RE: Help me Justify iSeries -- MIDRANGE-L


Well, Joe, frankly, I can put a decent intel server, with RAID5 SATA on my
net to serve as a repository at 1gig xfer rate...with just over a terabyte
of useable space....and do so for probably less than $3k...  ALSO, I could
spinoff my SAVF's to that server for some production libs and reduce my
downtime...etc....I'm thinking of upgrading one of my servers to do just
this!

So, IMPUHO (in my Politically UNCORRECT humble opinion), your solution
isn't that far off...in terms of just a disk data repository sitting out
in the ether...  I just wish like hell I could do the same config/pricing
with a i5!!!

Don in DC

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On Fri, 27 May 2005, Joe Pluta wrote:

> Hey!
>
> Don't go taking my name in vain here, Jim.  I really hate when people
> try to slot me when I offer alternatives.  If I say Java isn't good for
> everything, I get labeled anti-Java.  If I say RPG isn't good for some
> things, I get labeled anti-RPG.  I mention that Wintel might be cheaper
> for some things, and (you could've predicted it) someone starts labeling
> me as anti-iSeries.
>
> I think I was pretty clear about how this was a business decision.
> Before you start throwing out buzzwords like "security" and "critical
> update and maint time", exactly how much time do you think you need to
> spend on securing and maintaining a file server, even if the files are
> HTTP accessible?  It's nowhere near what's needed for a web application
> server.
>
> "joe's cheap pc" is still WAY less expensive than the corresponding
> iSeries disk.  If you need high availability, then great, you need
> another PC.  And at that point (and only at that point) the
> administration begins to become an issue, primarily because I don't know
> of a good way to fail over from one PC to another, although I'm sure
> there's a network appliance that would do it.
>
> In any case, "joe's cheap pc" is still cheap, and is still a viable
> alternative to expensive iSeries disk when storing static binary data.
> It may not be the right alternative for a given business, but it has to
> be looked at, especially when you're trying to keep the overall price of
> your iSeries solution to a minimum.
>
> Joe
>
>
> > From: Jim Franz
> >
> > (just like joe's cheap pc that suddenly
> > got more expensive when you add reliability requirements...and no
> mention
> > of security, HA, the critical update & maint time, & on & on).
>
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