RE: R7 advantages

I wonder what the minimum requirements for AS/400 really are???  It would 
seem that this is the main reason for the performance increase?  We are 
struggling with a 170/2290, and Browser performance with a 3 GHZ P.C. with 
2GB RAM full duplex Switched 100Mb Ethernet is almost unbearably slow to 
do most things.

I'm sure that the first thing that we will be told is that we need to 
purchase a New AS/400 (and bigger$$$$ License) to go to Version 7...

Lloyd H. Degnon
I.S. Manager
AmPro Computers, Inc.
5215 Hellyer Ave.
Building #110
San Jose, CA 95138
(408) 360-4365
ldegnon@xxxxxxxxx 
www.AmPro.com





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Steve,
 
You are correct that all of the things in Phil's note require Browser.  He 
was responding to William's request for improvements in Browser and 
Integrator.
 
As for PC size, I will tell you that we continue to do benchmarks using a 
500 MHz PC.  Obviously bigger PCs will perform some of the tasks faster. 
In our experience, the amount of PC memory affects performance more than 
horsepower.  We recommend 256MBs of free memory.  So you are probably 
looking at PCs with a minimum of 512MBs.  However, Integrator on R6 is 
more CPU intensive (especially developer start-up).
In R7 we have made significant improvements in that area.  Here is an 
example using actual customer data:
 
Data Set 
298 User-created (new) Business Objects 
30 Modified Mapics Business Objects 

R6 
Machine: 2.5GHz (1GB RAM) 
Approx amount of raw Integrator data transferred: 5.0 MB 
Time to bring up Business Object List (all data from AS/400): 5:30 
Time to bring up Business Object List (all data cached in local Data 
directory): 3:15 

Machine: 800MHz (768MB RAM) 
Approx amount of raw Integrator data transferred: 5.0 MB 
Time to bring up Business Object List (all data from AS/400): 11:05 
Time to bring up Business Object List (all data cached in local Data 
directory): 6:00 

R7 
Machine: 2.5GHz (1GB RAM) 
Time to bring up Business Object List: 0:02 

Machine: 800MHz (768MB RAM) 
Time to bring up Business Object List: 0:03 

So to summerize, PC size will depend on what you determine as acceptable. 
Also PC size is only a small part of performance.  Network bandwith and 
Host CPW also can play a major role.  Dave Colvin at MAPICS may be able to 
help you evaluate your specific environment.

Robert Russell, Paragon SI

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                 All those enhancements look like they require the 
Browser, is that correct?
                 What are the minimum PC requirements for running Browser 
& what are most
                 people running to achieve adequate results?
 
                 Thanks in advance.
 
                 Steve Jones
 
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