Depending on the size of your network and number of users of the machine,
the main advice I would give you is to be sure you get a multi-processor,
expandable machine.  I was talked into a 43P-140 a year ago and it generally
does the job but could really benefit from a second processor.  (we have
approx. 12000 items in the objects database, and are running Optivity,
ForeView, Apache Web Server and Tavve NITS on this machine)  Luckily we're
getting a hand-me-down dual processor F50 from an application which is
moving to a SP2.  :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Smeriglio,Luca,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF. <Luca.Smeriglio AT NESTLE DOT COM>
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu <NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu>
Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 5:42 AM
Subject: Advice for a new Server


>Hi list,
>
>We're planning to buy a new IBM server for our management applications
>( Nv6k, Optivity, CiscoWorks and other Cisco applications, Web Server, ...)
>We are actually using a 3BT 7030 paltform which is becoming too slow
>and too old to handle all those processes...
>
>Local IBM vendors's proposal is a 43P model 260.
>
>Any advice from you guys for a new AIX server ?
>
>Thanks !
>Luca
>
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