Re: card placement

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd get the 5805.  Larry does not give that kind of advise lightly and 
with your complex systems where performance is important, it's best to 
take the advice of a non-interested party.    ( after all, Larry helped 
write the cert test the other guy had to take and pass )

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 9/6/2013 9:53 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Vendor is suggesting 5904, which is a 572F/575C pair.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
> -- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 
> 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108 
> 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com From: DrFranken 
> <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
> <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Cc: rob@xxxxxxxxx Date: 09/06/2013 10:48 AM 
> Subject: Re: card placement Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Rob you want either the 5805 card (a pair) or the 5913 card (a pair). 
> For a single 5886 I would go 5805 even though they have batteries 
> because they are a LOT cheaper and you won't have any performance 
> issues either. The 5913s have no batteries and are wonderful if you 
> want SSDs in there. You need any two PCIe slots available. They are 
> IOPless so it doesn't matter where they are. If all you have are PCI-X 
> slots that changes everything. - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis 
> www.frankeni.com www.iDevCloud.com www.iInTheCloud.com On 9/6/2013 
> 9:31 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >  We do daisy chain 5886's at our other location.  However, they are all
> > >  running off of cards and not the CEC.
> > >  You can only daisy chain one 5886 to another.  So four 5886's is two
> > >  chains.
> > >
> > >  Either way, I am going to need card placement.
> > >
> > >
> > >  Rob Berendt
> > >