Moving HTTP server to UNIX

[sunitaclara]

Currently we have the web server, app server and the database server on mainframes. We plan to move the web server to a unix box and leave Websphere and DB2 on the S/390 boxes. Has this been done in the past? ARe there any pitfalls that we should look out for?

 

[gheist]

IBM wont be happy if you step 2-3 price classes down - but they have made replacements to every software you mentioned on AIX, Linux and NT

Most UNIX-alikes (eg Linux(.org) or * BSD(.org) webserver like Apache(.org) or Squid(.org) does its job on caching and proxying web content well, they run databases and app servers too -
most of these are open source (and free if not counting downloading and burning one CD and people involved) - so you can even fix failures in system code immediatly in house - or buy a support from nearby distributor etc etc

 

[avadh]

Hello,
You can go to

http://www.ibm.com/software/httpserver

to download IBM's version of apache server httpserver at 1.x.x.x then install on AIX and you should be able to run httpserver with websphere on mainframe.
you can check out

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com

for red books on websphere.