RE: JBA Reporting -- SYSTEM21

OK - your comment, "...if your AS/400 ever goes down." makes me have to ask...: When was the last time your AS/400 had an unscheduled downtime for anything other than a power outage...? We have not had one since this machine was installed in early 1998...!!!

That's one of the many reasons I love the AS/400 (And I'll always call it that...!!!)...

I've never gotten a BSOD on the AS/400... Could you imagine what would happen if you had to reboot your AS/400 every other day for no good reason...?!

It just makes me smile whenever I see some one say, "if your AS/400 ever goes down."...!!!

Thanks

----Original Message Follows----
From: Dan Thomas <dthomas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: System 21 Users <system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'System 21 Users'" <system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [SYSTEM21]   JBA Reporting
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:44:40 -0400

We have been using Transformation server for about three years now and the
performance increase was 10x to 90x depending upon the application.  Our
queries are web Active Server Pages and MS Access.  We do have a low end
AS/400 (620-2179), but that increase was with a moderately configured SQL
Server box (1 ghz Xeon).  We are ordering a new AS/400 810-2466 and a new
SQL Server.  I'll post performance comparisons when both new boxes are
installed.  I expect the differences to be less pronounced, but still
significant.  The nice thing about this setup is that you can optimize the
SQL Server box for queries.  It also provides a nice standby system (i.e.
stock locations) if your AS/400 ever goes down.  You can set up
Transformation server to send data to multiple SQL Server boxes if your
needs dictate.

One thing to keep in mind is that Transformation server is going to want a
unique key for each file.  This is a real challenge for many of the JBA
files.  Biggest problems we have run into is INP95, PMP09 and CRP09.

Dan Thomas
Director of Information Technology
MDI
4500 Progress Blvd
Louisville, KY  40218
(502) 318-1208

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