Re: subject: iSeries Legends

["Buck" <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>You can isolate any single statistic and compare it to
>the AS/400, but you miss out on the other issues.
>In most cases to get a PC-based OS performing
>to the level of OS/400 you're talking about a lot of
>money in redundancy and support personnel.

Our 'ERP and more' package runs on iSeries.  I love iSeries.  Our direct
competition has a Unix-based application.  We usually have a pair of people
to run small iSeries installations.  When we displace the Unix solution,
those two people generally come straight from Unix to us.  The point being
that for small companies, their MIS staff is about the same size whether
they run their ERP on Unix or iSeries.  No, I don't have hard numbers, but
that's been our general experience.  Larger companies are a little bit
different.  The Unix shops tend to have a few more people than iSeries, but
only a few more.  We get to save a little because we don't have to have a
DBA.  (i for Integrated.)

The Unix hardware is invariably cheaper than equivalent performing iSeries
hardware.  iSeries has an edge in the cost of software.

Here, I am directly comparing equivalent, complex, actual workloads between
Unix and iSeries.
--buck