RE: system event trigger whenever a source file member is updated

> From: Paul Raulerson
>
> Oh, there are a *couple* of places - for example, as a pure
> database server, a comparable UNIX server will beat a 400 in speed and
> accessibility (using DB/2).

This tends to bolster my opinion that turning the AS/400 into an SQL server
is probably not a good idea.


> If you are in a streams oriented
> environment, such as a system running multiple socket based servers,
> UNIX is probably a bit more efficient. (Not to say that a 400
> cannot do it, just that a $2500
> UNIX machine will do it better than an $8K 400.)

I agree.  I think Dr. Nicholson's situation is one where relational data
acess is required, though, considering the fact that Oracle is in the mix.


> And it depends on other factors too. But in *general* - a UNIX
> server will outperform an AS/400 in
> a streams environment, and a 400 will outperform UNIX is a record
> oriented environment.

And so if the AS/400 was originally doing what it is designed to do -
perform record-oriented business logic - then I wonder whether the move to
Unix will be successful.  And that's what I hope Dr. Nicholson will tell us.

Joe