Re: NT v AS400

Eric !

Know what you mean. And it is SO true that every NT package wants it's own
server. WHAT a joke !!! At my previous employer NT was running our Help Desk,
another one was going to run an R&D app, etc...

Chuck

eric wrote:

> File sharing.  Help desk and e-mail is Lotus Notes (Yes, its NT but it's
> being ported to the AS/400).  If disk space wasn't so costly on the AS/400,
> I would lose the NT.
>
> Eric Kempter
> CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Chuck Lewis [SMTP:CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET]
> Sent:   Monday, May 17, 1999 11:40 AM
> To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:        Re: NT v AS400
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> So what's it being used for (i.e. e-mail, Help Desk, etc.) ?
>
> Chuck
>
> eric wrote:
>
> > My NT server never goes down BUT it is not being used as an application
> > server.  It is strictly a file server (I don't trust it for anything
> else)
> > and it is re-booted (as is the AS/400) every week.
> >
> > Eric Kempter
> > CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Randy Mangham [SMTP:randym69@pacbell.net]
> > Sent:   Monday, May 17, 1999 8:10 AM
> > To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:        Re: NT v AS400
> >
> > According to an IBM handout attributed to a Gartner Group report in Nov.
> > 1998,
> > the unplanned outages reported in number of hours per server per year
> were:
> >
> > AS/400    5.2 hours
> > S/390 (non-Sysplex clustered)    8.9 hours
> > Unix        23.6 hours
> > Win NT    224.5 hours
> >
> > Randy Mangham
> > Pacific Crest Consulting
> > San Diego, CA
> >
> > "Allen, Stuart" wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone got any attributable figures for NT unplanned outages vs AS400
> > > unplanned outages to hand?
> > > I did have some somewhere but filing's not my strong point!
> > > (I have to try and convince the global head of IT that NT is not the
> way
> > to
> > > go)
> > > Stuart
> > >
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