Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

I have plenty of PC hardware that I could use for that purpose. My basement
has a small PC graveyard piling up... Albeit most of it is Core 2 and early
Core iX stuff but some of it is still very usable. Also just decommissioned
a Z97 platform that could take a Xeon and be pretty capable.

I mentioned the Lenovo/IBM box cause I'd like to keep with the IBM
aesthetics. I could easily gut out an old System X box or a ThinkStation to
do that. Also, It would be much cheaper!

Well I guess that's all before I get too off-topic on PC hardware.

Thanks!

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message: 2
date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:09:42 -0700
from: Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

There are laptops in the $400 range that run Linux very nicely on sale now
at Office Depot.

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Richard Schoen <
Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you decide to go Linux, go to osboxes.org and download an already
created VM for Linux.

Or check out Amazon Lightsail. For $5 per month you can get an online
Linux instance.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Director of Document Management
e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p. 952.486.6802
w. helpsystems.com

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message: 1
date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:06:52 -0500
from: Scott Williams <scottwill0707@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

Thanks for all the input on this matter.

The more I thought about it the IBM i isn't really made for hardware
tinkering unless you have some very deep pockets to buy the hardware and
reconfigure the machine. Also,many of these machines are powered on,
configured and then expected to run for years without much attention

given

to the hardware. It just needs to work and work reliably.

I might research a Lenovo/IBM Box with an Intel CPU and slap Linux on it
since that will be much cheaper, and will be more 'tinkerable' than the

I.

Additionally, I'm not totally against looking into a hosting offer that
fits my needs to get the RPG/CL fix.

Maybe in the future an affordable POWER server with proper licensing will
become available, and then I can have some iron of my own...

Many thanks once again!