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TLAs I identify: - AIX - IBM - R&D To be interpreted: - POWER* - VAR - CUoD - HMC - LPAR - OpenPOWER Conclusion: I'm not a sysadmin.
by avip 8y ago
TLAs I identify:
- AIX
- IBM
- R&D
To be interpreted:
- POWER*
- VAR
- CUoD
- HMC
- LPAR
- OpenPOWER
Conclusion: I'm not a sysadmin.
- detaro 8y agoTo be fair, a bunch of the latter ones are fairly specific. roughly: POWERx: IBMs CPU architecture VAR - value added reseller: if you're to small to talk to an enterprise vendor directly, or want a mix of stuff, you buy from them. (the "value added" bit is that ideally they sell you setup or other services in combination) CUoD - Capacity Upgrade on Demand: IBM will sell you a server with more CPUs and memory than you paid for. If you then need more, you can buy a license key to temporarily or permanently turn on the extra hardware that's already in your server HMC - Hardware Management Console: Terminal/interface you use to configure the server and the firmware. LPAR - Logical PARtition: POWER systems have a hypervisor at the firmware (and to a degree hardware) level. the "virtual machines" you create on it are called LPARs. OpenPOWER: IBMs effort to make POWER CPUs and surrounding hard- and software more open (partially sharing designs with partners, partially open sourcing)
- avip 8y agoThanks! I was half joking, but that was really interesting and to the point.