<peace_unlimited@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> WIth recent releases there has been an increased push for AIX on i
> series. I have been using AIX on p Series for past 5 years and am
> extremely happy with it. Moving forward however we are looking to
> consolidate everything on i series. Can some body let me know if there
> are any drawbacks of running AIX on i series compared to p series? IF
> there is any material availabe out there please send it to me.

It's the same hardware (essentially), so the only distinction about having
an AIX LPAR on
a p5, rather than an i5 server is cost, and from what I understand, anything
in the p world will
be a lot cheaper than the i world. You can confirm the pricings with IBM.