RE: [WEB400] What happened to rpgenerationx.com?

["Bryan Yates" <byates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually Walden, the complaint is not with the stability of the Iseries as a 
web server.  The problem here is the old IBM HTTP CERN server.  I have three 
820 boxes each running about 20 different instances of BEA weblogic, IBM HTTP 
CERN and IBM HTTP (Powered by Apache) and I can't remember the last time we had 
to restart a server for any reason other than the idiot programming the thing 
(that would be me!) did something wrong with a servlet or SQL query etc...

So far, I haven't experienced any of the problems Brad is talking about under 
V5R1.  But problems like this will occur on any platform from time to time.

Of course this is my own opinion, and I can't vouch for the experiences of any 
one else on the list.
Thanks,

Bryan Yates
SR. Programmer/Analyst
Collin County Information Systems
http://www.co.collin.tx.us
mailto:byates@co.collin.tx.us
(972) 548-4584

-----Original Message-----
From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:39 AM
To: 'web400@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: [WEB400] What happened to rpgenerationx.com?


OK, I know I'm going to regret this, but...

Given this thread (and others like it on Midrange and Ignite) can someone
please explain to me again why having one iSeries box (you know the one that
never crashes) as my web server is better than a farm of cheap Linux or
Windows Intel boxes serving your web?

This isn't the first time (more like 10+) that people have complained about
the stability of the iSeries as a web server. Why do people keep using it?
Aren't Bob, Bleddyn, David, Andrew, etc. supposed to be the experts at this?
If they have such a problem, what't up?

I love the stability of the iSeries for database and green screen, but I
must say that I think web serving is best left to web servers that have
millions of installations.

-Walden

PS. Andrew, your just the lucky post I'm replying to, my comments apply to
the entire thread.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Borts [mailto:Andrewb@SETACORPORATION.com]
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 17:40
To: web400@midrange.com
Subject: RE: [WEB400] What happened to rpgenerationx.com?


This is a common problem with HTTP server classic (I don't know if it
happens on Apache) on an AS/400...

The 400 takes connections and then instead of answering, it starts failing,
and instead of answering slowly - it craps out...

The pattern is CPU usage is THROUGH the roof while the world creams us, then
CPU usage drops to almost nothing, while the system TCP/IP connections rise
un-answered.  It then (after about 2 minutes or so) comes back to life, but
it's not the same - you then END & restart the server and it works again.

This was something I noticed with a HIGH volume hitting fast and furious.

Andrew Borts / Webmaster
Seta Corporation
6400 East Rogers Circle
Boca Raton, FL 33499

E-mail: Andrewb@setacorporation.com
Corporate web site http://www.setacorporation.com
E-Commerce web site http://www.palmbeachjewelry.com
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Voice: 561-994-2660 Ext. 2211 / Fax: 561-997-0774

-----Original Message-----
From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com]
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 4:49 PM
To: 'web400@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: [WEB400] What happened to rpgenerationx.com?

Strange thing is the site is up, and accepting connections. However it
doesn't respond. Anyone know (remember) what machine type it was running?

-Walden
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Walden H Leverich III
President
Tech Software
(516) 627-3800 x11
(208) 692-3308 eFax
WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com
http://www.TechSoftInc.com

Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)



-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan M. Andelin [mailto:nandelin@RELATIONAL-DATA.COM]
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 16:37
To: web400@midrange.com
Subject: [WEB400] What happened to rpgenerationx.com?


The Web site www.rpgenerationx.com seems to be unavailable, lately.  Anybody
know what happened to it?

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com



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