Re: LPARing an 810......

[msmith6@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Rob and Charles have good point.  Not a big deal LPARing the 810.  I 
have Prod LPAR and a Test one.  Other than extra IOP/Disk 
controllers/DASD/Console access and some memory it's not bad. 

5-10K for the consulting services does seem high.  




> message: 1
> date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:23:21 -0400
> from: ALopez@xxxxxxxxxx
> subject: LPARing an 810......
>
> I'm preparing a presentation on possible expenses in the coming 
> year and 
> have been asked to add a slide concerning the cost to LPAR our 
> current 
> system if we decide to begin work on a new ERP package.
>
> I realize that an 810 will not support the latest and greatest in 
> LPAR, 
> but believe that it is possible with one 'controlling' partition 
> (OS/400 
> based) and dependent LPARs (also OS/400 based) as needed.  Is that 
> correct?  What would be a reasonable estimate to have a business 
> partner 
> come in to set that up?  I don't think this is something that we 
> would 
> want to tackle on our own.  Would $5 - $10k cover the consulting 
> expenses?
> At this point we're interested only in a broad outline of the 
> possiblity--we really don't need to go through the process of 
> spec'ing 
> this out and getting real quotes.
>
> Thanks for any help.