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.

I am not sure  what answer  oludare seeks based on  the cross posting

At 11:45 AM 5/4/99 -0400, Gary Ackland  <ackland@us.ibm.com> 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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