IBM i (System i / iSeries / AS/400) Features

Features of the beloved IBM i (System i / iSeries / AS/400)
  1. Low total cost of ownership - fewer highly paid and certified staff are required to maintain the System i platform

  2. Robustness - no blue screens of death

  3. Support - Always readily available from IBM

  4. Built in features - e.g. Data Base, Web Server, J2EE, Email server, File server

  5. LPAR gives mainframe style partitioning.

  6. Ease of upgrade - new versions of the OS go on with hardly a thought

  7. Almost every release of the OS comes with additional major features - not just bug fixes.

  8. True multiprogramming support - try running Fileserving, Printer sharing, DB2, Web-serving, Mailserving, Multi-platform Backup while simulteousnly running thousands of batch and interactive user jobs on a single Intel based server.

  9. Mainframe security without the price tag.

  10. Context sensitive help system that brings a new level of ease of use to an operating system

  11. Unprecedented security architected throughout the operating system

  12. Apps - vertical market packages have traditionally driven the sales of the System i

  13. Scalability with the same operating system on the smallest to largest System i's

  14. Industry best JVM with a unique background garbage collector that doesn't suspend threads

  15. POSIX compliant

  16. Virtual Machine that preserves software investments across decades of hardware changes

  17. DB2 database with an industry best cost per transaction

  18. Record level database I/O software orientation that provides a competitive advantage while also supporting industry leading SQL technology

  19. All open protocols and cross platform technologies implemented as state of the art

  20. TCP/IP, IPX, and JVM implemented in the OS to ensure best performance

  21. Multi-language executable architecture which links binaries from different languages together, including Java

  22. Services implemented consistently with a standard administration interface

  23. Proven, cost effective industry of business programmers

  24. All server visual interfaces available - Java AWT/Swing, Web, XWindows, Domino, telnet

  25. Industry unique single-level store virtual addressing across memory and disk

  26. Bus level integration with Netfinity NT server

  27. Opti-connect database access from multiple System i's to access same data

  28. Object based architecture with every type of file with it's own object descriptor and enforced interfaces