Re: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 16, Issue 828 -- MIDRANGE-L

Thanks Rob

First, The machine in question is a Power 8 V7R2

2nd, our main periodic processing jobs are big monolithic RPG programs
that do not easily lend themselves to "parallelization" efforts.
(actually I was told that it can't be done as each such job is
executed by one processor only and splitting such a job into 2-3 sub-jobs
is a splitting headache )

IBM's (and others) investigation into these jobs found them to be
"Processor bound"

Hence, if we want to see a performance gain with the new machine and remain
in P10 class then a Power9 processor is called for.

Regards
Gad

Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Power 9

I'm thinking the Power 8's are plenty powerful enough with no reason to
wait.

<snip>
Sibley went in the direction of system design and high performance
interconnects, while mentioning the introduction of Power9 servers would
come late in 2017, with IBM i versions unavailable until early 2018.
</snip>
https://www.itjungle.com/2017/05/08/watson-puts-show-common/

And my totally baseless prediction is that 7.1 will not be supported on
it. Think about it. 7.1 hits end of support 4/30/2018 and the above says
"IBM i versions unavailable until early 2018". At minimum, it would take
a new TR of 7.1 and IBM says there will be NO new TR's for 7.1.
<snip>?IBM i 7.1 TR11 is the final Technology Refresh (TR PTF and TR PTF
Group) for IBM i 7.1.</snip>
Sure, IBM skated around this a little for some Power 8 stuff with Resave S
but no matching TR but don't bet your business on that happening again
with 7.1.
http://m.ibm.com/http/www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/
planning/techrefresh/i71.html

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi

Rob Berendt
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From: Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx>
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 05/10/2017 10:43 AM
Subject: Power 9
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello Guys

I might have a budget allocation for a new IBM i machine *this year*

does anybody know when P9 will be available?
(I have a vague recollection of Q3-Q4 / 2017).

TIA
Gad
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