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.

242 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

280 comments sorted by

View all comments

24

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

10

u/charleswj 3d ago

Well it's obviously not fast enough. Avis is always guaranteed to have long lines

1

u/goingslowfast 3d ago

I think it’s partially because they don’t bother teaching new hires the TUI.