Re: Why is the iSeries so slow

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Pluta wrote:
> > From: James Rich
> >
> > No, Joe.  Comparing os/400 and unix/linux/*bsd is comparing a
>
> multi-user
>
> > multi-purpose server box to another multi-user multi-purpose server
>
> box.
>
> >  Both are machines that handle thousands of simutaneous users.
>
>
> Not as the comparison was stated, James.  Not one of the people on this
> list comparing a PC-based web application server is doing it using a
> Unix server decked out to support thousands of users.  This is a red
> herring argument, and I don't have the time to deal with it.

And no one was talking about multi-user performance of the iSeries, 
either.  The discussion was focused on network performance.  So 
comparing multi-user performance of one machine to network performance 
on another doesn't make sense.  Thus to discuss that one machine is 
doing multi-user work requires that you also address the multi-user 
nature of the other, or eliminate its effects on both.

> > It is
> > an outright lie to say that unix-like machines don't "have to worry
> > anout silly things like security and interactive users".  
>
>
> The ones talked about in this context are not worrying about these
> things.  I'm not lying and I resent the mischaracterization.  Please
> take a moment to try to keep your comments in context.

Then I sincerely apologize.  I must have misread your email.  I honestly 
do not try to get into arguments with you, but we seem to have them 
anyway.  I did not intend to call you a liar.  How about I state things 
like this:

"In the context of web serving, no machine (neither unix-based, iSeries, 
or other) needs to concern itself with multi-user performance as that 
relates to concurrent users being logged into the machine"

I hope that is better.

James Rich