RE: Lower End AS/400s

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

| -----Original Message-----
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Anthony Hardy
| Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:32 PM
|
| Might I ask what you guys mean by needing an army of support staff?
|
| I have run upwards of 25-30 linux based servers by myself .   .
| 99.9% uptime
| (extended power outages . .what can i say? . i can't have batts that last
| over 10 hours).
|
| The 400 does a phenominal job of taking care of itself . but so does any
| system that you setup properly.
|
|
| I think where the true difference lies is the fact that iseries folks tend
| to know their machines better than PC guys .  .a good tech is a
| good tech. .
| .a good sys admin is a good sys admin . .the goals of a good sys admin are
| the same regardless of the architecture/OS you work with.

This last paragraph is a REAL good point.  A client of mine is supporting
about 85 400s with several folks sharing the load on a VERY part-time basis.
They replaced RS6000s a few years back, and are glad they did.

jt