RE: SAP on AS400?

WOW Doug - that is quite a setup you have !

Chuck

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Hart
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:54 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: 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.


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Doug