1. WebSphere Notice 2. CPU Chart Updates 3. SHARE Proceedings 4. Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool 1. WebSphere Notice I am just finishing up my next TUNING Letter, a special issue on Web server tuning. While researching it, I noticed a date that everyone should be aware of: 6/30/02, the withdrawal of marketing for WAS V3.5. To…
1. New z900 Turbos 2. CPU Chart Changes 3. Back Pain 1. New z900 Turbos On April 30th, IBM announced their latest zSeries machines, the z900 Turbo series. (Announcement 102-123) There are 16 new processors that provide about a 20% improvement in speed over the original z900s. We’re now looking at about 300 MIPS for…
1. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 1 Summary 2. Updates 3. CICS Response Time Spikes 4. CD-ROM Searching 1 . Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 1 Summary The fifty-two page 2002, No. 1 TUNING Letter was emailed to electronic subscribers on April 3. The issue will be mailed to print subscribers on or…
1. CPU Chart Update 2. Adabas Update 3. CICS Response Time Spikes 1. CPU Chart Update I just realized that I had neglected to copy over updates for the IBM G2 through G5 processors with the latest OS/390 R10 LSPRs. That means that the February CPU Chart that you were just sent needs to be…
1. CPU Chart Correction 2. New Free Newsletters 3. Update on z800s 4. Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #7 1. CPU Chart Correction The CPU Chart that was emailed to electronic subscribers on February 28th had two typos in it. These have been corrected in the printed version, which will be mailed today. A new CPU Chart…
1. New List Server 2. We’re Back and SHARE! 3. CD-ROMs Shipped 4. IBM Announces z800s 1. New List Server As you’ve probably noticed due to recent emails from us, we’ve changed the list server software we use for Cheryl’s List. You’ve already been added to our new list, and that generated an additional email…
1. Update Here is another update for our 2001, No. 6 TUNING Letter: Normal Hollander of Candle noted that there is a typo in the URL for the Parallel Sysplex White Paper on page 11. The correct URL is: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/articles/para_sysplex.html Stay tuned!
1. Updates 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2001, No. 6 Summary 3. CD-ROM 4. Vacation Time 1. Updates a. Here is an update for our 2001, No. 6 TUNING Letter: On page 35, in Figure 19, the last line shows a % increase in size of 0.2142. It should be 21.42. This will be corrected…
1. Updates 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2001, No. 5 Summary 3. Happy Holidays! 1. Updates Here are two updates for our 2001, No. 5 TUNING Letter: Brian Currah of BDC Computer Services, Inc. pointed out that on page 6 the reference to APAR OW48268 for FICON and I/O priority should have specified APAR OW47845…
1. Corrections 2. Software Price Assurance 3. We’re off to the mountains 1. Corrections Here are a few typos that were present in our 2001, No. 4 TUNING Letter: Jerry Urbaniak of Acxiom pointed out that on page 29 the reference to APAR OW44945 for LISTDATA maintenance should have specified APAR OW42945 instead. Carl Wade…
