The SuperVessel lab's free, and there are several resources to rent time on a P8 VM if SuperVessel isn't appropriate.
Also, the video you found is the E8xx product line, which are at the high end of the enterprise / scale-up product line, and (incidentally) different from Mainframes.
Here's some links about the 2U / 2socket boxes if space of each node is important:
Oh, TIL; I had no idea it was actually free. I understood that each user got 500 points and that you use 10/day, which gives you 50 days of usage... aaand then I'm not sure. I'm not dissing it, I just don't understand (and there's zero documentation).
And thanks for the video links! I'll definitely check out the YouTube channel.
PS. I'm getting multiple errors in the dashboard when I try to switch to NewYork1 zone. Where would be a good spot to mention this?
The SuperVessel lab's free, and there are several resources to rent time on a P8 VM if SuperVessel isn't appropriate.
Also, the video you found is the E8xx product line, which are at the high end of the enterprise / scale-up product line, and (incidentally) different from Mainframes.
Here's some links about the 2U / 2socket boxes if space of each node is important:
S822LC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdlLszagnos
S822L - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_fw_NJ5nI (not IBM's, but a reasonable unboxing video)
And if you're interested in videos, check out the IBM Power Systems youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ibmpowersystems/videos