Re: Subject: Advice on Home Development AS400

Hi Nelson,

What do you mean by play with all the web serving tools?  For Web
applications a model 600-2129 may not work.  It only has a 50 Mhz CPU and
22.7 CPW rating.  What kind of Web applications are you talking about?
Websphere/Servlets/JSP's?  CGI?  Most Web applications need lots more CPU
and memory than traditional work.

Nathan.


> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:13:09 -0400
> From: "Smith, Nelson" <NSmith@lincare.com>
> Subject: Advice on Home Development AS400
>
> I'm looking for the smallest, cheapest RISC machine I can get just to play
> with at home.  It won't running anything mission-critical.  Just for
> learning.  I want CAE, SQL, RPG, tools, V4R5, ethernet, at least 8 gig of
> disk and in the PO5 software tier, as a minimum configuration.
>
> It needs to be able to get a software subscription, so I think that leaves
> out the 150, doesn't it?  The prices I've seen on the 170 & 250 seem
awfully
> high (around $8,000-9,000 configured as above) and the 270's are even
worse
> (around $12,000).  It doesn't have to be new, just something I can upgrade
> to V5. There won't be more than two users on it, so memory is not
critical,
> but I would like to be able to play with all the web serving tools, etc.
>
> The best quote I've gotten is for a 9406 model 600 (2129), configured as
> above and with 128 mg memory, for about $5,000.  Does that sound
reasonable
> for such an older model?  Are there any other factors I should be
> considering?
>
> Nelson Smith
> DBA Team
> (727) 530-7700 ext. 8243
> (800) 284-2006


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