Re: Mean Time Between Failure for the IBM AS400

[Chris Rehm <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Show off. ;-)

You know, if you'd migrate to another platform you could employ a lot
more guys!

Westdorp, Tom wrote:

>We don't have any downtime due to backup, most ptf's are now applied to a
>hot system, we upgrade each time a new release becomes available.  We use a
>high availability product to backup our libraries to our own hot site on the
>opposite side of town, transaction by transaction.
>
>With Save While Active you don't need much downtime for backup anyway, the
>system doesn't require the system to be in a "restricted state throughout
>the backup process."  There are times for a full save, but generally you
>just need to backup security and configuration data and your application
>databases.
>
>With 10 casinos and 9 hotels on one 820 4 way we run 24 x 7 x 365.25.  We do
>have application unavailability for upgrades of our applications, but it is
>planned and of short duration.
>
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