Re: NT v AS400

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't suppose those figures are documented on a web page?

> 
> According to IBM AS/400 Division, based upon a Gartner Group measurement of 
>240
> observations from 190 firms (sample a bit smallish)...
> 
> AS/400 5.1 hrs unplanned downtime per year, 99.94% availability
> NT Server 224.5 hrs unplanned downtime  per year, 97.44% availability
> 
> You can do the math from there...pretty dramatic especially when you consider 
>the
> fact the NT is typically deployed as one app - one server vs AS/400 many/all 
>the
> apps - one server.
> 
> "Allen, Stuart" wrote:
> 
> > Anyone got any attributable figures for NT unplanned outages vs AS400
> > unplanned outages to hand?
> > I did have some somewhere but filing's not my strong point!
> > (I have to try and convince the global head of IT that NT is not the way to
> > go)
> > Stuart

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