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Post #50,505
by orion
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9/4/02 9:08:57 PM
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New To each their own
From 1993-1996 I worked with an AS/400. This was before they started putting in PowerPC chips in them. It ran very slow, and the Showcase ODBC we used to connect up with the database on the AS/400 was slow. All I did was the Client Access/400 software install, and the database to make sure that the Network Administrator did not assign two virtual terminals the same session ID codes.

We migrated databases from the AS/400 to a SQL Server running under NT 3.1 and it was much faster. The poor AS/400 had a ton of other users giving it requests and I think a whole bunch of RPG, COBOL, FORTAN, and PL/1 programs running on it, taking up processor time. Many of which were converted to the AS/400 from an old IBM 4381 Mainframe that we happened to get rid of by hiring consultants to quickly port those programs to the AS/400 environment.

Piror to the PowerPC upgrades to the AS/400, from what I saw, the AS/400 was very very slow. I assume that the PowerPC upgrades have speed things up now?
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Post #50,522
by admin
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9/4/02 9:47:43 PM
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New Wrong comparison
Yes, the hardware was "slow", if you are looking at interactive speeds. Batch mode, it was quite fast. And also very dependent upon the programmer's skill.

From what you said, that box was loaded with things running on it. Take one thing, port it to a different machine on newer hardware, yes it's going to be faster.

But it's an asinine comparison to make too.
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Post #50,596
by orion
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9/5/02 9:56:48 AM
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New Wrong idea
the point I was trying to make was not that a NT Box was faster than an AS/400, but that the AS/400 had been juggling so much stuff that moving part of it over to a NT Box that did nothing but run a SQL Server made the database run faster.

We had AP/AR people upset because it took about 6 to 15 minutes to find an invoice on the AS/400 database. So then it took about 15 to 30 seconds on the SQL Server. The NT SQL Server did not have a ton of stuff running in the background as the AS/400 did. I doubt the NT Server could handle a load like that. It was only a 486, way back when we put NT 3.1 on it. It also ran a Token Ring network card at 4mbs. Remember Token Ring? :)
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     Web Server for my brother, part 2 - (orion) - (48) - Aug. 13, 2002, 02:08:42 AM EDT
         "Egads!!!" he exclaims.... - (folkert) - (42) - Aug. 13, 2002, 07:52:29 AM EDT
             "Run Away!!!! Run Away!!!!" -NT - (n3jja) - Aug. 13, 2002, 08:51:52 AM EDT
             He tried Linux - (orion) - Aug. 13, 2002, 02:44:47 PM EDT
             Re: "Egads!!!" he exclaims.... - (deSitter) - (39) - Aug. 17, 2002, 10:44:42 PM EDT
                 I am sheathing my sword.... - (folkert) - (38) - Aug. 18, 2002, 12:49:01 AM EDT
                     Re: I am sheathing my sword.... - (deSitter) - (37) - Aug. 18, 2002, 09:37:23 AM EDT
                         Heh heh heh Windows Vs. Unix Vs. AS/400 - (orion) - (22) - Aug. 18, 2002, 08:28:56 PM EDT
                             Re: Heh heh heh IIS - (pwhysall) - (21) - Aug. 18, 2002, 09:03:06 PM EDT
                                 Well put my dear, dear, Pete... - (folkert) - Aug. 18, 2002, 10:10:46 PM EDT
                                 They way I figure it - (orion) - (19) - Aug. 20, 2002, 11:20:23 AM EDT
                                     Securing W2K Server Without An MCSE - (pwhysall) - (18) - Sept. 5, 2002, 11:23:49 AM EDT
                                         Hah hah, grin. - (orion) - (17) - Sept. 5, 2002, 03:12:48 PM EDT
                                             Trust Peter on this - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 5, 2002, 07:40:18 PM EDT
                                             Re: Hah hah, grin. - (pwhysall) - (15) - Sept. 21, 2002, 12:56:02 AM EDT
                                                 Look here - (orion) - (14) - Sept. 21, 2002, 07:34:16 PM EDT
                                                     Re: Look here - (pwhysall) - Sept. 22, 2002, 01:36:53 PM EDT
                                                     If you are not a newbie... - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Sept. 22, 2002, 05:06:09 PM EDT
                                                         Thanks a lot - (orion) - (7) - Sept. 22, 2002, 07:42:33 PM EDT
                                                             Nobody's asking you to be Einstein. - (bepatient) - Sept. 22, 2002, 08:21:56 PM EDT
                                                             Also cut the rants - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Sept. 22, 2002, 08:57:32 PM EDT
                                                                 So... then... what about... - (folkert) - (4) - Sept. 22, 2002, 11:54:34 PM EDT
                                                                     /me cuts off Greg's caffeine supply. Sheesh! ;-) -NT - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2002, 02:17:24 AM EDT
                                                                         Re: /me cuts off Greg's caffeine supply. Sheesh! ;-) - (folkert) - Sept. 23, 2002, 08:32:39 PM EDT
                                                                     Well...what is your stress level? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2002, 07:34:46 AM EDT
                                                                         NADA... anymore... ;) -NT - (folkert) - Sept. 23, 2002, 08:33:41 PM EDT
                                                     It's called growing up. - (CRConrad) - (3) - Sept. 23, 2002, 02:44:45 AM EDT
                                                         But I can't grow up - (orion) - (2) - Sept. 25, 2002, 08:29:39 PM EDT
                                                             Guy, Interrupted - (deSitter) - (1) - Sept. 27, 2002, 11:17:32 AM EDT
                                                                 Thanks a lot - (orion) - Sept. 29, 2002, 10:42:51 PM EDT
                         AS/400? You've got to be kidding. - (mmoffitt) - (13) - Sept. 4, 2002, 06:33:17 PM EDT
                             Er... - (admin) - Sept. 4, 2002, 06:42:24 PM EDT
                             Bullshit. - (imric) - (4) - Sept. 4, 2002, 08:16:12 PM EDT
                                 Hmm, so OS/400-heads should grok TWiki - (drewk) - Sept. 5, 2002, 11:08:51 AM EDT
                                 Heh. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Sept. 21, 2002, 12:35:42 AM EDT
                                     Those poor bastards. - (imric) - (1) - Sept. 21, 2002, 07:00:00 AM EDT
                                         Really poor bastards.... - (folkert) - Sept. 21, 2002, 12:22:39 PM EDT
                             To each their own - (orion) - (2) - Sept. 4, 2002, 09:08:57 PM EDT
                                 Wrong comparison - (admin) - (1) - Sept. 4, 2002, 09:47:43 PM EDT
                                     Wrong idea - (orion) - Sept. 5, 2002, 09:56:48 AM EDT
                             Actually.... - (slugbug) - (3) - Sept. 5, 2002, 12:42:54 AM EDT
                                 Re: Actually.... - (deSitter) - Sept. 5, 2002, 12:57:11 AM EDT
                                 I don't see it in the ports - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 5, 2002, 06:57:20 AM EDT
                                     yup, saw that too... - (slugbug) - Sept. 5, 2002, 08:47:34 PM EDT
         Went to GoDaddy - (imric) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2002, 09:15:41 AM EDT
             Re: Went to GoDaddy - (orion) - Aug. 13, 2002, 02:48:32 PM EDT
         RRAS - (deSitter) - (1) - Aug. 17, 2002, 10:39:36 PM EDT
             Winroute sounds like the way to go - (orion) - Aug. 18, 2002, 12:41:15 AM EDT
         DSL modem replaced - (orion) - Aug. 18, 2002, 12:54:48 AM EDT

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