RE: model 270

I'm pretty sure that this is a 720, not a 270.  I'm sure that it will be
big enough to handle your workload but my question, and I'm not picking
on you Dave, is why wouldn't you get a newer 810 or something like that
instead of 6 year old technology?

I recently sat through a meeting where our DBA was saying that our data
warehouse screams on SQL server vs. the old database on the mainframe.
I had to point out that the SQL Server resides on a brand new
dual-processor 4 GHZ machine whereas our DB2 data warehouse was on a
three-year-old mainframe that wasn't anywhere near the top of the line
when we bought it.

Speaking only for myself I would gladly trade 2 or 4 GB of memory for a
newer CPU.  I also agree with Rob that I would not want anything less
that 4 17.5 GB drives.  The question you need to answer is: Do you want
a solution that will last 5 or more years or do you want a solution that
will last two or fewer years?

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


-----Original Message-----
date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:49:03 -0500
from: <ldwopt@xxxxxxx>
subject: model 270

I apologize   I posted this to th wrong board

My company is a managed services company and currently we do not own any
of the
AS400/I5 that we manage.

We are cconsidering the purchase of a used AS400 Model 270 and using
V5R3 as the operating system.  This system would be used for monitoring
all the other system messages. We will be using Robot/Console or
Messenger console for the master monitor.

I am considering getting a system with 10 gig of memory and 35-40 gig of
disk. 
The main box would be an AS400 Server 9406-270 with 2063 and 1502.

Will this system be capable of what we are planning on doing?  If not
what would be a better choice?

Thanks in advance?

Dave Willenborg
FNTS
Omaha, NE


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