Fwd: iSeries and NT and "the environment"

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MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)


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Subject: iSeries and NT
To: "AS400" <year2000@us.ibm.com>
From: "Dan Hayden" <dlhayde@us.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:03:08 -0500

I thought this was worth passing on since I love  the environment and the
iSeries/AS400!!

ISERIES: LEAN, GREEN, NT-BUSTING MACHINE
Carson A. Soule, NEWS/400 Tech Editor
http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=11243

NT loves company. Where you find one NT server, you'll usually find
many. They tend to reproduce like rabbits, filling server rooms and
racks at an astounding pace. This runaway overpopulation may have
been fine when electricity was plentiful, but with the energy crisis
that hit California earlier this year, the electricity consumption
of all those NT servers -- not to mention the air conditioning
required to keep them running comfortably -- became an issue. By one
analysis, simply turning off all the NT server farms in California
would have ended the electricity crisis immediately. Last year while
campaigning for the presidency in Michigan, George W. Bush told the
crowd, "today, the equipment needed to power the Internet consumes
8 percent of all the electricity produced in the United States.". We
faced the same problem here on the East Coast, but it was narrowly
averted by the sudden collapse of the dot-coms that host so many of
the NT server farms. As the economy recovers, though, they're bound
to return.

What does this have to do with the iSeries, you ask? The answer is
simple. Whether used for Web serving or Domino, a single iSeries
server can replace tens, if not hundreds, of NT servers. A quick
look at the power specs for the respective servers shows that this
server consolidation can result in significant reductions in power
consumption. The reductions in air conditioning bills, floor space,
and staffing that go hand-in-hand with consolidation on the iSeries
result in even more savings. In other words, consolidating servers
onto the iSeries is energy-wise and environmentally friendly. Not
only does the iSeries save power, but also the useful life of the
average AS/400 is longer, reducing the recycling load of all those
obsolete Intel boxes.

True friends of the environment know that we must defend it on many
fronts. Energy, overpopulation, and recycling are important, but so
are disease and pollution control. If we look at the ecology of the
Internet, it's easy to see that disease in the form of viruses and
worms is rampant, and the pollution of spam, denial-of-service
attacks, and Trojan horses is a menace to society. Windows is a
major vector in the spread of both of these perfidious environmental
problems. In fact, Windows is often compared to Swiss cheese because
of the holes in its security and integrity. This problem is
exacerbated by the fact that most people leave their systems on
24/7, even if they're not doing any productive work.

Well, friends of the environment, there's finally a foolproof
solution to the Windows security problem. Our security experts have
conclusively demonstrated that if you simply turn off your Windows
PC or server, it's 100 percent secure. So, with a single act of
ecological terrorism, you can stop your Windows machines from
contributing to the problems of energy consumption, Internet
disease, and pollution. A Windows machine that's turned off can't be
hijacked by a Trojan horse or implement a distributed denial of
service attack. And viruses can't reproduce or spread when the
system is turned off. It's definitely time to act!

The iSeries, of course, suffers from none of these problems. Its
robust security and liberal use of advanced technology make it a
true friend of the environmentally conscious computing professional.
Be proud of your midrange heritage; run your AS/400 confident in the
knowledge that you're protecting the environment with every
processing cycle. Talk to your friends and colleagues to see if you
can raise their awareness of this important issue. If we all compute
together on iSeries, we can make the difference in stopping global
warming and protecting the earth for future generations. I am sure
that Ralph Nader would support us -- if he only knew what an iSeries
was.

Clearly, this is another marketing opportunity IBM has missed.
Rochester should be promoting the box as a true green machine,
champion of the environment, and boon to civilization. Perhaps the
iNation can recruit Al Gore to champion this important issue and
bring it to the public's attention. (I understand he's looking for a
comeback platform on which to base his next campaign.)
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Regards,
Dan

Dan Hayden                                                          812
465-0587
IBM iSeries400 Server Specialist                    812 465-0504 (Fax)
25 NW Riverside Drive
Evansville, IN  47708