Tag: iSeries

IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide February 2012

1 February 2012 No Comments by Computer Merchants
Computer Merchants Budget Guide

IBM System i, AS/400 i520, i550 and i570 CPUs IBM 9406 520-0900-7450 iSeries model 520 – Server 0900 – 7450 edition $5,700 IBM 9406 520-0901-7451 iSeries model 520 – Server 0901 – 7451 edition $5,400 IBM 9406 520-0902-7458 iSeries model 520 – Server 0902 – 7458 edition $7,500 IBM 9406 520-0902-7459 iSeries model 520 – [...]

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Host Your iSeries Disaster Recovery Solution With Us

21 December 2011 No Comments by Computer Merchants
Success Story

A quick note to let you know that you can host your iSeries disaster recovery (DR) system at our premises. Success Story Recently a customer purchased a high availability solution from us for their IBM iSeries environment. This involved Maxava HA software licenses, installation and setup of the Maxava HA software and associated ongoing maintenance. [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide December 2011

15 December 2011 No Comments by Computer Merchants
Computer Merchants Budget Guide

IBM System i, AS/400 i520, i550 and i570 CPUs IBM 9406 520-0900-7450 iSeries model 520 – Server 0900 – 7450 edition $5,700 IBM 9406 520-0901-7451 iSeries model 520 – Server 0901 – 7451 edition $5,400 IBM 9406 520-0902-7458 iSeries model 520 – Server 0902 – 7458 edition $7,500 IBM 9406 520-0902-7459 iSeries model 520 – [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide November 2011

3 November 2011 No Comments by Computer Merchants
Computer Merchants Budget Guide

IBM System i, AS/400 i520, i550 and i570 CPUs IBM 9406 520-0900-7450 iSeries model 520 – Server 0900 – 7450 edition $5,700 IBM 9406 520-0901-7451 iSeries model 520 – Server 0901 – 7451 edition $5,400 IBM 9406 520-0902-7458 iSeries model 520 – Server 0902 – 7458 edition $7,500 IBM 9406 520-0902-7459 iSeries model 520 – [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide April 2011

6 April 2011 No Comments by Computer Merchants
Computer Merchants Budget Guide

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide”, or fill in the form below. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $3,800 IBM 9406 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide March 2011

16 March 2011 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide”, or fill in the form below. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $3,800 IBM 9406 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide January 2011

13 January 2011 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $3,800 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide September 2010

6 September 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $3,800 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide July 2010

2 July 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $3,900 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide June 2010

1 June 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,000 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide May 2010

13 May 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,000 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide April 2010

5 April 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM    9406    #170 – 2159/2160/2164    RISC Processor CPW = 75/16    $4,000 IBM   [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide March 2010

5 March 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,000 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide February 2010

8 February 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,100 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide January 2010

6 January 2010 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM    9406    #170 – 2159/2160/2164    RISC Processor CPW = 75/16    $4,100 IBM   [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide November 2009

4 November 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Price Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,100 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide October 2009

15 October 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,100 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide September 2009

9 September 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,100 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide August 2009

3 August 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,200 IBM [...]

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Moving Hardware Between Offices, Internationally

22 June 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

One of our valued customers needed our assistance They needed to ship an iSeries 520 server from their South African office to their office in Sydney, so they engaged our expertise to arrange this. Computer Merchants were very happy to oblige since we ship equipment all over the world on a day to day basis. [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide June 2009

4 June 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,200 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide May 2009

5 May 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,400 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide April 2009

6 April 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,600 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials March 2009

5 March 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. Upgrade Your 520 1000 CPW System Now! Upgrade to 2400/2400 CPW Over double the CPW power! $29,500 Rental Special [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide March 2009

27 February 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,600 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide February 2009

2 February 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,500 IBM [...]

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Correction: IBM System i & System p Budget Guides January 2009

6 January 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Please note that the first edition of the January 2009 IBM Budget Guides contained out of date pricing These have since been updated and corrected, and a printer-friendly version is now available for download on each page: IBM System p (pSeries & RS/6000) Budget Guide January 2009 IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide January 2009

5 January 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 – RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,400 IBM [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials December 2008

29 December 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Machines IBM 9406/810 P10 750/570 CPW 2GB/200GB V5R2 QU1 XW1 $11,000 IBM 9406/520 P20 0/3300 CPW 8GB/980GB $31,000 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide December 2008

19 November 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Budget Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 – RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,600 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide October 2008

17 September 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Budget Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 – RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,200 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials September 2008

9 September 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM iSeries Machines IBM 9406/520 – 0/3300 8GB/980GB V5R4 P20 $33,000 IBM 9406/810 – 0/2700 CPW – 4GB/200GB V5R4 [...]

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From The Archives: Highlights of December 2005

6 September 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

This month we added another newsletter to our web site from the print archives. This time, we’re revisiting December 2005. Highlights of December 2005 IBM iSeries Technical Update 2005 Hardware Management Consoles – A One Minute Guide IBM Support Line How To Reset The Dedicated Service Tools Password  Buying Hardware From Computer Merchants How We Streamline [...]

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From The Archives: Great Articles of July 2006

29 July 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Since the relaunch of our web site in December 2007, we’ve been slowly adding our older newsletters. This month, we added our newsletter from July 2006. Even though these articles are 2 years old, there is still quite a lot of information that is just as relevant as ever. Highlights of July 2006 15 Point [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide July 2008

30 June 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 – RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,200 [...]

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Do You Have Leftover IBM iSeries 810 and 825 Parts?

25 June 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Did you take advantage of IBM’s upgrade offer last December for the 810 or 825 machines? If so, you may have some leftover server parts still on your hands. As part of the upgrade offer, IBM will use some of your existing server parts for the new server and take away your older iSeries 810 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials June 2008

3 June 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Features IBM 9406/4494 16GB Main Storage for 9406-570 $12,800 IBM 9406/4454 8GB Main Storage for 9406-570 $4,650 IBM [...]

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Free High Availability Evaluation For System i Users

7 April 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Are you looking for a High Availability solution for your System i but don’t really know where to start? For a limited time we are offering a no cost evaluation of your current environment, normally valued at about $2000 AUD which will help to answer a lot of your questions. Already taken up by a [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials April 2008

7 April 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. Complete IBM Systems Machine: IBM 9406 825 - OS: V5R4 - CPW: 3600/3600 - Tier: P30 Memory: 2GB - Tape: 3581 H23 LTO [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide March 2008

3 March 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 – RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 System RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide February 2008

1 February 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Pricing Guide” for more information on the following items. System i, AS/400 – RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 System RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,200 [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials December 2007

14 December 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. New From IBM IBM 9407/515 3GB Memory 240GB Disk 35 User Licence/ DVD Rom/ 2 Line Wan/ Raid & [...]

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Budget Guide

17 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Current Budget Guides

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Contact Us

17 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

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Services

17 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Computer Merchants have experienced staff available to help you with not only your IBM iSeries modifications and enhancements but other parts of your business. Some of the services we provide that you may not be aware of are: Consultancy on solutions upgrades and consolidations Relocations of data centres with shut down and restore Software platform [...]

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High Availability – Maxava Overview

17 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Maxava HA – Enterprise strength disaster recovery for IBM i maxView™ Access Maxava HA and key IBM i system resource information – anywhere, anytime, from a remote web device. maxView Manager; monitor and manage key features of your Maxava HA Enterprise+ and IBM i environment remotely and in real time from a web access device. [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials October 2007

15 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Complete Systems IBM 9406/520 #8954 #7455 (3300/3300 cpw), V5R3, 12GB Memory, 980GB Disk, Raid, Ethernet, #0595 disk expansion [...]

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System i Model 570 Power 6 Edition

15 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM introduced the new System i Model 570 POWER 6 Edition to the Australian market in mid September The 570 model will be the first in the System i family of servers to make use of new processing technology, using up to 16 POWER6 processors (running at 4.7GHZ) in each machine. The advantage of the [...]

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What Else Can We Do For You?

15 June 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Yes, you know we rent, sell, buy and lease new and used IBM, Sun, HP, Cisco and other hardware. But we’re also able to help with your Software Technical Support and Programming. Computer Merchants have experienced staff available to help you -  not only with your iSeries modifications and enhancements –  but also in other parts [...]

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Buy Some Time With An iSeries 270 Processor Upgrade

15 June 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

A number of our customers find that they need to upgrade their System i server but they don’t have the budget for a whole new server. They often find that they can “buy some time” inexpensively by purchasing a processor upgrade for their existing machine. By spending a bit of money now they can further [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Budget Guide June 2007

15 June 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM – Complete Systems IBM 9406/810 #2466 #7407 750/750 cpw OS5.3 2GB Memory 560GB Disks Raid LTO 3 Includes [...]

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IBM 5250 Bar Code Scanning

14 June 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

As an IBM user with an Inventory System, our processes need to track over 5,000 items in our warehouse plus the items on their way to you, our customers. We do this by the use of Bar Codes All of our Applications run on an IBM iSeries. The challenge we had was to interface the [...]

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Welcome Alex Martens

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

June 2006 saw the arrival of Alex Martens, who joined the Customer Service Team in the role of Software Support. Alex comes to us with experience in programming in the RPG language and operations on IBM iSeries machines, having worked for another IBM business partner in Brisbane, and software houses in Sydney, Brisbane and Europe. [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials March 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Complete Systems IBM 9406/825 – 0/3600 cpw OS5.3 2GB Memory, 210GB disk, Ethernet/Raid/ Twinax – $25,000 IBM 9406/810 [...]

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*noMAX Product Releases For 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

This year will see a range of new releases for *noMAX, the biggest step forward in the software for quite some time. It is the result of careful analysis of the DR/HA marketplace over the past two years and suggestions made from the existing customer base. The planning, coding and testing has taken the best [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials December 2006

20 December 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Complete Systems IBM 9406/820, 35/2000 cpw OS5.3 16GB Memory, 1.4TB disk, 5074 tower, redundant power, Ethernet/Raid/Twinax $29,600 IBM 750/750 [...]

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Keeping Up With IBM Server Brands

23 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM enjoys rebranding products to keep them relevant and current to the user population. For anyone who is yet to ‘catch up’ the following is a quick summary of some products that share ‘dual personalities’. System 390 = zSeries = System z (Mainframe) AS/400 = iSeries = System i (Midrange OS/400) RS/6000 = pSeries = [...]

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Comparing IBM System i And System p

19 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

With increasingly shared hardware between iSeries and pSeries machines many of you are asking questions about how to compare performance. IBM System p Traditionally, IBM Unix used the ROLTP to compare performance. Due to huge performance increases in recent years, the ROLTP has been replaced with rPerf’s, where 1 rPerf = ~ 25 ROLTP Remember though, [...]

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*noMAX sentry Saving Your Orphan Data

17 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

What Is Orphan Data? (and why you need to know about it) Orphan data is the data that is created after your last back-up. If you experience an outage on your IBM iSeries system, then this data will be lost because it has not been backed up to tape. The questions you should now ask yourself [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials July 2006

17 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Systems IBM 9406-800-2463-7400 OS V5R2 CPW 24/300 CPW Tier: P05 2GB Memory 140GB Disk 30/60QIC Tape Raid, DVD-ROM, [...]

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How We Prepare Your IBM iSeries For Delivery To You

14 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

When you purchase a second-hand IBM iSeries server from Computer Merchants, you can be confident that you receive it ready to turn on and start loading your data right away. The key steps we take when preparing an iSeries machine for you First of all the disks are initialized. Licensed Internal Codes (LIC’s) are loaded. OS/400 [...]

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Important Dates For IBM OS/400 V4 And V5 Support

14 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

We are often asked the question: “How long will my Hardware and Software be supported with IBM?” As we have recently seen, the models 170, 250, 7xx and earlier members of the iSeries or AS/400 family have been taken off support for V5R4. That is, V5R3 is the last version of operating system that is [...]

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I Need More Disk – How Soon Can I Get It?

14 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

That’s a question we often get asked here at Computer Merchants. The answer of course depends on: where you are, what you’re after and what we have in stock at the time. There have been many times when we’ve helped a customer get out of a sticky situation. Here’s a recent example involving an Auckland [...]

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Customer Feedback On The New IBM i5

16 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Many of you are now familiar with the first clause of our standard Plain English Sale Conditions To ENSURE YOU ARE HAPPY with the end result. Judging by the feedback we are receiving from customers who have purchased the new i5 Series machines, this certainly is being met. Here are a few brief customer comments on [...]

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IBM iSeries Technical Update 2005

16 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM iSeries Technical Update was held in Brisbane in mid November The two day technical training was packed with useful information and attending was certainly time well spent. With the ever increasing ability of the iSeries to support a large variety of operating systems (like Windows, Linux or AIX) running in partitions on the same [...]

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IBM eServer i5 Load Source Disk

16 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM recently announced that the eServer i5 now supports the placement of the load source disk in an external storage array Prior to this, the i5 would support external disk, however the requirements were that at least one disk remained under the i5 covers to act as the load source (see IBM Redbooks – iSeries [...]

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IBM iSeries 800, 810 & 825 Hot On The Brokerage Market

16 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

What’s Hot Right Now? When we talk to our customers we often get asked “What’s hot at the moment?” Or “What have you got in stock?” At the moment the iSeries models 800, 810 and 825 represent very good value in the market. In the brokerage cycle they are in the pricing “sweet spot”. It [...]

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Hardware Management Consoles – A One Minute Guide

15 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

What Are Hardware Management Consoles? A hardware management console (HMC) is an Intel based PC appliance that is used to configure and manage partitions on IBM Power 5 systems (i520 etc). The main applications of a HMC include server and partition management and licensed internal code maintenance. When Are They Required? You will need a [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials December 2005

15 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Systems 9406 8002463-7400 25/300 cpw OS5.2 512MB memory, 5 x 17GB disks, Raid, Ethernet, 30GB ¼” Tape + [...]

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How To Reset The Dedicated Service Tools Password

15 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

As many of you are aware, all iSeries machines built and sold by Computer Merchants have default passwords pre-loaded with accompanying documentation outlining the rack configuration, software installed, information about license keys etc. Many of our clients change these passwords upon delivery of their new equipment and we do encourage you to change these. In [...]

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ROLTP, rPerf, CPW, SPEC – Which Performance Chart?

6 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

A Performance Chart is a tool for comparing different servers It allows you to know the improvement you can expect from an upgrade of your machine. Each machine is rated on performance criteria such as: floating point calculations, web server performance, client/server interaction, or raw computing power. Results are then displayed in an easy to interpret [...]

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