RE: Domino (was: IBM overhauls iSeries...)

You can contact me offlist.  And I'll even put my boss in on it.  He's the 
VP of IS.  I can still remember the time we were having problems with one 
Domino server on NT.  CEO asked how soon could we get it to the iSeries. 
Love this shop!
We were a MSMail shop (and actually used a 400 for the file server).  We 
migrated to Domino.  We have numerous other ap's running on Domino other 
than mail.  Our website http://www.dekko.com is Domino based.  We even 
have a log in area for access to BPCS data - all Domino based programs. 
That app was so much quicker to rewrite in Domino than to webface, etc.
When we did our migration to the 400 years ago IBM had me come up to 
Rochester and filmed my every step.  They used it in some redbook or 
something.

Stick this in your google search              dekko site:ibm.com

Routinely do hot swaps during the day.  For example we have a Domino 
server called GDSSALES in a cluster with GDSSALES2 on another iSeries. 
Brought down GDSSALES and people seamlessly switched over to the other 
box.  We do this sort of stuff at least every day. 24x7 access.  It's 
amazing how we can get a new iSeries to Domino cluster but getting one to 
Mimix cluster all of the DB2 stuff is going to be a bear.  Then again, 
Domino has this built in, db2, ON THE ISERIES, doesn't.  (Google this: db2 
udb stinger high availability)

Rob Berendt
-- 
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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Do you mind if I contact you off-list?  We too have Domino, (for an 
extranet
app running on a Dell 1400sc with dual PIII processors), that we have 
talked
about migrating to our iSeries when we upgrade our 820.  Domino makes ODBC
calls to the iSeries and we have had complaints about performance and are
thinking maybe we can improve performance by having it on the same box.
Also, boss is worried about having to do a restore on a windows machine if
the Dell crashes.  Although the Domino app is less than three years old, 
it
is now a critical app for our business. 

We are also due for an Exchange upgrade and talked a little about using a
Domino back end on the iSeries and keeping the Outlook client. 

We are in the dark as to how to justify moving anything to the iSeries so
your suggestions would be most welcome. 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Ingvaldson, Scott [mailto:SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:28 AM
To: 'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Domino (was: IBM overhauls iSeries...)


I guess that it depends on who you know.  A former employer converted from
MS Mail to Domino (on AS/400) in 1999.  (5000 users, very happy with the
results.)  My current company uses Exchange for email, but has had a 
Domino
server running a DB application for many years.  We are currently 
migrating
our Domino application to the iSeries and once done will evaluate moving
email to Domino rather than upgrading Exchange.

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


-----Original Message-----
date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:40:53 -0400
from: Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul

I have never seen Domino installed at any location
other than IBM's.

It pretty widely accepted that IBM took a major bath
on the Lotus purchase. It's hard to make money on a
product that given away for the most part.(pc world)


michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Guess it's just different markets. Domino is a non-starter around
> here...and I don't know anyone that uses Domino on iSeries.
 
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