Re: WHY would I run Windows on my iSeries?

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

"Walden H. Leverich said;
>>  2) I understand why you MIGHT want to combine multiple iSeries machines
into
>>  one physical footprint via lpar

It's neat to be able to run multiple timezones on one central machine,
It's neat to be able to run multiple language sets on one central machine,
It's neat to be able to run multiple versions of OS/400 on one machine,
It's neat to ....


>> 4) But I can't understand the advantage of the integrated xSeries.
>> Why would I want to run W2K in an iSeries?


Having a computer room a thousand miles away and
no one to press the on/off switch to reboot the Xmachine.
Lights out operation.  Reboot Xmachine from passthru.


John Carr

(how was that Rick Baird ?)