RE: WebSphere on NT vs. AS/400

> From: Patrick Goovaerts
>
> - No, it's not IBM or a Business Partner who told us to install on a
> Win2000 system (or NT).  However it's a company with lot's of AS400
> experience at both hardware and software level.

Well, they're wrong.  Like I said, I run WebSphere just fine on my model
270.  I know of people running WebSphere on machines of various sizes, and
not seeing any of the problems you are seeing.


> 1) Domino is running for a while.  (After shutting down and startup
> performance is better for a while)

Domino is something I avoid.  I don't think Domino lives well with other
applications, which I believe is one of the reasons IBM came out with the
dedicated Domino server.


> 2) When accomplishing tasks from within AdminConsole. (Like adding apps,
> servlets, start/stop etc...)

This can be a problem, I suppose.  I rarely have to do any of this, however.
I use the default servlet invoker and I rarely if ever have to shutdown and
restart an application.  I usually only do it when I modify a JAR file.


> We have lost too much time 'waiting' and are planning to put Domino on a
> separate machine in future.  For now, we would like to install WAS on a
> Win2000 machine.

Good luck.  Moving your web application development to Win2K is a bad idea,
in my opinion.  I have seen no need for it.  I suspect that if you offload
the Domino workload, you will find that WebSphere runs much better, and you
won't have to consider offloading to a Windows machine.

Your problems may have something to do with your application architecture as
well.  I have found that the best performance occurs when your Java layer is
very thin, and your business logic is written in RPG.  You mentioned
connection pooling, which makes me think you might be using JDBC.  I have
strong reservations about any application that has lots of database I/O in
the Java code.

But in any event, it seems like you are well along your path to Windows.  I
think you are making a huge mistake, one that could actually endanger your
entire application development, but that's my opinion.

Joe