Comments on: AS/400 to Linux Box http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/as400-to-linux-box/ Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/as400-to-linux-box/#comment-87070 tomliotta Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:01:05 +0000 #comment-87070 Erasing company data is probably easy, as long as you can sign on as a user with sufficient authority, and if you can’t sign on with that much authority, there isn’t much else you’ll be able to do with the box. Once “company” libraries and directories are identified, they can be deleted with essentially no concerns over later recovery. The file system and DASD technology doesn’t make it easy to recover (or even recognize) anything once file system links are removed. Recovery requires specialized equipment and knowledge.

Before even considering Linux, you should determine what you have. A 270 might or might not be worth something. Just about any processor option but the lowest tier has potential. If the OS license was also transferred to you, the potential rises significantly.

There’s a chance that someone in your region would make a deal with you.

And Linux might not even be an option if the 270 is at the low end.

Tom

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