RE: Disk space and performance

[Richard Reeve <richreeve@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I can't give you an exact number where disk
usage begins to affect performance, but I can tell you
that the more unused disk that is available, the
better your performance will be.  An occasional IPL is
also performance booster.
 
--- "Holliday, Gary" <Gary.Holliday@smedleys.co.uk>
wrote:
> > I was wondering if this still holds true today. My
> boss says that when you
> 
> > let the as400 use up more than 80% of you disk
> performance will degrade.
> 
> When we were planning our recent OS/400 upgrade the
> AS/400 technical guy
> said that performance degrades above 80%
> utilisation. We got ours down to
> 75% before the upgrade to reduce the time our box
> was down.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Gary Holliday
> ----------------------------
> Gary.Holliday@Smedleys.co.uk
> Smedleys Foods
> Wardentree Lane
> Pinchbeck, Spalding
> Lincs. PE11 3UY
> 
> 
> This e:Mail and any files transmitted with it are
> confidential and intended
> solely for the use of the individual to whom it is
> addressed.
> If you have received this e-mail in error please
> contact Matthew Middleton
> or Gary Holliday immediately by telephone on 01775
> 710789 or on e-mail at
> Smedleys.IT@Smedleys.co.uk
> Any views or opinions presented are solely those of
> the author and do not
> necessarily represent those of Smedleys Foods.
> Unauthorised publication, use, dissemination,
> forwarding, printing or
> copying of this e-mail and its associated
> attachments is strictly
> prohibited. 
> 
> 
> +---
> | This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
> | To submit a new message, send your mail to
> MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
> | To subscribe to this list send email to
> MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
> | To unsubscribe from this list send email to
> MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
> | Questions should be directed to the list
> owner/operator: david@midrange.com
> +---


=====


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf!  It's FREE.
http://im.yahoo.com/
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---