Re: 9406 515 vs 8203 E4A

I think the best reason is the 7.2 won't be supported on a 9406-515, and the 8203-E4A would be the better of the two boxes, but not the best box. In all honesty, I would look at a 8202-E4D (4-Core), as I think it will be a better cheaper decision when you take the cost of the hardware, software, and H/W maintenance over a 3 year life. SWMA should be the same as all are P05

Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Wood
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:06 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: 9406 515 vs 8203 E4A

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9406 515 withdrawn on Jan 1, 2009.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8203 E4A withdrawn on May 27, 2011.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