Re: Typical PC Guy question - and request for RFB contacts

I do have performance tools and am SLOWLY learning to use it (maybe one day
I can get a class? . HA!).  I was just reading about BEST1 in a PDF .  .
will see what i can figure out.

version of OS/400 will be the same   . . .we are runnning v5r1 right now
with software sub . . . i am planning to go to v5r2 on the new box once we
transfer the subscription and licensing.

Nearly everything done on this box is interactive, or so I am told by the
vendor . . from wrkactjobs .  .it certainly looks that way . nothing ever
going on in batch from what little i know to look for.

Thanks again for all your comments.

Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vern Hamberg" <vhamberg@centerfieldtechnology.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Typical PC Guy question - and request for RFB contacts


> The CPW will not get you much if you are doing interactive work (25
> compared to 22.7). Batch work will be quite a bit better.
> The increase in memory will help, probably.
> Will this include a newer version of OS/400? That could help - YMMV.
> Have you been able to collect performance data and get it analyzed - or do
> you have Perf Tools? That'd tell you where your contention is. Esp. if you
> have the capacity modeling software BEST1 (part of Perf Tools).
>
> It's important to identify the bottlenecks. It's possible to throw all
> kinds of hardware at a performance problem and have little benefit.
>
> HTH
>
> Vern
>
> At 03:38 PM 12/4/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >--
> >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> >I, having very little AS400/iseries experience am in charge of our
current
> >AS400.  I understand fully the impact in performance when I talk in
> >Megahertz, RAM, etc. and have learned a decent amount of IBM lingo, DASD,
> >main memory, CPW, etc.
> >
> >My question is this .  .our third pary vendor recently made a needed
> >change to our administrative software which has our current system at its
> >needs.  We are a higher ed. institution and we have students waiting 3-4
> >minutes for fees to process.
> >
> >Our current machine is a model 600-2129 , 22.7 SHARED CPW, 192 main mem.
> >and 12G DASD.
> >
> >I am looking at a refurb 170-2291, 115/25 CPW, 512 main mem and 17G DASD.
> >
> >Disk space is not an issue for me . .the ONLY thing this box is used for
> >is this ONE third party app (no web, mail, storage, etc).  I have been
> >told that this 170 config will push me to the top of the P05 group (don't
> >want to go P10 for budgetary reasons).
> >
> >My questions are this:
> >
> >1. What kind of performance increase am I looking at generically.  I know
> >you can't give me exact figures, but in generic terms, are we talking
> >about moving from a 386 to a pentium here?  maybe better?  I have some
> >performance figures on this box . .but i'm really not interested in
> >specifics . .just trying to get an overall feel for CPW ratings and the
> >difference they make.
> >
> >2. I need to bid out this project (the hardware, license transfer and
data
> >move).  If you handle this type of thing, please send me your contact
> >information, including name, address, phone, fax and email.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Anthony Hardy
> >Director of MIS/Enrollment Management
> >Jefferson Davis Community College
> >(251) 809-1531
>
>
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