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

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> To play in this arena, Apache seems to be the answer -
> because of HIGHLY available HTTP serving support there,
> but HTTP classic server is being dropped like a hot
> potato soon (V5R4/5?) so I wonder exactly how much
> DE-bugging and support we're going to get as time draws
> end of it's lifecycle...

The problem is, the pbA server on the iSeries is just as bad
or worse than Classic.  From it's inception to V4R5 I had
zero.. count them... ZERO problems with the Classic server.

Once IBM seems to have "rewritten" it using Java and
whatever else did the problems arrive.  Breaking something
that worked flawlessly is one of my pet peves.. and I do it
as well with my own software once in a while, but at least I
fix it right away.  :)

If they could make 270s as affordable as (what's the
latest... a 3ghz machine?) then running multiple small
AS/400s would be the key.  If only to keep our CGI apps
running nativley.  But, that will never happen.  (Trying to
jinks it so someone can say "I told you so!")

The processing power of PCs and a small AS/400 is getting
closer.. it's the OS that makes the difference these days.


>
> The AS/400 is a perfect communications box - great for
> B2B, but B2C is only for LIGHT shops only, and only if
> you HAD an AS/400 anyway.
>
> Andrew Borts / Webmaster
> Seta Corporation
> 6400 East Rogers Circle
> Boca Raton, FL 33499
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan M. Andelin [mailto:nandelin@RELATIONAL-DATA.COM]
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:22 PM
> To: web400@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] What happened to rpgenerationx.com?
>
> Andrew,
>
> This sounds like it may be related to the number of
> threads your HTTP Server
> was running.  Normally an IE client requires two (2)
> threads, and a Netscape
> client may require up to twelve (12) threads.  Do you
> recall the number of
> concurrent users you were trying to support, and the
> threads you were
> running?
>
> Nathan M. Andelin
> www.relational-data.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Borts" <Andrewb@setacorporation.com>
> To: <web400@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:40 PM
> 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
>                               http://www.myfreeitems.com
> Voice: 561-994-2660 Ext. 2211 / Fax: 561-997-0774
>
>
>
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