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We use a development system. Most of our application vendors allow us to keep a free copy of their software on there, and give us keys and everything. We are consolidating production machines. We have: 9402-40S-2011 - Special test machine used only by VP IS 9406-160-2385 - ERP-Will be assimilated 9404-720-206A - EDI only 9406-630-2C6E - Payroll, accounting, ERP using 59% of 160gb and using 1.7% of CPU - I love blank checks! 9406-S30-2260 - Domino and ADSTAR 9406-xxx-xxxx - Sorry I can't disclose the model of our development machine. It uses 56% of 161GB at 8.5% of CPU and 1.5GB memory 9406-170-2291 - Future use - web site 9406-170-2160 - ERP-Will be assimilated 9404-720-206F - ERP-May grow up into offsite machine. MacWheel99@aol.com on 06/22/2000 06:50:00 PM Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com@Internet To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com@Internet cc: Fax to: Subject: Re: Request for assistance I have never worked with a system on that scale, but a former employer did decide to go with dual systems for mutual backup purposes, and license fee reduction Hardware does go down, not very often in IBM world, but when you need 24x7, there is an advantage to kicking developers or accountants or other department off of the less critical system & switching hardware with the applications that cannot afford to go down. User-based & CPU-power licensing is sometimes brain dead in that we might only have 15% of our total work force using a particular application, but because we need a box powerful enough to support the other 85%, that inflates the software license fees. This can be attacked, by keeping some applications on smaller boxes networked to other boxes for the data everyone needs. Perhaps there is a need for some application that is compromising security ... you can't partition the AS/400 & have different parts operating on 0 different security rules. If I was you, I would ask IBM partners who supply ERP & other complex software packages to the larger Fortune 500 types of companies for help making contacts. > From: alucas@us.ibm.com > > I am working with an AS/400 customer that has a 530 for production and a > 510 for development. They have 2500 employees, approx $600 million in > sals; 3 plant locations that access the production box directly; 900 PCs > accessing the AS/400; 500-600 signons; 10 sales offices connected and 5 > shipping depots. > > Question: Are there companies of simliar size that are using a development > box totally separate from the main AS/400 production system? If so why? > If not why? > > This customer would like to talk with customers on both sides of the > questions. > > If you have advice and someone we can talk with, please email me at > alucas@us.ibm.com. They must decide to go to the 700 or 800 series with > one or two boxes ASAP. > > Thanks!! > > ************ > Have a great day! > > > Anne C. Lucas, Program Manager > AS/400 Worldwide Education/Services Strategy Al Macintyre ? ? http://www.cen-elec.com MIS Manager Programmer & Computer Janitor +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.comm +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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