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Re: Power6 E4A upgrade

at the beginning of this year we went from a power5+ 525 7100cpw with 2 active processors, to a Power7+ E4D 14132cpw...
but... with additions:
24GB ram to 64GB,
100% SSD...

performance did indeed double...


On 10/28/2014 3:39 PM, Mike Cunningham wrote:
If you were running a Power6 E4A at 7.1 today with 8,300 CPW and 2 active processors with no performance problems and no major new initiatives in the next 3 years that would require a lot more resources, what model hardware would you upgrade to? Would you go Power7+ on an E4D or Power8 on a ??? (I can't find much on the IBM site on power model comparisons.

Thanks



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