Tag: iSeries

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 – [...]

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. [...]

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 – [...]

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 – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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   [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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   [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 = [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 + [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]