At 10:30 PM 9/11/01, you wrote:
>OK mine are more respected :) j/k another point of view.
Sorry, I didn't understand your comment.
>1st You are assuming this only runs on Intel machines.
> I have MySQL running on a Sun E-4500 (8 x400mhz procs / 8GB RAM) running
>Solaris 8 on a financial institution on a very mission critical application.
Congratulations!
>2nd IBM support is piss poor at best unless you are on their 'call list' in
>which is it is almost as good as Microsoft's, plus the amount of money you
>would pay for support I better get a Full Time SE on-site.
I've had excellent success with IBM - It does cost money. So does Suns.
>3rd You are assuming that everyone runs this on a ISP budget.
Mission Critical. I do expect to throw some bucks at MC.
> We have ours attached to an EMC array snapshot backups, well you got the
>idea. three way mirror with another machine that is attached the EMC the
>third mirror breaks we back it up then put the 3rd mirror back in-line.
Sounds complex. With the AS/400, you can save-while-active and you don't
have to have three mirrors.
>4th a full TCP stack don't you mean a full IP stack.
Yes, you understood my comment. Sockets rule.
>5th Java is now available, I have been using that for almost 2 1/2 years
>now.
Java is not new to the 400, only new to me. I don't know the exact date it
came out, but I suspect it's been about that long or longer.
>6th Security is best left up to the Security person (a good SA can secure a
>system) but then again the only true secure system is one that is turned off
>and locked in a closet. Where everyone who had a key to the closet melted
>it down and it requires a retina scan from JFK. (wait that might be to
>much)
With a 400, that task is made much easier. I worry much more about my
linux boxes getting hacked than my 400. By far. Every time I turn around,
there is another linux buffer overflow or local exploit to get root
authority. Those things are almost non-existent on AS/400.
>I do have to give IBM so credit some of their apps are Open System 'like'.
Hey, I think IBM does a good job. I also think MySQL is a very cool sql
engine, and combined with perl and CGI I've made some interesting and
useful web applications.
Regards,
Rich
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