System i hardware

IBM configures System i 525 to jibe with ERP apps

IBM this week is releasing a System i 525 preconfigured to run enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications from Oracle and SAP. This continues IBM's efforts to position the System i as an ideal platform for running those back-end...

Buy a System i, get a BladeCenter free

Insider Weekly has a story on a deal that IBM is offering. If you buy an expensive enough System i box, Big Blue will give you a BladeCenter for free. The catch is that the System i has to cost at least $150,000 and include two PCI-X iSCSI...

Systems integrator says i reorganization is overdue

Chris Maxcer interviewed Kevin Fratzke, vice president of MSI Systems Integrator, about IBM's decision to

IBM the SMB follower with Shorty now out

Timothy Prickett Morgan at IT Jungle has a great column reviewing Hewlett-Packard's release of the BladeSystem c3000, nicknamed "Shorty." The new HP chassis can hold eight blades, sits 10.5 inches high and draws from a regular...

The iSeries mainframe

Check out this quote from a local story in the Dodge City Daily Globe, which serves southwest Kansas. The quote refers to some purchases the local government recently made (bold type is my...

Beware: The pitfalls of the System i 515

Lukas Beeler has a post on his blog about the things to keep in mind when considering buying the System i 515. When IBM

SAS drives to be available in System i

Serial attached SCSI (SAS) drives will be available in System i servers, starting with the Power6-based System i5 570 coming out later this year.

The story has some interesting comments about how it's good to get SAS on...

IBM’s System i strategy is a stumble in the right direction

The following is a response from one of our readers, John DeCoville, to Mark Fontecchio's article IBM System i division filing for divorce. Thanks for the insight, John.

System i division splits; Power6 System i due out this year

Mark Shearer, the IBM System i general manager, announced some big organizational news when I talked to him yesterday. Big Blue is splitting the server division in two. High-end models like the 570 and 595 will be in a new Power Systems unit along with IBM's Unix line, the System p. Lower-end...

AS/400 versus 60-Dell server cluster

In a recent Slashdot post, readers compared using 60 Dell rack-mount servers in a Linux cluster to the AS/400. The pro-Linux cluster reader said that the...