Re: Microsoft .NET frontending IBM i

Sure, but then we also need to take into consideration that hardware has
gone cheaper and gotten more cores on x86 since then (Dell sells a base
configuration twelve core 1U rack server at about $2000).

For a database, IBM sells DB2 for Linux, which can be clustered and
everything - apparently even at a competitive price
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/127577/ibm_ices_competition_with_rec
ordbreaking_linux_database_performance_db2_ice/index.html - but I cannot
locate the pricing on
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/linux-unix-windows/

To be frank I believe you underestimate how much more expensive the IBM i is
compared to commodity hardware.

/Thorbjørn


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: 11. oktober 2010 22:05
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Microsoft .NET frontending IBM i

From: Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen
"So a full 64-core system using the slow processors would cost you
$1.43 million just for the base hardware chassis and the processors."
You can get a lot of commodity hardware for that amount of money for
horizontal scaling....

It should be pointed out that the $1.43 million quote was for old Power 5
hardware; not for new Power 7 hardware, which is lower cost, and higher
performing. It should also be pointed out that we're talking about the cost
of
a DB server as opposed to an application server farm. All those application

servers need to interface with a DB server.

-Nathan