Re: 9406 515 vs 8203 E4A

[Joe Wood <wood3875@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

Given these choices, I'd go with the 8203 as it's the Power6 chipset.  It's
usable and supported life will simply be longer than an aged Power5+...
 Your options, CPW, and throughput with the Power6 will be superior
(without picking apart CPU feature #'s).

Both are P05 software tier so the OS/LPP's (SWMA) will be the same.  Both
are V7R1 capable.  Others can chime in with hardware MAINTENANCE
considerations, reliability, and/or expand-ability ?

9406 515 withdrawn on Jan 1, 2009.
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/systemi/515/

8203 E4A withdrawn on May 27, 2011.
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=sm&appname=pseries&htmlfid=897/ENUS8203-_h01








On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:57 PM, tim.dclinc@xxxxxxxxx
<tim.dclinc@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> we are looking at these two systems to replace our older 170.  I was
> wondering which would be best and why. Also, with either run v7.1
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