Re: Recommendations for Low End IBMi that Supports Multiple LPARS

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How much storage do you need?  How many users?

I'm guessing a POWER 720, 8202-E4C four way might do the trick, and 
since it's a P05 box the software is not too extreme.  The big downside, 
no expansion chassis on the 4 way.   You would also use either VIOS or 
IBM i to host the secondary partitions.   A 720 six way gets you 
multiple chassis (lots of storage) and such, but it's also a P10 box so 
the IBM i licenses get a bit more.

Cloud based solution maybe?  I hear there are a couple of guys on the 
list that might have a great solution for you.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 1/11/2013 7:47 AM, Richard Schoen wrote:
> Once again it's time to start looking at refreshing our IBM i hardware.
>
> I would like to bring in a box that supports at least 2 LPARS and V6R1, possibly V7R1.
>
> Would also like to be able to save/restore the OS and libraries primarily to disk so I can use my network based tape drives to roll to tape.
>
> Anyone have advice on what such a beast might look like and which os the re-used model numbers to choose from:)
>
> All input is appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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