IBM Info Server - Unix vs Windows :: Pros & Cons

[foryou]

Currently we have Windows based IBM info server system running on following high end configuration which had been set up recently,

Operating System: Windows Server 2003 R2

Manufacturer: HP

Model: Proliant DL380 G5

Processors: 2 x quad core Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz

Memory: 32 GB

Hard Disks (internal): 2 x 136 GB RAID1 and 6 x 136 GB in RAID5

We have been advised by vendor/consulting company to move IBM info server to Unix stating below reasons

That 2.8 Terabyte of data to be extracted from various legacy systems transformed & loaded to target systems based on oracle & SAP.

There could be about 1000 jobs & about 70-80 jobs will be running in parallel at any given time up to 7/8 hours.

Under these circumstances, wondering will it make sense to migrate to Unix from current high end windows environments

Incase if you need more info, please let me know...

Shall appreciate your suggestions, thoughts & experiences...

[ray.wurlod]

It might be high-end Windows but it's not high-end UNIX. With UNIX you can get far more powerful hardware - at a price, of course.

The other thing I like about UNIX is how rarely you need to re-boot anything.

[Mike]

And before investing in a high $$$ SMP box, take a look at IBM's blade server offering. It will offer easier scalability at lower cost... and Information Server will come pre-installed and pre-configured.

Mike

[ray.wurlod]

Here is another argument.