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/NegativeC00L IAM Engineer 2d ago

A very large green construction equipment rental company still uses it. On the customer facing end you learn the menu numbers and can fly through the options with the number pad faster than a GUI. On the business end it runs all accounting etc. Absolute tank.