Re: idle BPCS sessions

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Kdziub,

(BTW, we'd prefer that you give a name here)

In a message dated 5/8/02 6:14:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
kdziub@idom.com.pl writes:


> Hi,
>
> I was told that the general BPCS system performance can be improved if all
> 'inactive' or idle sessions are automatically terminated. We do not break
> them now because we are afraid of the loss of data consistency. The AS/400
> hosting BPCS has a lot of memory (3 GB), the number of open user session is
> approx. 50. WRKSYSSTS indicates no memory problems. I think the idle
> sessions should not have any impact on the performace. They do not utilize
> CPU, just occupy the server memory. Am I right ?
>
>
> AS/400 model 8xx, OS/400 5.1, BPCS 6.0.04 plf MM, Client Access Express.
>
> Regards,
>

You are correct.  Inactive jobs on the iSeries/400 will lose their timeslice
and not impact performance in the least.  The only risk you run is exceeding
your "per seat" licensing, which can certainly happen in this instance.  What
sort of performance problem are you attempting to solve?

Regards,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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