Re: DASD

If it is cost he is concerned with, then the AS400 still wins with a
better overall cost of ownership than an Oracle (intel or unix)
hardware server. btw-Oracle is software also, not hardware. I
think some others on the list can shed light on the mtbf(mean
time between failure) of the e-series disk drives, and other
parts of the hardware, which has always been far better than pc hardware.
I could certainly have a lower initial cost on a non-AS400
platform, but it will never be as reliable. And IT IS the OS
that helps make it so.
Oracle is a good database, but it requires management (and that is a cost).
Does the other hardware have build in security (more cost).
Does it have journalling & committment control (more cost).
Is it ever down? (major cost & user irritation).
I've seen Oracle version upgrades (more cost than OS400 upgrade).
The cost of porting your application (more cost).
The disk & memory on AS400 cost more on a line item. So.
jim
(ya get what u pay for)

----- Original Message -----
From: <Lawrence_Tuttle@eogresources.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: DASD


>
> The OS is software.  My question is what makes the hardware of the DASD
> worth so much more.  I am
>  trying to justify an upgrade to e-series AS/400.  One of the main beefs
my
> IT manager has is the huge difference in
> cost.   It irks him so much that he is considering moving all the DB2
files
> to Oracle in spite of the millions of lines of legacy
> code we have on the 400.   I need a better answer than it works better.
>
>
>
>
>
>                     "Jim Franz"
>                     <jfranz@triad.rr.        To:
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>                     owner-rpg400-l@mi
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>                     01/18/2001 08:14
>                     PM
>                     Please respond to
>                     RPG400-L
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>
>
> > Can someone tell my why DASD is so expensive on the AS/400 vs Intel?
> >
> It works better than any other drives I've seen in any data center. Helps
> to
> have an OS that works better than any other, to run the drives. I thank
> God (and Rochester-IBM) the 400 doesn't run with the reliability of pc
> hardware.
> imho-jim
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