RE: Websphere: a resource hog?

Understood, Brad.  I won't recommend anything other than a 270 for my
clients (unless of course they want to go to an 8xx box <smile>).  But a 270
is CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP.

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Stone, Brad V (TC)
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:17 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Websphere: a resource hog?
>
>
> I agree that 30 seconds is acceptable.  But your machine is
> "tuned" for that
> stuff (the newer processors, etc.).  My 720 isn't, as are most of the
> machines where people complain of speed.  We still need our
> interactive CPW.
> :)  It still takes me at least 3 minutes to start it up.
>
> Brad
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 12:12 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Websphere: a resource hog?
> >
> >
> > By setting up different web servers, you can reduce the start
> > and stop time.
> > And the machine you use is very important.  My cycle time for a server
> > instance stop/start on my model 270 (this a machine with a
> > base price of
> > $10,000) is a little over 30 seconds.  This is perfectly
> > acceptable for a
> > development environment, where you shouldn't be making that
> > many classpath
> > changes anyway.  If you're making lots of environmental
> > changes, then you're
> > still in prototyping, you're not even in development, and you
> > should expect
> > a little less throughput.  But once you've stabilized your
> > environment, your
> > changes should be far smaller in scope, and the occasional 30
> > second turn
> > around should be acceptable.
> >
> > Joe
> >
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