RE: ** Feedback/Recommendations on the i5 520 Series **

[CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Ah, here's the link I was looking for:

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/linux/hardware.html

But the info in the Redbook Scott provided a link to is more current and
includes the new i5 boxes.

In short, all processors since and including the SStars have been able to
share CPUs across partitions.

Only the old IStar processors required a full CPU to be given to Linux (
though they could do shared OS/400 partitions)

HTH,
Charles



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilt, Charles 
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 11:07 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: ** Feedback/Recommendations on the i5 520 Series **
> 
> 
> Ok,
> 
> You're wrong!  ;-)
> 
> Linux hasn't required a dedicated processor in quite a while 
> ( if at all?).
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Barton [mailto:Mike.Barton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:49 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: ** Feedback/Recommendations on the i5 520 Series **
> > 
> > 
> > >Hello All, 
> > >
> > >We're just getting ready to bring in a new i5 Server for in house 
> > >development and support. 
> > snip
> > >
> > >My thought process so far is to bring in a single or dual 
> > processor where 
> > >we can have 2 iSeries partitions, a Linux partition and an 
> > AIX partition 
> > >for cross platform development. 
> > 
> > Richard
> >     i am not an expert in this area but one thing you
> > might want to consider is the that Linux partitions require
> > a dedicated processor (someone tell me if this is wrong !). 
> > 
> > Therefore a single processor box may be a little restrictive....
> > 
> > Mike
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