Re: AS/400 As Web Server

[Phil Groschwitz <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can also have a public server behind the firewall.
 Works fine.  So you could create another webserver
instance on your existing as/400.

Check out www.ignite400.org.  Most members of that
user group have public webservers on as/400's.

Phil

--- Mike Naughton <mnaughton@juddwire.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Currently, we've got a production AS/400 (9406-720)
> that we're also using
> as our web server (running Domino). Our web team has
> been discussing
> getting a second box of some sort to put outside the
> firewall, to act as a
> sort of "public" server -- it would handle our
> internet site and pass any
> requests for more secure information back through
> the firewall. The team
> has been assuming that it wouldn't make much
> difference what kind of box
> this second server is (they've been leaning towards
> "N---T---"), but
> recently the question was raised as to whether there
> might be particular
> advantages to using a small AS/400 (oops, I mean
> iSeries eServer).
> 
> I figure this list would recommend this idea -- my
> question is, what sorts
> of arguments would you use to convince an
> AS/400-agnostic that this would
> be a good choice? Also, would anyone have any
> general recommendations for
> what size/features would be appropriate?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Mike Naughton
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
> Judd Wire, Inc.
> 124 Turnpike Road
> Turners Falls, MA  01376
> 413-863-4357 x444
> mnaughton@juddwire.com
> 
> 
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