Re: subject: iSeries Legends

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Don wrote:
>
> Anyone heard of a Windows or unix box running for that long? :)
>

Windows, no.   Unix, yes.

My FreeBSD servers all run without any downtime at all.  My web server
http://www.scottklement.com went about 900 days without a single second
of downtime before a recent power failure.   When the power was restored,
it went right back to serving requests.  And, that machine is not just my
web server, it also does various things with e-mail, some application
programs, and services for other domains.

My iSeries does not even come close to this level of reliability.  We've
only had this system for 2 years, and it's already had instability due to
software bugs (fixed by PTF, but that required a re-IPL), a drive
failure, and corrupt disk objects that meant the system had to be taken
down to run RCLSTG.

I think the reason people are impressed by the iSeries reliability is
because Windows has made us think that an operating system that runs
normally without crashing is some sort of miracle.    It's not.   It's
what you should expect.