The “H” systems are targeted for SAP HANA and only support 25% of the cores for running IBM i/AIX. All other cores are Linux.
The “S” systems are basically same T&Cs as their POWER8 counterparts. S924-S824, S922-S922, S914-S814.
As expected POWER9 requires 7.2/7.3 with latest TR release. NO v7r1 support.
No performance data(CPW/rPerf) numbers yet but IBM says to expect 1.5x performance of POWER8
Initial review is showing POWER9 list price a bit higher than a comparable POWER8 but price/performance should still be better.
From: Jim Oberholtzer<mailto:midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 8:47 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'<mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: P9 Announcement day
Read deep into the announcements. Several of these boxes Require SAP HANA
as the primary OS, and the IBM i P group is 20. IBM i and AIX are limited
to 25% of the total machine.
These will need some serious review to understand exactly what's in store
for IBM i .
--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
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