RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle &Security/Data separation???

>>>Chris-
>>> Why put the HTTP SSL load on my iSeries when I have a cheap Web server
in
>>> the DMZ?
 
>>Scott-
>>That's always been my opinion as well. I can set up a FreeBSD server that
>>will dramatically outperform the iSeries, and is 100 times as secure as a
>>Windows server for next-to-nothing... $400ish for a heavy duty PC with a
>>nice cooling system. No point in putting the strain on an expensive
>>iSeries.

>Booth-
>The appeal of the iSeries is not the hardware - its OS/400. 
>
>Starting from there, and realizing how late OS/400 was in the tcp/ip game,
>it is hard to make an argument of OS/400 as a replacement for any of the
>other operating systems. The dismal truth is that OS/400 was a day late and
>a dollar short in the tcp/ip arena.  We started out playing catch up, and
>there's nothing to show that OS/400 has caught up yet.

I wouldn't use an AS/400, RS/6000, or HP/UX server for this purpose because
of the cost, the inability to scale small, and the OS and licensing
overkill.

I am, however, curious about "there's nothing to show that OS/400 has caught
up yet".  In 1995-1996 I lived through TCP/IP hell - mostly in the print
arena.  I had thought that OS/400's TCP/IP implementation had made it by
now, but I'm not using much more than AS/400 printing, LPR/LPD and FTP.
What are OS/400's TCP/IP shortcomings?

-Jim

James P. Damato
Manager - Technical Administration
Dollar General Corporation
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