Cat Sh1t".  Well, perhaps this is why I don't do the marketing
> and just the technical stuff.  :)
>
> But I have done over two dozen Power 6 upgrades so far, and they are just
> amazing.   They IPL like lightening.  The only thing I do not like about
> them, is the power connection on the back.  Very easy to knock the power
> cords out, and I have done this on every install so far at least once (One
> machine I knocked it out 3 times).  Luckily, I have ordered every machine
> with dual power, and I would HIGHLY recommend that everyone who orders these
> boxes insure they have dual power.  Someone must have been drunk at IBM when
> they designed the power connectivity.  They don't have one of those large
> rings to insure the power stays connected, and the plugs don't snuggly fit
> in.
>
> One of the machines I recently upgraded was running Domino, and it was
> always slow to come up on the 9406-520.  With their new Power 6 520, it was
> up almost instantly.  In addition, everything was just flying through that
> customers machine.  It made them extremely happy.
>
> Pete
>
> Pete Massiello
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