RE: Email problem

Zak,

The text below from the SNA Distribution Services manual (V4) provides
some explanation.  It is SNADS that has the problem with storage.  So
any system which is based upon SNADS routing can be affected by an
exceeded threshold.  (I realize that this is not a 'concise list', I
don't have one.  Nor is it very clear.)  The rule I would use is that if
your software requires that QSNADS be started in order to function, then
it will probably be affected by the threshold.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

<quote>
SNADS uses file servers to store distribution data associated with SNADS
distributions. The SNADS receiver writes distribution data that is being
received into a file server. A local transaction program writes data to
be sent into a server. The file server stores the data until one of the
following occurs:

- The distribution is forwarded by a SNADS sender.
- The distribution is received by a local transaction program.

The SNADS function on the AS/400 system supports the following two file
servers:

- A specific server associated with the AS/400 system document
interchange
function (DIA). This server is used to store all OfficeVision/400*
documents that SNADS has received or will send on behalf of the DIA
transaction program.
- The SNADS general server is a server with SNADS architecture. It is
used as requested by a distribution, or if the requested file server is
not supported, by the local SNADS implementation. The AS/400 system
SNADS general server is the server used for object distribution and
change management distributions.

The amount of distribution data that could be stored by the general
server is quite large. Therefore, the server does not store new data
that could exceed system capacity. In this case, a temporary server
error is returned to SNADS, and the distribution cannot be accepted by
the local SNADS function. The following storage conditions are checked
by the AS/400 system SNADS general server when a distribution is
processed:
- The system storage is larger than the system threshold storage limit.
The system threshold storage limit is checked only when the server
begins to store the data for the distribution.
- The system does not have enough available storage to store the data
for the distribution.
- The available system storage has decreased or is used by other system
functions so the system cannot store the remaining distribution data.

Note: The AS/400 system SNADS general server uses the system auxiliary
storage pool. The previous checks are made against storage associated
with that pool.
</quote>

> On Behalf Of Metz, Zak
> Subject: RE: Email problem
>
> There seem to be a lot of problems related to the threshold. Is there
a
> concise list somewhere of what exactly stops/happens when you hit the
> threshold?