I always move all non-IBM i processing (SQL and ODBC are great examples) out
of *BASE and leave only what absolutely has to run there. Subsystem
monitors are a great example of what should be there. Every subsystem
should have at least two memory pools. Pool 1 is *BASE and the subsystem
monitor runs there. All the workload the subsystem runs should be moved to
a shared pool (subsystem memory pool 2 etc.).
Now you can take it to extremes, such as FTP. If there is only periodic FTP
traffic, then leave it. Same thing with some of the other light load
functions, but certainly interactive, batch, HTTP serving, SQL of any
variety, etc. should be moved out.
The theory here is IBM i and licensed program products use *MACHINE and
*BASE. If you have user workload that competes with IBM i or its various
pieces/parts, then the whole system slows down due to the contention.
It also depends on how much memory you have. If there is not really
sufficient memory to tune with (IE: any system with less than about 6GB of
memory) then you can starve all the pools for memory which of course is
equally bad.
BTW: As delivered by IBM subsystem QSERVER only has one subsystem pool,
*BASE. If there is a second pool someone modified it, albeit incorrectly.
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steinmetz, Paul
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:47 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Running jobs on a separate core
Jim,
By default, QZDASOINIT and QSQSRVR run in QUSRWRK, pool 2, which is *BASE.
Should this be changed in all cases, or only if one is experiencing
performance issues.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
Oberholtzer
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:26 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Running jobs on a separate core
Without doubt QZDASOINIT and QSQSRVR jobs should be in a subsystem by
themselves with a shared pool attached. You can do that right now before
the box arrives and potentially save some grief. No reason to wait on that
one.
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian
Piotrowski
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 9:03 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Running jobs on a separate core
Thanks, Rob.
In reviewing various documents a lot of them point to creating a new
subsystem and pushing the QZDASOINIT jobs onto it. I guess it's something
we'll have to investigate once the new box arrives.
We would have purchased one of the new i8 boxes coming out next month, but
our applications are unproven on 7.1 and I wasn't going to risk having a
primary box with untested apps on it.
/b;
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 9:47 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Running jobs on a separate core
Now there's an oxymoron: "new 400".
I don't believe there is a way to dedicate out processors like you can
memory. With memory, you can bust it up into subsystems and whatnot. This
has been around since, well, back on 400's.
About the only way to dedicate processors is to create separate partitions.
Rob Berendt
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To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx)"
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Date: 05/22/2014 09:26 AM
Subject: Running jobs on a separate core
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All,
In the next month or so our new 400 will be delivered to us. The new box
will have two cores because right now our single core machine is being
crushed by the QZDASOINIT jobs (they occupy anywhere from 75% - 90% of the
CPU utilization at any given time).
Yes, we are investigating the reasons why these jobs are occupying so much,
but I wanted to know if there's a way I can dedicate a core to a specific
job or subsystem? I would like to move the web jobs off to their own core
so the other core can focus on taking care of the other tasks.
Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thankee-sai!
/b;
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