Re: Hardware requirements advise...

Rob,

Like others, it doesn't sound to me like your hardware is at fault. I get good
performance out of 7.0 with a 2 GHz Core 2 Duo, 1 GB of memory, and a 7200 RPM
hard disk. I get adequate (barely) performance on a 750 MHz Pentium 3 with 512
MB and a 4200 RPM drive (!).

It seems more likely to me that you have a cache problem. The last time I had
a slow outline build for a member, I did a Verify with Prompt and selected
Refresh Cache. After doing that, the outline performance returned to normal.
If that hadn't worked, I would have tried clearing the caches next. I've never
had to do the more radical workspace stuff that Adam Glauser suggested,
although now that I've said that, I probably will. Murphy's always listening.

I hope this helps. Please let us know what you find.

Dave Shaw
Mohawk Industries

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Rogerson" <rrogerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:31 AM
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Hardware requirements advise...

I'm currently using WDSc 7.0 on a 2.66 GHz Pentium 4 with 1.74 GB of Ram.
Basic editing works okay but if I try other functionality (such as Outline
view refresh) the response is measured in minutes. I have been given the go
ahead to purchase additional hardware to make this more workable.

My question is if by increasing only the Ram to 3GB will this be a vast
improvement? A colleague has a 3.0 GHz machine with 2.0 GB of Ram and his
response is acceptable. My thought is that WDSc is processor intensive and
the CPU speed definitely makes a difference. I don't want to purchase
additional Ram when the CPU really should be faster.

Any past experience or advise would be appreciated.