IBM Redbooks department released a new 96-pages paper on System p5 virtualization capabilities:
The “Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p Virtual I/O Server Deployment Examples,” REDP-4224, publication provides a number of high-level system architecture designs using the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature available on IBM System p5 servers. These high-level architecture designs are referred to as scenarios and they show different configurations of the Virtual I/O Server and client partitions to meet the needs of various solutions.
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This publication is targeted at architects who are interested in leveraging IBM System p virtualization using the Virtual I/O Server to improve your IT solutions. System architects can use the scenarios as a basis for developing their unique virtualization deployments. Business Partners can review these scenarios to help them understand the robustness of this virtualization technology and how to integrate it with their solutions. Clients can use the scenarios and examples to help them plan improvements to their IT operations.
Read the whole paper at source.