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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 8:03 AM, Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The web server in the i is quite fast.


I don't have hard figures, so I won't argue with you. In general, "unix
stuff" on IBM i seems to me to run "somewhat slowly".


On the other hand, if Linux has to fetch the data from the i and serve
it, will probably take longer.



Certainly the network trip will add some time.


Since the web server is on the Internet, and the i is reachable from the
web server, I do not see advantage in security.



There's a big difference between hitting an enterprise server directly on
the web, and hitting a front-end machine that communicates over a private
subnet to fetch data from the enterprise server in order to compose a
response. One simple example would be a DOS attack which could bring down
the web server without disturbing the peaceful dreams of the enterprise
server.

Again, my many and vociferous opinions are my own, and not those of
Absolute Performance!


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