Quote:
Originally Posted by
raphaelmsx
If I understood correctly, there's really no limitation on the number of LPARs I can create and install AIX on it, what is licensed are the processor cores and just that.
Yes, correct. As MichaelFelt and agent.kgb already explained, there is no
legal limit on how many LPARs you create out of your licensed cores. There are some thechnical restrictions (like the 0.05 proc limit for LPARs, as Michael explained) and the resulting LPARs created with that minimum will not be exactly high-performance, but otherwise you are free to do whatever you want.
Notice, though, that this is only half of the story, and because you seem to be in the process of setting up a project i'd like to tell you the answers to a question you didn't ask:
For a p-Series system to work you may need updates to the systems
microcode (think of that as the rough equivalent of a BIOS in PCs) and you will get that only from IBM as long as your system is under a service contract. Take that into consideration when planning your costs. Btw., the same is true for the *L-systems, which are identical to the normal systems save for they are restricted to run only Linux (or, at least, not AIX) in their microcode.
I hope this helps.
bakunin