Re: Multiple Servers (iSeries) or Not?

Talk with Ross Freeman at Infor. This was covered at the iSeries conference.
Dick

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From: Chuck Mick <Micklc@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:55 PM
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Subject: [MAPICS-L] Multiple Servers (iSeries) or Not?

Hello.



I am looking for some insight and points to evaluate concerning multiple
environments and multiple servers / iSeries for XA and related
applications.



First, a little background. We are an XA R7.7 site currently with two
environments shared using Shared Applications from Watermark. We have
seven physical sites / locations. The two environments are primarily
for currency reasons. Our sites are connected via MPLS network with our
client applications running on Citrix. Our primary XA applications
include IFM, EPDM, MRP, OBPM, PM, IM, MM, and you probably get the
direction. We are sharing financials, enterprise items, item revisions,
and code files between our environments currently. A fair share of data
/ transactions are via 5250...



Now, I am looking at our first European and potentially Asian
implementations. As I speak with some users and our affiliate, I am
learning more...and trying to weigh the information. I am looking for
'thoughts' as well as references / best practices.



Initially (and probably currently) I leaned toward implementing in
Europe on a separate iSeries. We have leaned toward the thought of a
North America data center and a European data center. I would probably
lean toward a similar initial thought in Asia...but I am exploring. The
primary thoughts were 'local' and perhaps network / WAN isolation. In
the past week, I have spoken with a number of folks implemented on a
single server - some in multiple

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