I want to know how many IBM iSeries 400 (Formerly called IBM
AS/400)are currently installed worldwide Continent by Continent and
specifically in
* US Commercial
* US Government
* UK
* France
* Germany
* Spain
* Italy
* EU as a total

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 21 Oct 2005 14:38 PDT

T4see,

I've only been able to find the total number of IBM iSeries
400(AS/400) installed worldwide.

Would this number be of any use to you?

Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by t4see-ga on 22 Oct 2005 07:28 PDT

I need more detail as described. Total worldwide is too broad.

Thanks

Terry

Terry

I doubt very much if this service is going to give you an answer (even
if you were to offer $200 dollars for the question)

Also to give any type of reasonable answer to your question would need
some clarifications.

Please bear in mind the following:

- An as400 can be configured as many "LPARS" where each Lpar looks like 
a separate As400 even though there is only 1 physical box. Are you
asking for the total number of LPARS or just the total number of
physical boxes?

- Many As400s may be "installed" but are in fact obsolete. Do these count?

- What about AS400 owned by individual consultants (many of them
bought second hand or perhaps given away by the original owner) Do
these count?

I also noticed that your question did not include India which probably
now is the proud owner of a huge number of AS400 processors (as a
result of outsourcing)

I remember hearing a figure of 500000 AS400 processors been produced
worldwide. However this figure is almost certainly dropping as
companies will consolidate their processors into larger boxes (and of
course some companies will convert to other systems). Multi national
companies who have in the past owned multiple AS400 spread across
different sites both nationally and internationally are now
consolidating these processors in one data centre.

I suspect the only organisation who can give you an answer to your question 
are IBM themselves and even they may not have accurate records.

Regards

Mongolia