Re: BPCS 6.0.0.2 & V3R7M0 Y2K TESTING

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Gary
I  think we agree
 on the  relative capacities and the  problems  that  might cause to  the
proposed 510/150 plan. You  certainly covered  much deeper details then I.
Coupled with the lesser  horse power is the  magnitudes greater  resource
demand that BPCS 6.x bring forth it appears risky.

At 11:45 AM 5/4/99 -0400, Gary Ackland wrote:
>
>
>There might be a couple of issues, but the 9401-150 would provide you with an
>environment to change the date and evaluate Year 200 cross over.
>
>The DASD capacity of the 9401-150 is only 29GB, supported at V4R2, so do you
>have enough space on the 150 to create a large enough test environment?
>The CPW rating of the 150 is 13 Interactive/20 batch.  The 9405-510,
depending
>upon the model, has a 2-5 times higher CPU rating.  IBM is going to with
>withdraw V3R7 in 2Q00 (already announced), you might want to consider
moving up
>to V4R2 before to soon.
>
>If it is possible to create your BPCS 6.0.0.2 environment on the 9401-150,
you
>could always use performance tools and BEST/1 sizer to develop an estimate
>performance capability of if it was running on the 510 system.
>
>
>Gary Ackland - ERP Product Marketing Specialist - 248-552-4847  8/896-4847
>Internet : ackland@us.ibm.com
>
>
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Regards,

Glenn
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