Re: NT v AS400

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eric,

So what's it being used for (i.e. e-mail, Help Desk, etc.) ?

Chuck


eric wrote:

> My NT server never goes down BUT it is not being used as an application
> server.  It is strictly a file server (I don't trust it for anything else)
> and it is re-booted (as is the AS/400) every week.
>
> Eric Kempter
> CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Randy Mangham [SMTP:randym69@pacbell.net]
> Sent:   Monday, May 17, 1999 8:10 AM
> To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:        Re: NT v AS400
>
> According to an IBM handout attributed to a Gartner Group report in Nov.
> 1998,
> the unplanned outages reported in number of hours per server per year were:
>
> AS/400    5.2 hours
> S/390 (non-Sysplex clustered)    8.9 hours
> Unix        23.6 hours
> Win NT    224.5 hours
>
> Randy Mangham
> Pacific Crest Consulting
> San Diego, CA
>
> "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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