Re: NT Costs vs. AS/400 - Why?

At 02:59 PM 5/30/01, you wrote:

>I was always under the impression that NT boxes were very  inexpensive 
>compared to AS/400. Today I was quoted a minimum of 25K for an NT box to 
>serve as our web server, utilizing AS/400 data. This makes the upgrade 
>from a 620 to an 820 much more attractive. Is this price correct for NT. 
>Also, the vendor said that it would be hard to get an NT box now, that 
>Microsoft was pushing the Windows 2K.

Phil,

Why serve AS/400 data from an NT/2000 server?

The AS/400 is a VERY competent web server & you already know the skill sets 
necessary to run it.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, you probably have enough spare CPU cycles on your machine 
to run the web site.  Remember that the AS/400 has Interactive & Client / 
Server cpu cycles separated.  Web serving uses the client / server cpu 
cycles that most users have to burn!

We run a 40,000 dynamic (not static) page view / day site (ScoreBook.com) 
with the "leftover" client / server cpu cycles from our smallest AS/400 (a 
270 w/the smallest processor available).

Adding another component / server just adds one more item to fail / support ...


John Myers
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Technical Solutions
IBM Certified Specialist - Advisor for e-Business
Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
17 S. Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, NJ 07446  USA
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