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Even though AS/400 is a great platform, linux can bring to it many uses that
it could did not have before.
Apache has more options than the striped down version of Apache (http
server) that the AS/400 uses. Like virtual hosts.
Also, running linux on the AS/400 allows for the use of many open source
solution that were not availible on OS/400. Not to mention cost. Most
scenarios I have see utilize multiple linux partitions for doing stuff like
one partion is the firewall, one apache or tomcat these are cascated to DB2
running on OS/400. This allows for multi-tiered computing and security.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Beldon Dominello" <beldon@speakeasy.org>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT- AS/400
> On Thursday 11 April 2002 21:52, you wrote:
> > This is off topic - someone just gave me an AS/400 eServer (about 4
years
> > old and apparently obsolete). Besides trying to figure out where I'll
put
> > it (it's huge) I need to figure out how to use it and/or what it might
be
> > useful for. At the very least, the components seem to be SCSI (3 disks
> > (raid?), tape, cdrom) so I might be able to strip them out of the unit
for
> > use elsewhere. But before I do that, does anyone know what the whole
unit
> > might be good for? I hear that IBM has linux running on the AS/400 in
> > virtual partitions. Anything besides that?
>
> AS/400 is one of the most solid minicomputer platforms ever devised-- and
> it's OS is so stable, there were actually IBMers and IBM customers who
> questioned the wisdom and/or necessity of porting Linux to it. It still
> lives on as the iSeries e(logo)Server and is still in production today at
> many large companies. CIGNA, my company, has at least one and maybe more.
>
> As was stated, only certain generations can run Linux at all, and none
except
> the latest can run it natively without at least one of the partitions
running
> OS/400. It's basically an S/390 Jr., in that it's architecture has much
more
> in common with mainframes than with client/server systems.
>
> I have now exhausted my knowledge of the AS/400. However, I do work with
> some people who know the system very well (being administrators). If you
> like, e-mail me privately and I'll see if I can hook you up with one of
them.
>
> -Beldon
>
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