Re: Client/Server Applications - what to use?

I'll second that !

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Jackson <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 4:55 PM
Subject: RE: Client/Server Applications - what to use?


> Very nice design.  My congratulations to you sir!
>
> Richard Jackson
> mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
> http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Chris Bipes
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:24 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Client/Server Applications - what to use?
>
>
> We are also moving from remote DQ via VB and CA to sockets.  Some
> applications call the validation programs while other send to a DQ for
> transaction processing.
>
> Our main business is retail point of sale transaction processing and based
> on a DQ.  This allows us to run multiple interfaces, communication
programs,
> into one queue with multiple server processing from the queue.
>
> Our dedicated transaction processing systems can process 100 or more queue
> entries per second.  They are keyed FIFO where the interface program send
to
> the DQ with a key value of zero, and waits for a response with the key
value
> equal to its job number, which is passed in the original queue entry.  This
> give us the flexibility to change the application and re-set it with out
> disrupting/resetting any communication jobs.  The servers read the next
> entry with a key value of zero, FIFO.  If an entry was on the queue for
more
> than 3 seconds, we start another occurrence of the server.  If a server
> times out, we start ending them.  We have a control data area that hold the
> value of the minimum and maximum number of occurrences to be running.
>
> This has been running without IPL for over a year at a time, on a CICS at
> 3.2 8>)


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