10 Automatic Partition Resource Manager for System i and iSeries
3.1 General considerations
Task management can become extremely complex for businesses that use the
iSeries system for multiple computing processes. Recent versions of the
operating system (i5/OS® or OS/400) include the ability to consolidate systems
through the use of LPAR, which allows you to configure one physical system to
to operate as though it were two or more systems. In most cases, clients use
logical partitions to define several smaller virtual systems within one large iSeries
(System i) system. When you configure LPAR, you determine the number of
processors, the amount of memory, and the amount of interactive Commercial
Processing Workload (CPW) to assign to each par ...