Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lukas,

With the size of the server you are using, you are definitely in the XS part 
of SMB. Once you get a fraction larger - even at the 50 user level, there is 
no comparison of Wintel against System i that is possible.

I think there does need to be a smaller System i for a the S customer - I 
wrote this in May 
http://www.angustheitchap.com/Angus/Blog/9DB4E2FD-AD63-4A3E-93EA-2F2A939BF799.html

However, I think we have to draw a line between the hobbyist/developer and 
the business. While a hobbyist can afford a broken server/PC/i until they 
get a new one brought in, business cannot afford to be down while they wait 
for Best Buy (or Swiss equivalent) to open. This is why we pay more for the 
hardware - disk not included.

Trevor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion rivendell.midrange.com" 
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:01 AM
Subject: RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


> On pure web serving, it might be a great spec.  For concurrent transaction
> processing, maybe not so cool.  But the iSeries will handle dozens, if not
> 100s, of users.

With the two standard 36GB Disks? The system already grinds to a halt when 
im transferring CUMPTF Images from a windows server to it (FTP).