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Workload and Performance
Now, in response to customer’s needs, IBM extends the AS/400e Dedicated Server for
Domino with two new models and six new processor features. For entry Domino
environments, the Dedicated Server adds scalability and disk and memory capacity. For
larger Domino environments, there is a gain in enterprise-class scalability and capacity.
AS/400e customers extend their traditional applications and data by adding Lotus Domino
solutions to their existing AS/400e servers, as part of upgrades, and as stand-alone servers
for e-mail, groupware applications, and Web sites. Domino customers use Domino
partitioning on AS/400e servers to consolidate several Domino workloads onto one server
with a simple, single footprint to deliver e-mail and applications. Server consolidation offers
vertical growth within the processor. Growth is available within the model.
New customers employ the rich Web development and serving functions of Domino. When
they combine these functions with the rock-solid reliability and scalability of AS/400e servers,
they achieve highly effective Web sites with intranet, extranet, and Internet capabilities.
With the availability of Dedicated Servers for Domino, customers choose to deploy Domino
solutions on separate servers from other business applications for several reasons:
• Messaging and e-business servers are mission-critical assets. Reliability,
maintenance, and availability requirements differ from other production systems.
• Many organizations employ specialized staff and servers to deliver messaging and
groupware to their businesses, separate from those that support their line-of-business
applications.
• Some organizations have remote environments, which require onsite groupware
servers to provide key applications and e-mail to their users.
The improved price/performance and the increased scalability of the new processor features
enhance the cost advantage for customers who want a mixed workload Domino server. The
AS/400e Dedicated Server for Domino is positioned to compete strongly for Domino
placements compared to multiple Intel-based servers.
Consider AS/400e Dedicated Server for Domino for:
• New Lotus Domino solutions on a manageable, reliable, and scalable server.
• Reliability and manageability to support mission-critical Domino applications.
• Consolidation of several servers to a single AS/400e by employing the partitioning
function of the Lotus Domino Enterprise Server license. Multiple Domino servers for
e-mail, Domino applications, Web serving, or a combination on segregated Intel
servers.
• Groupware applications and messaging with existing AS/400 operations and skills.
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