
<html><body><p><font size="2">Hi all,</font><br><br><font size="2">I got a question from a customer, perhaps somebody can answer that:</font><br><br><font size="2">In a SLES Linux LPAR (for SAP HANA) with 4 TB the customer sees with the lparstat command:</font><br><br><font size="2">Online Memory : 4277701632 kB --> /1024 /1024 = ~4079 GB</font><br><br><font size="2">Total I/O Memory Entitlement: 4398046511104 /1024 /1024 /1024 = 4096 GB</font><br><br><font size="2">--> Difference ~17 GB</font><br><br><font size="2">The question is, why is there a difference? What are the 17 GB used for? As far as I understood, this is no Hypervisor memory, as this memory is inside the LPAR ...</font><br><br><font size="2">Thank you.</font><br><br><img src="cid:1__=4EBB09D0DFC8A3D38f9e8a93df938690918c4EB@" width="608" height="631"><font size="2"><br></font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards</font><br><br><b><font face="Arial">Stephen Lutz</font></b><br><br>

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<tr valign="top"><td class="inner" width="321" valign="middle"><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">Leading Technical Sales Professional</font></td><td width="316" rowspan="4" valign="middle"><div align="right"><img src="cid:3__=4EBB09D0DFC8A3D38f9e8a93df938690918c4EB@" width="234" height="90" align="bottom"></div></td></tr>

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<tr valign="top"><td class="inner" width="48" valign="middle"><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">Phone:</font></td><td class="inner" width="212" valign="middle"><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">+49-7034-2742777</font></td><td class="inner" width="284" valign="middle"><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">IBM Deutschland GmbH</font></td><td width="93" rowspan="4" valign="middle"><div align="right"><img src="cid:4__=4EBB09D0DFC8A3D38f9e8a93df938690918c4EB@" width="88" height="30" align="bottom"></div></td></tr>

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<tr valign="top"><td class="inner" width="48" valign="middle"><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">E-Mail:</font></td><td class="inner" width="212" valign="middle"><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">Stephen.Lutz@de.ibm.com</font></td><td class="inner" width="284" valign="middle"><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">71139 Ehningen</font></td></tr>

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<tr valign="top"><td class="foot" width="637" colspan="4" valign="middle"><font size="1" color="#999999" face="Arial">Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martin Jetter<br>Geschäftsführung: Matthias Hartmann (Vorsitzender), Norbert Janzen, Stefan Lutz, Nicole Reimer, Dr. Klaus Seifert, Wolfgang Wendt<br>Sitz der Gesellschaft: Ehningen / Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 14562 / WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 99369940</font></td></tr></table><br><BR>

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