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Indeed. A lot of banks overhauled their core banking platforms to run on IBM i in the early to mid 90ies. It scales well and considered secure.
by hestefisk 6y ago
Indeed. A lot of banks overhauled their core banking platforms to run on IBM i in the early to mid 90ies. It scales well and considered secure.
- hestefisk 6y agoI’m curious about the IBM i. Anyone here who can comment on how to get started? You can’t exactly buy one of these systems off the shelf.
- artificialLimbs 6y agoGet in touch with a 3rd party vendor. They can offer classes/training or point you to someone who can. You could also take a look at IBM's redbooks. They're guides written by 3rd parties. http://redbooks.ibm.com/ http://redbooks.ibm.com/ And here are the IBM technical docs: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en https://www.ibm.com/docs/en You can get used IBM Power servers on ebay, but they're pretty pricey. Not sure about licensing and such also, so you should look into that before buying.
- thequux 6y agoThere's an IBM i hobbyist discord[1] full of friendly people who will be happy to help you out with learning or acquiring your own iron, or you can use any of a number of public-access systems. The main public access system is pub400[2], but there are at least three that are run by people in the discord. I run one of them, albeit with the worst uptime of the bunch; PM for details. And finally, you can find all of the docs for the system on IBM's site[3], though they can take some getting used to. [1] https://discord.gg/MzYzSvzN https://discord.gg/MzYzSvzN, or #ibmi on freenode [2] https://pub400.com/ https://pub400.com/ [3] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzahg/welcome.htm https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/rza...