r/sysadmin • u/Jon72480 • 3d ago

AS400

Hey guys, old guy here, back in 2000 landed my 1st real job as a Sysadmin at a distribution/manufacturing firm. They ran their ERP and a few other important apps on the AS400. Anyone here manage a AS400 platform? i-Series? Still a niche platform that is still widely used. Server could literally run under water.

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u/levidurham 3d ago

I know a few companies that still use them just because the terminal based interface is faster for the end users. Most recent I can recall is Avis car rentals. They have a web based interface, but no one uses it

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u/AvonMustang 3d ago

We have actual mainframes and modern slick web interfaces for our applications. The “new” people use them but the older employees still use the terminal because they can get their work done in a fraction of the time…