RE: Enough grunt for V4R5?

Does the cfint kick in with v4r5 at all?  It seems from complaints on the
list that when people go to v4r5, even on 620's and 170's, they see
interactive performance degradation.

Any truth to that?

Phil

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> No.  On models 400, 5xx and 6xx, your interactive and batch are
> the same at
> all releases.  Where you have to spend the bucks is if you go to 7xx or
> 8xx.
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> Al
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>                     "Rick DuVall"
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>                     08/01/01 10:36 AM
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> Hi Everybody,
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>            Excuse me for busting in here.  I have a 620 2179 on v4r3.
>
>            Are you saying that if I upgrade to v4r5 that I will have to
> purchase
> interactive features for all 5250?
>
>            That the act of upgrading the operating system alone can cause
> that?
>
>            I had planned to never upgrade my machine due to the
> interactive
> tax - but
> if I understand what you are saying, this means I am stuck at
> v4r3 from now
> on!
>
>            I love the AS/400, but my company can ill afford the
> interactive
> tax.  Can
> somebody clarify this?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
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>  > Really, really, _really_ research the interactive processor feature...
>
>  > Tom Hightower
>  > If IBM had a nickle for every time CFINT kicked in... oh wait, they
> do...
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>  >>Matthias Oertli <oertlim@s054.aone.net.au>
>  >>Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>  >>08/01/01 04:10 AM
>  >>Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
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>         To:        midrange-l@midrange.com
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>         Subject:        Enough grunt for v4r5?
> Hi,
>
> We're looking at upgrading our box from v4r3 to v4r5 (just to get to a
> supported release).
>
> The machine is a 9402 400 with processor feature 2131. We have 160MB of
> RAM and 24GB of disk with 16GB usable (combination RAID/MIRROR) of which
> about 54% is used. It's supporting mainly green screen/telnet
> interactive users (about 30) and a tiny bit of netserver stuff.
>
> I wouldn't say we have performance problems, but response time sometimes
> is borderline, I would not want to see it get worse.
>
> My question: if we go to v4r5 do I have to expect diminished
> performance? Greatly diminished performance?
>
> If I was to upgrade the RAM to the maximum the box can take (I think
> about 224MB) would this make a big difference?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Best regards,
> Matthias
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