Apr 28 2009 2:45PM GMT
Posted by: Leah Rosin
AS/400,
COMMON,
IBM System i user groups,
Power processor,
ILE,
cloud computing,
Valence,
Web tools,
WDSC,
virtual tape,
SSD,
Linux,
RPG,
Vision Solutions,
Smart i,
BI solutions,
Talend,
BCD Clover,
Query/400
Day two at COMMON 2009 is under my belt, and the level of news and information was again a bit more than I could take in.
COMMON educational session tidbits
I attended a session at 8 AM (without coffee) on “Taking Advantage of Capacity on Demand” for POWER Systems. The session was led by Mark W. Olson, an IBM Power Systems World Wide Product Manager out of Rochester, Minn. I didn’t know what I was getting in for — maybe I should have read the abstract:
This session digs into how IBM’s Capacity on Demand offerings really work for the Model 570 and 595 processors and memory starting with how they are ordered all the way through how they are paid for. Topics include temporary and permanent activations of processors and memory, contractual requirements, pre-pay or post-pay, trial capacity, how to enable, and more.
On the bright side, if you want to know if you should get the daily or minute-based capacity on demand offering from IBM, just ask me and I’m a fount of knowledge. The session was likely useful for those considering paying for more capacity for their 570 or 595 Power Systems, but it didn’t answer what I consider the first step question, which is: Do I really need more processing power, or are there other tweaks to performance I can make? Again, no fault of Mark’s, just my own lack of reading comprehension.
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