RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle &Security/Data separation???

The appeal of the iSeries is not the hardware - its OS/400. 

Starting from there, and realizing how late OS/400 was in the tcp/ip game,
it is hard to make an argument of OS/400 as a replacement for any of the
other operating systems. The dismal truth is that OS/400 was a day late and
a dollar short in the tcp/ip arena.  We started out playing catch up, and
there's nothing to show that OS/400 has caught up yet.
 
 
 
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:19:20 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle &Security/Data sep
aration???
 
 
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Chris Bipes wrote:
 
> Why put the HTTP SSL load on my iSeries when I have a cheap Web server in
> the DMZ?
 
That's always been my opinion as well. I can set up a FreeBSD server that
will dramatically outperform the iSeries, and is 100 times as secure as a
Windows server for next-to-nothing... $400ish for a heavy duty PC with a
nice cooling system. No point in putting the strain on an expensive
iSeries.