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Impressive getting Windows to be that good.

But then it's not really Windows, its Stratus' "Lockstep" Hardware, "Failsafe" 
software and "ActiveService" architecture.

But as with the iSeries you get what you pay for, and the Stratus starts out at 
10K when purchased "in volume".
http://www.stratus.com/news/2004/20040920.htm


Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walden 
> H. Leverich
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:49 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: AS/400 - iSeries uptime statistics
> 
> 
> >(I recall one IBM presentation showing something like 99.9% uptime 
> >for NT, and showing how many days a year that meant it was down, vs.
> how 
> >many minutes for an AS/400). 
> 
> On what hardware? Obviously it's in IBM's interest (at least 
> Rochester's
> interest) to show NT as unstable. And anything looking at "NT" is
> extremely old anyway. 
> 
> For example, Stratus, a well respected server maker, is 
> showing 99.9996%
> uptime right now. (http://www.stratus.com/uptime/ftserver.htm) That's
> about 2 minutes of down time in a year.
> 
> -Walden
> 
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