Experience Report

Consolidating i5/OS(TM) , AIX(R), and Linux(TM) partitions on your IBM(R) eServer(TM) i5 system

The eServer i5 system is significantly enhanced from previous models. The intent of this report is to outline the general server consolidation process on the eServer i5 system and provide important tips, techniques, and findings we discovered while working with the new system. Specifically, this report focuses on the following:

  1. The many benefits of server consolidation:
    • Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
    • Simplified hardware infrastructure
    • Hardware virtualization
    • Maximum resource utilization
    • Simplified backup and recovery
  2. Example server consolidation scenario
  3. Example server consolidation process for migrating i5/OS, AIX, Linux, and Windows(R) onto the eServer i5 system, including:
    • Explanations of new concepts and terminology for the eServer i5 system
    • Important things to consider while doing server consolidation
    • Key findings discovered while working on the new eServer i5 system
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Authors
Brett Leeser
Steve Janssen

Published date
June 2005