RE: SAP on AS400?

 
Lets see:
1. Yes (sort of)
2. Yes
3. Not sure
4. Yes
5. Yes (sort of)
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Not a user, Admin sucks.
9. RPG programmers become 'interface' programmers.  You will still run many
of your old stuff and need to access the same data.

You didn't mention all the hardware upgrades (this sucker is a CPW hog).
$$$  You won't be running all the SAP apps in the same partition and don't
forget you'll need development partitions.  Good news, you don't need any
interactive capacity, but I bet you'll still run many older apps on some
other box that can do Green Screen.

You didn't mention the education costs, and big $$$ for consultants for
years.  Beware of SAP consultants that know SAP apps but not good on the
iSeries.

We have 2 healthy 510s running mult-partitions and a 570 running 4 more SAP
partitions.  But hey we also have a 870 & 825 for PRMS & BPCS, and a small
MAPICS system.   Did anyone say ERP?  8 iSeries w/25 LPARs.


--
Doug Hart
 
 

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Condon, Mike
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:51 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: SAP on AS400?
Importance: High

There was just a shocking, brief non-specific message sent out from
"Headquarters" about moving from our home-grown RPG (non free form, real old
school), to SAP sent out today.
1. Does SAP run natively on OS400/V5R3?
2. Does it not in fact cost a few kajilliion dollars?
3. What is the licensing scheme (per site/seat/concurrent user, etc.)?
4. Does even maintenance/support in fact cost a few kajilliion dollars?
5. Does it run on DB2?
6. If we want customization, are we asking for a world of never ending pain
& payment (in a cost range of a few kajilliion dollars)? 
7. If we want customization, are upgrades a real bitch to pull off?
8. For those of you who are current users, what is your satisfaction level
(1 - Like dying & going to Hell, 10 - Like dying & going to Heaven)?
9. How did it affect your programming staff if say you migrated from a
home-grown RPG system like ours to SAP? Did the conversion include early
retirement offers and/or directions on how to leave the premises like a fire
drill?