I just caught the "eval" vs "evil" thing in the name. doh. This is like a bad Seinfeld episode.
http://evalmainframe.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-has-been-your-experience-with.html This is a temporary blog - I just want some honesty and details from the field. I want to be ready for what things can bite as part of the switchover. White papers and vendor promo are just part of the story. Currently linux/dell with lots of racks. On 7/4/07, John S. Giltner, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eval Mainframe wrote: > We are in the process of evaluating a switch to mainframe (z9, in this case) > from a distributed architecture for a 3-tier java app. I am interested in > your experiences in doing something like this. > > I've read some of the whitepapers and promo from vendors, but I am > interested in hearing more about how things have worked - or didn't - in > real-life. > > With that in mind, I would appreciate hearing about your experiences - good, > bad, or indifferent. Obviously, you can respond to the message here. I've > also got a blog you can post an anonymous comment to, or just email me at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Some of my questions are: > > * Was the performance as good as promised? > * Were there quirks with using the ibm jdk compared to Sun's? > * Did you have problems with security folks in your organization since > you were now consolidating the database and appservers on the same physical > machine? > * What ended up taking longer time than expected? What were you > disappointed in? > * Were the savings from such a consolidation warranted? > * Was it hard to overcome resistance to "back to mainframe" from the > distributed-thinkers? > > > Thanks for your time. > > em Where is your blog so we can take a look at it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
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