Re: AS/400 - iSeries uptime statistics

[Ryan Ware <whiterabbit1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not to troll, but my Win2k with SQL achieved that this last year.


On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:19:58 -0500, Neil Palmer/DPS <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does anyone have any links (independent research, or even IBM backed)
> stating average uptime ratings for AS/400 - iSeries?  Wasn't it something
> like 99.97% for a single processor image?  Something contrasting that with
> numbers for a WinNt or Win2000 Server &/or 'nix boxes would also be very
> useful (I recall one IBM presentation showing something like 99.9% uptime
> for NT, and showing how many days a year that meant it was down, vs. how
> many minutes for an AS/400).  I believe IBM at one point published
> something showing that a single AS/400 - iSeries system had a higher
> uptime rating that a 390 mainframe (one not in a Sysplex).
> 
> I've found some links, but could use some additional ones.
> 
> ...Neil
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