RE: sys 36 to as/400 upgrade

Roy,

Migration should be simple as long as you have all the source. However,
you should be aware that the B10 and B20 were the original low end
models and are therefore obsolete as well as painfully slow (the B10 in
particular) by today's standards. They will probably perform worse than
your current S/36. I believe Bob Cozzi has a B10 in his garage serving
as a shelf. He'd probably let you have it for nothing to make room for a
newer shelf with better performance.

If disk space is your primary concern you should also check how much of
the total is consumed by the operating system. I remember seeing a
client's brand new B10 with OS/400 pre-loaded and occupying around 70%
of DASD by itself.

Dave Kahn, TCO, Kazakstan
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kahn@tengizchevroil.com   (to November 25)
dkahn@cix.compulink.co.uk (from November 26)

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>From:  DNNJ23A@prodigy.com [SMTP:DNNJ23A@prodigy.com]
>Sent:  Sunday, November 02, 1997 4:00 PM
>To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject:       sys 36 to as/400 upgrade
>
>I have a 5363 system 36 system that I getting ready to upgrade with a 
>new harddrive.  As I was looking for vendors, I stumbled across two 
>as/400's that are half the price of the harddrive that I wanted for 
>the 36.  One is an as/400 B10 and the other is a AS/400 B20.  I am 
>currently running an RPG II package and have three terminals running. 
> Does anyone know anything about these AS/400 models and if my RPG 
>programs would transfer over to them without much hassle?
>
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