Re: Data Collection

[Jon Le Roi <jonleroi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hear this a lot from people and I am curious how putting a data
collection application on a different platform from the AS/400 will give
you 24/7 availability. Don't the other platforms have to be backed up as
well, or do you mirror your servers? We shut down the AS/400 for backups
for 2 hours a night but we also backup our servers everynight as well. I
see benefits to having these applications on other platforms but
availability doesn't seem to be one; especially if you compare unscheduled
down time of our networks versus our AS/400.

We are not currently utilizing a data collection package but are looking to
in the future so I was very happy to see this dialog start.


Regards,
Jon Le Roi


At 02:52 PM 10/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>We are also a looking for a Data Collection package to interface to BPCS,
>but we need one that does not run on an AS/400.  We need 24/7 availability.
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>Any recommendations outside of the AS/400 would also be appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Ron Hudson
>Collins & Aikman
>Ph: (336) 503-1721
>Fx:  (336) 597-7741
>Ron.Hudson@colaik.com
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>jeff stevens <jstevens@gssolutions.com> on 10/14/99 12:08:50 PM
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>Please respond to BPCS-L@midrange.com
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>To:   "'BPCS-L@midrange.com'" <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
>cc:   "'jstevens@gssolutions.com'" <jstevens@gssolutions.com> (bcc: Ron
>      Hudson/Rox/ColAik)
>Subject:  Data Collection
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>We are an SSA AS/400 business partner and are currently working with a
>client locally who is interested in evaluating data collection software
>packages that can interface with BPCS and preferably runs native on the
>AS/400.
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>Our company sells data collection hardware, but we do not get involved
>selling or implementing data collection software packages.
>
>We are familiar with DCServ a potential solution.  Can anyone suggest
>additional software packages that my client would be interested in
>evaluating?
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>Any input would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Jeff Stevens
>G/S Software Solutions
>Ph:  (616) 956-1121
>Fx:  (616) 956-6681
>jstevens@gssolutions.com
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