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365 days x 24 hrs = 8760 hrs 8760 hrs x 60 minutes per hour = 525,600 minutes the 99.9999 uptime (or 0.0001 downtime) 525,600 x 0.0001 = 52.5 minutes downtime (the 31.5 is 3,153 seconds) jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: NICs - bottleneck (was Re: Dropping the AS/400 as a Web servi ng platform) > >you want the 99.9999 reliability? > > Surely you jest. 99.9999% That's 31.5 SECONDS of downtime in a year. Given > that there isn't an AS/400 that you can shutdown and re-ipl within 31.5 > seconds you're saying you haven't IPLed this year, at all, for anything > (release, PTF, crash?) > > Maybe 99.999%, well that just over 5 minutes. I doubt you could bring a > machine down and back up in five minutes. > > Maybe 99.99%, that would be almost an hour. That I'd buy. Of course I have > no problem getting that from a cluster of W2K machines either. > > -Walden > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Franz [mailto:franz400@triad.rr.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:39 PM > To: midrange-l@midrange.com > Subject: Re: NICs - bottleneck (was Re: Dropping the AS/400 as a Web > servi ng platform) > > > Lan ports > model 250s - 6 > model 270s - 8 > model 720s - 24 > model 730s - 48 > model 740s - 48 > 820s-30 > 830s - 72 > 840s - 96 > > 8xx/270 features > 2743 1gb eth $1820 > 4723 10mb eth $840 > 4838 10/100 eth $1800 > > from spring 2001 iSeries catalog > btw-i prefer something more reliable than a $15 card > you want the 99.9999 reliability? > you want cheap? > pick one (and only one). > net techs call the $15 cards "throw-a-ways" and they replace a lot of them. > Anyone who buys raid drives, mirrored systems,24x7 uptime & a working DR > plan to run a real shop has no business with brand-x throw-a-ways. > jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Stone" <brad@bvstools.com> > To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:22 PM > Subject: Re: NICs - bottleneck (was Re: Dropping the AS/400 as a Web servi > ng platform) > > > > Chris, you're missing the point. > > > > I don't know how many nics you can put in any iSeries. The > > point is how much do those NICs cost. I can get a 10/100 > > for a PC for $15. And build a PC for 300. > > > > If I could buy parts for my iseries at best buy, then it > > wouldn't be a big deal. A server maching like an iSeries > > should be able to accept multiple (5 or more) nics. A base > > 270 should be able to have at least 5. If not, it's not a > > server. It has to be able to handle the bandwidth. > > > > I'd love to hear the lowdown, if anyone knows, how many NICs > > you can install in most used boxes, and the price of each. > > > > Brad > > > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:41:35 -0700 > > Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@cross-check.com> wrote: > > > But I can put in multiple NICs into one AS400. My 720 > > > came with 2 10/100 > > > and we use a Virtual IP and load balancing. How many > > > NICs can you put in a > > > 850 24way AS400? > > > > > > Christopher K. Bipes mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com > > > Operations & Network Mgr 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 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brad Stone [mailto:brad@bvstools.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:38 AM > > > To: midrange-l@midrange.com > > > Subject: Re: NICs - bottleneck (was Re: Dropping the > > > AS/400 as a Web > > > servi ng platform) > > > > > > > > > Even so, it's still only equal to 10 10/100 nics, which > > > is > > > not that much, depending on the size of the farm you're > > > comparing it too. > > > > > > Brad > > > _______________________________________________ > > > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > > > (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > > > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > > > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the > > > archives > > > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > > > > > Bradley V. Stone > > BVS.Tools > > www.bvstools.com > > _______________________________________________ > > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing > list > > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >
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