AI-accelerated analysis, planning notes, and category-adjacent research for IBM i and AS/400 hardware buyers.
IBM is researching new electrical conductors and optical links because copper is becoming a chip-scale wiring and data-movement constraint. The work is early, but its strategic impact has already begun.
A technical planning guide for buyers consolidating mixed workloads on shared IBM Power hardware.
A facilities-level checklist for AS400 and IBM Power cutovers covering room readiness before install.
A quote-review checklist for IBM Power buyers validating configuration details before purchase.
A deeper maintenance planning guide for IBM Power and AS400 teams that need response-time rules before a failure happens.
A deeper sizing checklist for experienced IBM i and AIX buyers who need to turn performance evidence into a defensible IBM Power hardware quote.
What to review before buying AS400, iSeries, or IBM Power hardware maintenance, including lifecycle status, parts, response time, spares, and refresh timing.
Rated draw runs from 400 W on a 9406-270 to 19.4 kW on a Power 5 595. Size the breaker from that rating and the UPS from the measured draw, which is always lower.
IBM P Series usually means AIX or Unix workloads. iSeries usually means IBM i and AS400 workloads. Check the operating system first so a familiar hardware name does not lead to the wrong replacement.
Power 9 has already passed IBM's end of marketing date and its end of standard service date. Here is what that actually means, whether refurbished Power 9 is still safe to buy, and how the upgrade path to Power 10 or Power 11 really works.
PowerVS extends the Power servers you already run into IBM Cloud, and watsonx adds AI on top of them. IBM i, AIX, Linux on Power, your ERP, and the RPG that runs the business stay exactly where they are.
An AS400 can cost from a few thousand dollars for legacy refurbished hardware to hundreds of thousands for a configured enterprise IBM Power system. Use these ranges to set a budget before requesting a quote.
A practical roadmap for converting legacy twinax terminal infrastructure to IP-attached 5250 hardware without disrupting floor operations.
An AS400 is IBM business-computing hardware from a product line that evolved through iSeries and System i into today's IBM Power servers. Use the machine type to identify the exact system and compare compatible replacements.
IBM sells the Power S1112 in rack 9242-21B and tower 9242-21T forms. The IBM i story is mostly the same, but the deployment decision is still worth getting right before the quote is built.
