Re: AS/400 and Java

["David Gibbs" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Mark Phippard" <MarkP=sC2JmdVpHGPwvR0lvYjcXw@public.gmane.org> wrote in
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> The iSeries is vertically scalable (it can grow from very small to very
> large).  Intel solutions are horizontally scalable.  You can add many,
> many machines in a cluster.  Current thinking is that you can achieve
> greater reliability, uptime and performance at a much cheaper price with
> the clustered solution.  Andrew Borts posted some interesting information
> on this a while ago.

Ok, I'm not an expert on the topic ... and I haven't reviewed Andrew's
research, but I have to ask ... how many PC's (and associated resources)
will it take to replicate an iSeries?

Take into account ...

a) The number of machines you'll need to run the application.
b) The number of machines you'll need to host the database
c) The number of machines you'll need to the other things that the iSeries
does by itself.
d) The number of people you'll need to administer and maintain each machine
e) The technical resources you'll need to establish a clustered 'meta
machine'.

It's the old TCO argument ... and I think the iSeries has won in the past.

david