Re: Uses for an idle 270, small shop

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

I like the separate box for development.  You don't run into oopsies if 
someone hardcodes a library or some such animal.  License costs can be 
significantly lower on a smaller development box.  Providing you can do 
without things like RPG, SQL development kit, etc on your production 
machine.  If you just gotta IPL to test a ptf or some such thing it's 
easier to get done.  Having said that, we'll probably move off of our 
development box and on to a LPAR at some future time.

Yes, replication can be expensive, if you are talking about a Mimix like 
solution.  But the benefits may be there.  Don't just gag at the cost. See 
if the cost is worth the risk.  After all, if they looked at just your 
salary and benefits that may look expensive.  But if they feel they are 
getting their money's worth...

We currently do not have a Mimix tool, but odds are increasing that this 
may be a future possibility.

We have three 270's.  This is what we are doing with them.
1)  270-23F1:  We call it the boss' toy.  We test new versions of OS on it 
prior to putting them on our development machine.  We also test new 
versions of Domino, etc.
2)  270-2542:  Dedicated Server for Domino.  Runs http://www.dekko.com and 
our ftp site - that's it.  Sits in the DMZ.
3)  270-2454:  Dedicated Server for Domino.  Domino has it's own version 
of Mimix like capabilities built it.  It's called clustering.  We have 
this 2454 as the hot site for all of the Domino that's running on our 840. 
 We either feel that email and other Domino applications are more 
important than ERP and Payroll, (since we have a hotsite for Domino and 
not the ERP and Payroll), or the cost of Mimix twas a bit daunting 
compared to the built in clustering of Domino.  And we test the Domino 
clustering on a nightly basis.  Backups drop the primaries and everyone 
fails over, seamlessly.
(Please don't send offers for other clustering software offlist.  The boss 
says Mimux or nothing.)

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com