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Direct Attached Storage Gets Massive NVM-Express Expansion

April 12, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

The storage area network – a giant wonking storage server with lots of lossless Fibre Channel switching between servers that share access to virtual storage partitions – has been around for several decades now. And despite all of the talk of its ubiquity, and usefulness in driving up storage utilization across a bunch of servers and therefore helping drive down the cost of that storage while also enhancing its manageability and shareability, for many IBM i shops, using directly attached storage is what they want to do.

There are reasons for this, of course. In many cases, the IBM i …
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A Hodge Podge Of Power Systems Stuff

February 20, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Sometimes Valentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday and ends up being a kind of lightweight Power Systems announcement day. That happened last week as IBM’s top brass in the Power Systems division discussed the priorities for the Power Systems line in 2023, which we covered in the top story in last Wednesday’s issue, and the subscription-based pricing for IBM i on all Power9 and Power10 machines, which we covered in this week’s top story.

There is always some other stuff that IBM does on Power Systems announcement day, and February 14, 2023, is no exception.

Announcement letter 120-017 has …
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A Slew Of Add-On Services For Power10 Systems

August 17, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Back in February, we told you about a new set of services called Power Expert Care that offered enhanced services above and beyond Software Maintenance (SWMA) for the operating system and systems software stack and the hardware maintenance that comes with support contracts. In recent weeks, IBM has rolled out more services under the Power Expert Care umbrella.

In announcement letter 122-006, the based Power Expert Care services are extended to the Power10 entry servers – the Power S1014, the Power S1022s, the Power S1022, the Power L1022, the Power S1024, and the Power L1024 – and in announcement …
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Power10 Entry Machines: The Power S1024 And Power L1024

August 8, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

This is fourth part of our in-depth coverage of the entry and midrange Power10 machines that were announced on July 12 and that started shipping a few weeks later. This week, we go over the last of the machines that can run the IBM i operating system, the Power S1024 and its quasi-Linux-only companion, the Power L1024.

We already went through the Power S1014, the Power S1022s, and the Power S1022 and its quasi-Linux-only variant, the Power L1022. And next week, we will take a look at the midrange Power E1050 – which does not support the IBM i operating …
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Power10 Entry Machines: The Power S1022 And Power L1022

August 1, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

This is third part of our in-depth coverage of the entry and midrange Power10 machines that Big Blue launched on July 12, which will focus on the Power S1022 and its Linux-only variant, the Power L1022. Not to be confused with the Power S1022s – that is a small “s” not a plural – that we covered last week.

We will cover the Power S1024 and Power L1024 machines next week, and then finish the series with an analysis of the Power E1050 – which does not support the IBM i operating system but which could any time IBM …
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Power10 Entry Machines: The Power S1022s

July 25, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

This is second part of our in-depth coverage of the entry and midrange Power10 machines that Big Blue launched on July 12, and today we are going to take a look at the Power 1022s, a new class of machine in the Power Systems lineup that shoots the gap between the lowest-end Power S1014, which we reviewed last week, and the Power S1022 and Power L1022 that offer more expandability and more features.

We will cover these machines next week, followed by the Power S1024 and Power L1024 the week after that, and finish off with the Power E1050 – …
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Looks Like July 12 For Power10 Announcements, Maybe July 27 for Shipments

June 13, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Those of us who have been waiting for the entry and midrange Power10 machines to be announced and start shipping, and thus beginning a new hardware cycle and a new opportunity to get IBM i shops on current hardware and software, will not have to wait long.

According to the latest rumors, it looks like the announcements of the entry Power10 machines – to be known as the Power S1014, the Power S1022s, the Power S1022, the Power L1022, the Power S1024, and the Power L1024 – and the Power E1050 midrange machine will happen on July 12. Which, as …
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Direct Attached Storage Gets Massive NVM-Express Expansion

A Hodge Podge Of Power Systems Stuff

A Slew Of Add-On Services For Power10 Systems

Power10 Entry Machines: The Power S1024 And Power L1024

Power10 Entry Machines: The Power S1022 And Power L1022

Power10 Entry Machines: The Power S1022s

Looks Like July 12 For Power10 Announcements, Maybe July 27 for Shipments

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