IBM I5/OS - Manual (Page 8)

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Logical Partitions on the IBM Power5
Resources Management Concepts
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i Series. my Series.
Resources Management Concepts
What is “logical partitioning” ?
The ability to make a single server run as if it were many independent systems
Each logical system is called a “Partition”
Each partition operates as an independent system
Each partition will receive a portion of the system resources :
Processor
Memory
I/O slots
Virtual I/O slots
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