DrFranken,
Yes power is an issue, I can't imagine why??? The Second HMC is in an
alternate data center with the alternate ESS-800 Shark. The primary data
center has an ESS-800 Shark too. We've been beating up management with
improvement suggestions to reduce power and improve performance. They've
been hesitant to buy anything because, well it costs money. WOW what a
concept! Our previous CIO did not like the idea of LPAR's because it might
interfere with the primary server on the p595, so it runs ONE system. Now
that's really a waste. Now that we are under new management, the server
sprawl is over, and we're still cleaning up after it all. The POWER6+ 570
will get moved to the alternate data center, once we get a more robust
infrastructure in place. The AIX admin is already pushing to retire the
p595 and move the server to the POWER770. The two iSeries servers are
already in a retirement plan. The sad news is that management is
continuing the original plan to consolidate everything onto three primary
platforms. AIX, Linux, and M$. The iSeries is no longer being considered
for our modernization efforts here. I was new to this system when I took
this job just over 2 years ago. I was a Solaris admin, and worked on M$,
Sun, SGI, VAX, and several systems that predate c/Unix. I have to say that
the i/OS is one of the more robust systems I've had the pleasure of working
with, it will be a sad day when we retire our final iSeries system here.
So, the moral of the story folks. "Server sprawl is bad, m'kay!" My
personal disclaimer, I got here after all of the initial server sprawl. So
I've been part of the modernization and clean up effort, oh yay! And to
answer your obvious question, I have been lobbying to keep the iSeries here
for certain tasks. It's been a wonderful Domino platform, but it's running
on a 6 year old server. It's time for a little hardware refresh, say an
LPAR on the POWER770. I haven't given up yet, and won't.
Thank you,
Bill Epperson Jr.
Systems Communications Analyst
Memorial Health System
(719) 365-8831
From: DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/06/2010 06:05 AM
Subject: Re: Installing a 520 for the first time
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
POWER5 p590. POWER5+ P595. POWER5 570, POWER5+ P570, POWER6+ 570........
"we're having power issues in the data center."
I can't imagine why! :-)
DrFranken
On 4/5/2010 7:17 PM, William.Epperson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Let's see:
First HMC:
POWER5 9406-570& 9406-520
Second HMC:
POWER5 p590, 2 x POWER5 550's, and 2 x POWER5 520's
Third HMC:
POWER5+ p595, 1 x POWER5+ p570, 1 x POWER6+ 570, 3 x POWER5 550's, 6 x
POWER5 520's
and the brand new POWER770 that's in the rack (today) and not yet powered
on, we're having power issues in the data center. Have to move a couple
of
circuits first.
Do I win, or do we not have enough servers under one HMC? Didn't count
the
LPAR's, but I'd say more than 50 but less than a hundred. Not even
counting the dozen POWER4's that are in the process of being replaced
this
year (FINALLY)!
Bill Epperson Jr.
Systems Communications Analyst
Memorial Health System
(719) 365-8831
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