RE: M25 Memory

["Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow what a great find.  They do not have the 8GB modules yet that I wanted to max the system at 32GB but I can afford to by 16GB of Kingston memory and throw it away later when I can upgrade to 32GB and still save over $30G. 

Ok IBM business partner, let's start negotiating now!


 

Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philipp Rusch
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:41 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: M25 Memory

Chris Bipes schrieb:
> Does anyone on this list have a source for memory for a M25?  IBM wants'
> 40K for 32GB.  That is outrageous.  I am hoping that there may be used 
> memory from an older Power 5+ system such as a 595 or so that would be 
> compatible with the new Power 6 M25.
>
> Hey one can hope!  But if any one know of a source for less expensive 
> memory?
>  
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>   
Chris,

have you looked at www.kingston.com ? Just search for 9408-M25 They seem to have iSeries, err POWER memory for the M25:

Standard Memory: 	2 GB 
<http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=46169&mfr=IBM&model=Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408&root=&LinkBack=&Sys=46169-IBM-Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408-M25%29&distributor=0&submit1=Search#>
 (Removable)  

Maximum Memory: 	16 GB 
<http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=46169&mfr=IBM&model=Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408&root=&LinkBack=&Sys=46169-IBM-Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408-M25%29&distributor=0&submit1=Search#>
 with current Kingston products
32 GB
<http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=46169&mfr=IBM&model=Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408&root=&LinkBack=&Sys=46169-IBM-Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408-M25%29&distributor=0&submit1=Search#>
 with release of 16GB Kit
<http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=46169&mfr=IBM&model=Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408&root=&LinkBack=&Sys=46169-IBM-Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408-M25%29&distributor=0&submit1=Search#> 


Expansion: 	4 Sockets  (2 Banks 
<http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=46169&mfr=IBM&model=Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408&root=&LinkBack=&Sys=46169-IBM-Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408-M25%29&distributor=0&submit1=Search#>
of 2)  

CPU & ChipSet: 	IBM POWER6    

Bus Architecture: 	PCI 
<http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=46169&mfr=IBM&model=Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408&root=&LinkBack=&Sys=46169-IBM-Power+520+Express+Model+M25+%289408-M25%29&distributor=0&submit1=Search#>
Express; PCI-X

Mfgr's System P/N's: 	N/A


Comments 	Mixing of different capacity modules is NOT supported


 From their info I think the 32 GB isn't available at the moment ... may explain the price.
Here in Germany Kingston wants 492,- Euro per 8 GB Kit which gives 984,- Euro for
16 GB, which is far away from your price. And as far as I know, IBM service accepts  memory from Kingston in their systems/service contracts.