Re: Performance tuning suggestions

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 98-02-22 11:19:39 EST, you write:

> >Spankedy, spank!  Yes, performance opinions are like (well, you know) and
>  >others will probably disagree (although the latter seem to always have a
>  >maxed-out system) _HOWEVER_, I _STRONGLY DISAGREE_ with setting
>  >any value for
>  >QPFRADJ other than ZERO (zip, null, nada) for a 9406 system.
<me>

>  I will agree that IBM's Great (Tasting) Tuner isn't all it's cracked up to
>  be.  However, we've had good luck with AUTOTUNE from Help Systems.  Yes,
>  yes, I know that any idjit, upon memorizing the work management manual
>  (after reading it at least twice), can do a better job... and I've done so
>  in the past.  And I can do it again if I need to.  However...  I do NOT
>  want to spend all day tweaking the tuning parameters every day to get past
>  the Mid Afternoon Crunch.  *sigh*
>  
>  Besides, just dump a whole lot more memory and a bunch of disk arms in the
>  system and all your clogs go down the drain!  (:

Ho, ho, ho, Sir.  Your levity is well taken (and sorely needed) on this thread
;-)!  As I stated earlier, you can establish your processing requirements by
period and submit a job via your scheduler of choice to optimize pools for
that period.  Spend all day for a couple of weeks to establish the parameters
and programs to change them, then spend your tuner money going to COMMON!

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

"As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists." -- Joan
Gussow
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