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by **Ulrich-W. Kaestn** » Thu, 16 May 2002 23:13:55

Hello,

I use an IBM RS/6000 7043-140 workstation with AIX 4.1.
I have to pay the same price if I update to AIX 4.3 or AIX 5L V5.1.

a) Can you imagine a reason why not to update to AIX 5L V5.1 and use
the older AIX 4.3 ?
b) If I sell the system (including the AIX licence), which operating
system supposably will get a higher price ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Have a good time,
Ulrich

by **Gary R. Hoo** » Thu, 16 May 2002 23:45:14

> a) Can you imagine a reason why not to update to AIX 5L V5.1 and use
> the older AIX 4.3 ?

No. New function will continue to be added to 5.1. 4.3 will just
coast along now.

Quote:> b) If I sell the system (including the AIX licence), which operating
> system supposably will get a higher price ?

A more current one, I would imagine.

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by **Urban A. Haa** » Fri, 17 May 2002 00:59:04

Quote:> Hello,

> I use an IBM RS/6000 7043-140 workstation with AIX 4.1.
> I have to pay the same price if I update to AIX 4.3 or AIX 5L V5.1.

> a) Can you imagine a reason why not to update to AIX 5L V5.1 and use
> the older AIX 4.3 ?

Yes. We're running 5.1 on a 7043-140. Works great. The yes is only if you
have a specific application which specifically states it will not run on
5.1. We don't have any. HACMP used to be an issue, but HA 4.4.1 supports 5.1
now.

Quote:> b) If I sell the system (including the AIX licence), which operating
> system supposably will get a higher price ?

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> Have a good time,
> Ulrich

by **Martin Etteldor** » Fri, 17 May 2002 03:03:38

>> Hello,

>> a) Can you imagine a reason why not to update to AIX 5L V5.1 and use
>> the older AIX 4.3 ?

> Yes. We're running 5.1 on a 7043-140. Works great. The yes is only if you
> have a specific application which specifically states it will not run on
> 5.1. We don't have any. HACMP used to be an issue, but HA 4.4.1 supports 5.1
> now.

How 'bout the Ultimedia Services? Last time I checked, they weren't avai-
lable for 5L.
As long as the UMS aren't ported to 5L, I'll stay with 4.3.3.

Martin.
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by **Urban A. Haa** » Sat, 18 May 2002 01:45:55

> >> Hello,

> >> a) Can you imagine a reason why not to update to AIX 5L V5.1 and use
> >> the older AIX 4.3 ?

> > Yes. We're running 5.1 on a 7043-140. Works great. The yes is only if
you
> > have a specific application which specifically states it will not run on
> > 5.1. We don't have any. HACMP used to be an issue, but HA 4.4.1 supports
5.1
> > now.

> How 'bout the Ultimedia Services? Last time I checked, they weren't avai-
> lable for 5L.
> As long as the UMS aren't ported to 5L, I'll stay with 4.3.3.

Good point. I have a grave feeling they're not going to do it either,
because I understand from other posts that it works just fine in 5L. And I
finally got RealPlayer working with it right before going to 5L too.

Urban

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by **Steven Scotte** » Sun, 19 May 2002 15:13:46

>>a) Can you imagine a reason why not to update to AIX 5L V5.1 and use
>>the older AIX 4.3 ?

> No. New function will continue to be added to 5.1. 4.3 will just
> coast along now.

What about with old hardware? Mine is an RS6K 7011 Model 250 with 64MB
of RAM... I'm hesitant to upgrade to a newer OS version because I
already have a bit of a resource squeeze on.

Thanks,

Steve

by **Ulrich-W. Kaestn** » Thu, 23 May 2002 22:41:09

Thank you all for your help !

Best regards,
Ulrich

by **Urban A. Haa** » Thu, 30 May 2002 04:03:05

> >>a) Can you imagine a reason why not to update to AIX 5L V5.1 and use
> >>the older AIX 4.3 ?

> > No. New function will continue to be added to 5.1. 4.3 will just
> > coast along now.

> What about with old hardware? Mine is an RS6K 7011 Model 250 with 64MB
> of RAM... I'm hesitant to upgrade to a newer OS version because I
> already have a bit of a resource squeeze on.

> Thanks,

> Steve

We're getting god results with 5.1 on a 7011-250 with 64MB ram, however,
32mb didn't work at all. Of course, "resource squeeze" may imply it's not
enough. We're using one as an imap/pop mail server and it does pretty good.

Urban

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