Make the most of your
iSeries/System i LPAR
investment!


Barsa Consulting Group, LLC are a Premier IBM Business Partner specialising in the IBM iSeries/System i5 and a software developer for advanced multi-LPAR systems management. Based in Purchase, New York USA, Barsa Consulting cover the needs of all iSeries/System i5 accounts with a particular focus on large, complex, cross-industry iSeries installations.

At-a-Glance

APRM provides continuous, automatic resource tuning among i5/OS (OS/400) partitions on LPAR configured iSeries™ and System i5 servers. APRM continually monitors memory, processor, and interactive activity, to ensure optimal resources are made available to every partition - without operator intervention!

- Many/most customers are not maximising LPAR performance resource utilisation

- You need to manage LPARs automatically without the need for an operator watching your System i5 Hardware Management Console (HMC) 24 x 7!!

- The POWER Hypervisor & HMC do not provide automated, intelligent control of resources

- APRM allows you to efficiently use “Uncapped” LPAR virtualisation capabilities

- APRM extends the flexibility of LPARs in terms of CPU, Memory & Interactive CPW

- APRM uses business rules & has full Auditing and Reporting capabilities

- APRM dynamically adjusts the LPAR configuration according to varying workloads

- APRM can execute CL commands to move IOP resources between LPARs (ie tapes)

- APRM has an iSeries Navigator GUI plug-in and an Excel add-in for LPAR usage analysis

- APRM is IBM ServerProven and is available for free trial

- APRM turns your LPAR usage into a fully, On Demand & self-healing environment




To discuss your requirements, for a budgetary quotation or to arrange a free trial: contact us >>




- See the IBM Rochester Redbook SG24-7174-00 of June 2007 for a practical coverage of APRM usage on the System i (Chapters 6-8 and Appendix A).




APRM is fully featured Systems Management software for iSeries/System i5 multi-LPAR environments that can be used to improve your LPAR management so that your partitions perform like well-tuned racing cars!! Full, automated & efficient virtualisation of your System i.

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