Iseries F5 | [portable]

F5 says “where’s the live one?” i says “here, and here, and here.” One more transaction through the proxy, one more year without a tear. “iSeries F5” means front‑ending IBM i’s legendary uptime with F5’s traffic orchestration for active‑active or active‑passive HA without application changes.

iSeries F5 is the down‑time counter’s grave — five‑nines running through a VIP that the operator gave. iseries f5

Load balancer at the gateway, DB2 journals in the back. You can fail the primary over, but the session keeps its track. F5 says “where’s the live one

In the world of IBM Power Systems, the iSeries (AS/400, IBM i) is synonymous with reliability, integrated database (DB2 for i), and transactional integrity. Adding “F5” usually points to appliances — load balancers, application firewalls, and traffic managers. Load balancer at the gateway, DB2 journals in the back

Here’s a short piece built around — treating it both as a technical reference (IBM i on Power Systems with a focus on high availability) and as a creative/lyrical concept. Title: iSeries F5