RE: AS/400

>Isn't the issue of this thread not the overall capacity 
>of a given iSeries but the inability, due to CFINT, 
>to shift capacity from batch to interactive
>by tuning the system?  

Phil,
Well said!  In the days of yore, I used to have a dayshift/interactive
subsystem configuration, where the memory pools were set to satisfy
interactive demand and a nightshift/batch configuration where batch was
optimised.

>My impression is that 
>iSeries owners would prefer there to be **ONE** 
>CPW, and then leave it up to the owner to 
>tune it for batch, for interactive, for a mix, etc.

I can understand this reasoning very well.  Perhaps this is a good message
to send to IBM marketing via iSeries Nation?  Would you be willing to pay a
premium for a system where you could control the mix?  Or, get a discount
for a governed one?  The limit IS reality; how can we work with it in such a
way that we can profit as well as IBM?

One final thought: could the interactive/batch split CPW be designed as a
way for IBM to fight the tendency for undersized systems to be sold?

Buck 
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