IBM i5/OS V5R4 To Be Released Early 2006

16 December 2005 Keywords: , ,

IBM have not yet officially announced the exact release date of their next Operating System to replace V5R3.

Rumour has it that this new version, tipped to be called i5/OS V5R4 will be released in the first quarter of 2006.

Some of the new features that are believed to be included are:

  • RAID 6 – in the event of a disaster this algorithm can cater for the loss of 2 disks in a RAID set and still recover the lost data.
  • SCSI Attach IXA Adapters – a direct SCSI attach to the xSeries means you will not need to use a HSL link and adapter card in an external xSeries, as is used now.
  • IPv6 – using different IP addressing methods, giving you use of more IP addresses and more security.