iSeries - WebSphere - to be or not to be......

All,

I know that this question is specifically for this group but I think you're
more likely to give me a better answer....

We currently run WebSphere App Server on our iSeries and 30+ branches
connect to it.  The performance despite numerous attempts at tuning is
pretty poor.  If I install a copy of WAS on an intel-based PC, setup the
same portlets and don't tune the PC WAS server the performance is
considerably better.

What I'm getting to is which, in your opinion, is the best platform to run
WAS on.  We still run several web-faced apps as well as pure java-based
portlets.

I look forward to your replies..............

Thanks

Steve


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Steve Simpson
Arriva Vehicle Rental
 
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