Re: NT on AS400 or standalone PC?

Oludare,

First, please turn off your HTML background....thanks.

You ask the value of reliability.  It's real simple to
figure out.  What is the cost per hour to have the company
come to a standstill.  How many times, per year, does a
standalone NT server lock up?  Add that cost to your
hardware cost then compare numbers.

I worked with a small highway paver that did the numbers and
they determined that it would cost them $10k per hour for
each hour that the distribution of paychecks were delayed.
(union shop)

The additional cost of IBM hardware was perceived as
"insurance".

oludare wrote:

> ONE MAN's OPINION The AS/400 is not the pick if you are
> basing the decision solely on the price of hardware. We're
> more expensive in that comparison..period. I know there
> some IBMers out there who might debate me on this but it's
> true. Add up the cost of the IPCS with appropriate memory
> and the cost of our DASD and you'll find the stand alone
> server to be less expensive.Problem is that the stand
> alone server will be less reliable too! Is there a dollar
> value for reliability? What's the dollar value for remote
> administration?

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