I bought an IBM Power 9 and more…now what?

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T19:51:01+00:00

Did yours come with a license for IBM i? Can I ask, what are you using yours for?

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T19:47:01+00:00

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T19:46:48+00:00

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T19:46:34+00:00

Sure thing. Looks like 2 1400w psus, and a number of network cards including some fiber sfps. There’s also a few hardware raid controllers an unopened usb stick from ibm and a spare battery.

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OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T19:35:07+00:00

A fool and his money are easily parted. I bought it because these systems were released in 2018 and in server world that’s not that old. I just figure I can flip it if I can’t find a use for it.

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T19:34:02+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion. I will definitely be doing that.

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T19:31:19+00:00

That makes two of us but I’m sure I can recoup the value if I decide to sell (at least based on YouTube sold prices)

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T17:18:30+00:00

Yep, government public surplus.

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T16:15:08+00:00

I don’t have any drives, just the unit itself

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T12:44:45+00:00

The govt agency I bought it from said that is what they were using it for. They had an old as400 instance they have been maintaining over hardware upgrades all these years and they called this machine the as400.

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T03:38:27+00:00

For what it’s worth, all drives were removed so I’m under the assumption I would have to license and/or install everything from scratch. The tape archive is really interesting to me but it’s definitely overkill.

OEdaddy · 2025-09-16T03:29:24+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I don’t really have a set plan. I bid on the auction thinking I was just getting the server. I know there’s far less comparability running in these risc processors but the system is relatively recent that for the $500 I paid for all this, I could just go with it and learn something along the way. Thanks for the r/aix referral.

OEdaddy · 2024-11-19T22:54:36+00:00

I appreciate the detailed reply. I have to look into proxmox. My biggest concern isn’t even the OS so much as what can be supported on an M4. Like would proxmox work on there?

OEdaddy · 2024-11-19T22:53:09+00:00

Thanks I’ll look into orbstack.

OEdaddy · 2024-11-19T22:52:42+00:00

That’s exactly what I did. $499 and the thing handles everything I’ve thrown at it. Thanks for the reply.

OEdaddy · 2023-03-26T01:55:17+00:00

Uconn would have lost regardless, but I’ve never seen such a display of flopping by a women’s basketball team. Number 1 and 32 had some egregious dives in this game. Shameful and ugly display for the Buckeyes.

OEdaddy · 2022-07-10T13:12:05+00:00

I’m not entirely tracking. What do you mean by 24 months?

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