Dynamic Logical Partitioning for Linux on POWER

An anonymous reader writes "Logical partitioning provides POWER processor-based servers with the capability to do server consolidation and optimize system resources. Dynamic logical partitioning enhances this capability by providing control of the allocation of the resources without impacting the logical partitions availability. Linux on POWER supports dynamic LPAR for changes to physical I/O, virtual I/O, and processor resources."

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Re:Power Rocks

[imsabbel]

They told the same thing 10 years ago about powerpc, and look what has happened.

Target market for Power(5): Servers. No mainframes (as those are a different area), no HPC (horrible FPU/$ performance compared to main competitors), no small servers (PPC970 is more or less dead in the water, and power5 with its horribly expensive MCMs isnt cost effective in the more "normal" enviroment.

SO i _seriously_ doubt "the entire world" will be using power in 10 years. They can be happy if the keep their market share.