RE: Ready to scrap an AS/400

The IVR, interactive voice response, unit we use is PC based and only
communicates the data to the AS400 via ICF.  The hit on the AS400 is
minimal, but the PC take a beating.  Domino, like Exchange, are also big CPU
hogs.  I don't know if I would run them on anything but a dedicated system,
no matter how small of a hit the other applications take.

I don't know if I would run Domino on an AS400.  I would run it on a PC for
now.  If the company were to outgrow the PC based Domino,  I would then run
it on a very large AS400.  To jump into a complex multi-function application
like Domino is not easy or cheap.  I would not try to run it in a production
environment until all the bugs were worked out.  Give it a year or two and
it will run better on the AS400 than on any other platform, be more
expandable and reliable as well.


Christopher K. Bipes    mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst  mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.                http://www.cross-check.com
6119 State Farm Drive   Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
Rohnert Park CA  94928  Fax: 707 586-1884

If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here.
Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000


-----Original Message-----
From: booth@martinvt.com [mailto:booth@martinvt.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 9:57 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Ready to scrap an AS/400


My experience with voice response systems is limited but aren't VRS 
hardware requirements far from trivial?  Aren't these two applications 
each very heavy users of the CPU cycles?   Could a 170 run either 
application, let alone both?

_______________________
Booth Martin
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com
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"Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
07/22/2000 11:18 AM
Please respond to MIDRANGE-L

 
        To:     <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
        cc: 
        Subject:        RE: Ready to scrap an AS/400

I think it was sent directly, not forwarded.  The original message I
received from Daniel is attached.  Please check the message headers.

I stand by my original note (also attached).  I have a lot of experience
with machine sizing issues.

Richard Jackson
mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
Voice: 1 (303) 808-8058
Fax:   1 (303) 663-4325

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Joe Teff
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 6:46 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Ready to scrap an AS/400


> So this poor guys writes us a note and tells us he is having a terrible
> problem, that he is seriously frustrated and, by the way, our baby is
ugly.
> We all fall on him like a pack of starving wolves.  I think it would 
take
a
> lot of courage for someone to expose themselves that sort of abuse 
again.
> This was not our finest hour.

I may be wrong, but I beleive the message was forwarded to this list and 
not
submitted directly to the list by the author. If your responses are just 
to
this list, then the author has not seen them.
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----- Message from "Daniel Wesloskie" <dwesloskie@altatennis.org> on Fri, 
21 Jul 2000 11:29:18 -0600 -----
To:
<MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Subject:
Ready to scrap an AS/400

Right now, my perception IS reality!  I'm about ready to scrap this piece
of junk AS/400 for something else.  It just plain can't do the job!  We
have a 170 (V4R4M0)that is running Domino(5.0.4) and a voice response 
system
(VRS) as
the main applications along with the backend applications.  So there isn't
much to the system and it still can't handle it.  Domino locks up and 
causes
problems for the VRS as the http server consumes more of the cpu %.  This
means
members who are calling in to the VRS are either getting kicked out of the
system halfway through their process, or they can't even get in.  It also
means
that anyone who is trying to pay for memberships get locked out.  I can 
only
imagine what these people think, but I'm almost sure it's not good.  Since
many
of the membership include people who would be influential in the decisions
to
their own companies systems, I would ask, How is this for an advertisement
for
the AS/400? or How long can my business afford to be down with AS/400?

Ticked off with the AS/400.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Rob Berendt
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 11:24 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: So if there is no Hardware specific Advertising then???????


I used to have a boss - different sort of fellow - anyways he used to 
quote
John Lennon.
"Perception is 99% of reality."



Nina,

You've hit the nail on the head here. It is not that the 400 *can't* do
these things. The problem is the *Perception* is that it can't do these
things.


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