RE: Performance Manager (V3R2)

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean,

Performance TOOLS and Performance MANAGER are two totally different
products.

And regarding your comment about QPFRADJ and 9406's - these days ALL new
systems (except the 9401 150's) are 9406's - even the smallest model
600.

I think a lot of people formed their opinions of QPFRADJ back when it
WAS really slow to react.  Over the past several releases some major
changes to the algorithms have been made and it now reacts MUCH faster.
It may be another one of those things that you should revisit and not
just base judgement on how it used to work in the past.

JMHO   :-)

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   DAsmussen [SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
        Sent:   Thursday, January 08, 1998 7:13 PM
        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        Re: Performance Manager (V3R2)

        Gary & Hank,

        In a message dated 98-01-08 12:09:15 EST, you write:

        >       I used to use the performance Manager when I was running
V3R6.  When I
        >  upgraded to 3R7, I ran into some problems with it and stopped
using it. 
        >  I assume I was probably missing a PTF or something simple
like that. 
        >  While it was a nice feature to have, automatically logging
Disk usage
        >  and CPU utilization, I don't think it was a necessity.

        Personally, I _DESPISE_ Performance Tools/400 and consider them
a waste of
        money.  The darn things eat so many resources themselves, the
information they
        provide is usually worthless.  Unless the packaging has changed,
you can run
        the collection facilities without purchasing the tool and write
your own
        queries against the data.  A better bet is read and _understand_
the "Work
        Management Guide", and use WRKACTJOB, WRKSYSSTS, and WRKDSKSTS
during peak
        usage to pin down the source of your problems.  Auto-tune is
fine for smaller
        systems with few users, but should _NEVER_ be used on 9406
boxes, IMHO.  The
        latter tends to make adjustments _just after_ you don't need
them anymore.

        Regards,

        Dean Asmussen
        Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
        Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
        E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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