Re: I am in a Holy War about webserving from a System i

Hi,

We are using the iSeries for our Internet Banking product:
Just finished another great Implementation with all kind of very nice new features and starting with the next in line.
Why I? Simple:
- Fast.
- Secure.
- Easy to setup.
- Easy to maintain.
- Scalable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes we are not using WAS or other Java (or other scripting based technology)(Sorry; slow, not secure enough, auditers do not like them (at least not in banking)).
Webinstances are running under Appache by IBM.
Request are handled from CGI Post calls by only compiled objects.
All webpages are defined as external models and are maintained by 'standard' PC based tools.

Our clients are very happy although quite a lot never had ever heard of an iSeries.
Stable, resilient, secure, no problems with high loads, 'no' maintenance 'compared to their other machines'.
A 515 normally will do.

What other facts you want to know to compare to what you are 'hearing'????

Kind Regards,
Eduard Sluis.

----- Original Message ----
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 6:40:07 PM
Subject: Re: I am in a Holy War about webserving from a System i

I am hearing that the i5 is slow, setting up a server is difficult,
performance sucks, the security is not what we are used to, and its just
a whole lot easier to use an old PC.



Josh Diggs wrote:

As a general rule I don't get involved in holy wars, or land wars in Asia, but this seems quite reasonable to me. Is there a counter-argument you would like us to take on?

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 2:23 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: I am in a Holy War about webserving from a System i


Is the System i a reasonable way to offer an internal website that will
be displaying System i business data as web pages?