RE: Why is the iSeries so slow

[Jim Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(The troll must be hungry)

>Ken-
>IMHO, it did however stir up emotions 
>showing some of the same narrow
>minded opinions of the midrange community.

Or the narrow mind of Ken Slaugh...

"is the iSeries really not capable of
handling one of the most basic tasks any simple PC based FTP server can
achieve?"

"If the platform is more stable but not fast enough to perform the task in
an adequate time frame, then stability is a moot point."

"If this impairs
throughput so badly then why is it supported or why doesn't it get fixed?"

"Too bad the iSeries still doesn't play well with others. It a great
place to store the data, but if you can get the data off the disk then
what's the point?"

Your FTP performance problem was directly related to your own competence.
As a system administrator you should have analyzed the problem and resolved
it.  You lived with embarrassingly inadequate performance because you were
all too willing to blame it on a system you didn't try to understand.
Throughout the entire thread you wrote off the iSeries as being incapable of
supporting basic business functions, to an audience of people who have been
doing just that.

-Jim