Re: Question on how the AS/400 handles "spooling"

1, 1, 1 - the Multiple deal was a test that I started and ended with some minor
prints.. That was the day before this crazy deal.

Chuck

Bruce Shaw wrote:

> Clarify if you are using multiple printers on the one outq which has the
> 2901 page job.....or if you are using 1 wtr, 1 prtr, 1 outq all unique.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 7:44 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Question on how the AS/400 handles "spooling"
> >
> >
> > At 08:16 PM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi Al,
> > >
> > >Why would that be such a knock on the other writers (and we don't have a
> > TON of
> > >writers; less than 20...)
> > >
> > Not enough info to be sure.  Possibly QPFRADJ was not set to two or three.
> > Possibly the spooling pool was very small, and the performance adjustment
> > could not catch up fast enough.
> >
> > >Also you say "front to back" - not sure I follow you... Sorry
> >
> > It reads the entire spooled file until it gets to the "starting page".  It
> > starts on page 1, them page 2...
> >
> > The spooling process is designed to read/write, read/write.  Reads are
> > fairly cheap, write are more costly.  Never the less, when
> > bypassing pages,
> > it's not really working like the original design.  So it uses lots of CPU
> > cycles doing read, compare page #, read, compare page #...
> >
> > When it catches up, then everything goes back to normal.
> >
> > The first note did not provide enough detail.  This could have been a 4MB
> > model B10.
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
> >
> >
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