RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

Vendor=dec (well compaq)
Cost=moderate
Reliable=sometimes, if openvms
Support=good
Positives=cluster sw
Negatives=pc company, not sure of future for vms or digital unix

Vendor=hp
Cost=moderate/high
Reliable=yes
Support=good
Positives=ha mc service guard
Negatives=you are on your own

Vendor=ibm
Cost=moderate if you buy everything from them Reliable=yes
Support=excellent
Positives=hacmp, ibm will hold your hand all the way and insist on it :) Negatives=ibm does it their way

Vendor=sun
Cost=cheap
Reliable=depends on hw
Support=ok
Positives=cheap and open systems
Negatives=you put it together

>>> john.kanagaraj_at_hds.com 06/19/01 07:36PM >>>
>I would vote for AIX and RS/6000. From my experience, those are robust
>servers and IBM has got good phone support. However, I do not

I would fully second that. (And your SAs are going to love its easy Admin capabilities)

>real bad experience. Other than that, AIX is one of the best OSs I have
>worked on. FWIW .. truss will be available with AIX 5L (this
>fall, I was
>told).

That's good news, Kirti. However, there are lots of other utilities out there from IBM that they have not really advertised or pushed out for AIX - I wonder why...

John Kanagaraj

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