How to Drive Down iSeries Computing Costs

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In this Webcast, iSeries performance expert Mike Boadway of MB Software used your enrollment survey responses to drive the focus. If you start with tuning your applications for appropriate workloads, you can greatly improve your iSeries hardware performance -- without expensive hardware upgrades. In addition, properly tuned applications can enhance your system's performance for end user's and increase availability.

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Drive Down iSeries Computing Costs

…iSeries Computing Costs

I/O Causing CPU, Memory, Disk Bottlenecks

90% of all system performance issues are caused by excessive, unnecessary I/O performed by application software!

• High CPU Utilization• Memory Faulting• Slow Interactive Response Time• Long Duration of Batch Jobs• High Disk Actuator Arm Activity

Application with SQL that Reads 1,000,000 Records to Select 1,000 Records

Tune Application Workload Before Hardware Tuning

Don’t Tune Hardware First!

Enhance Efficiency of Applications…

Tune Hardware Around Appropriate Workload

Identify Top Causes of

Bottlenecks

Identify Top Causes of Bottlenecks

Understand Make-up of Workload

Understand Make-up of Workload

Create List of Top Priorities

Create List of Top Priorities1. Interactive Threshold Being Exceeded2. Daytime SQL and Queries Impacting Response Time3. Nightly Processing Running for 5 Hours4. Payroll Job Running for 6 hours per Location5. AR Aging Report Killing System

Interactive Response Time

63% - Interactive response time is usually OK, but random slowdowns occur. Can’t find cause – solution appears to be a $100,000 interactive feature card.

Interactive SQL &

Queries #1

Interactive SQL &

Queries #2

Interactive SQL &

Queries #3

Interactive SQL &

Queries #4

HA Can’t Keep Up

51% - Journal receivers are 10 GB per day, HA can’t keep up.

Journal Analyze

r #1

Journal Analyze

r #2

Journal Analyze

r #3

Journal Analyze

r #4

Java & JDBC Killing System

46% - New web app uses Java & JDBC, when web lookup pages are hit, user waits 2 minutes. System was fine until new app went live.

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Application

Analyzer

Job Logs Wasting Resources

32% - 500,000 pages of job logs generated every day, logs rarely used, wasting disk space, CPU & I/O.

Spool Analyzer #1

Spool Analyzer #2

Spool Analyzer #3

Job Description &

End Code

Message Logging

Q&A

To receive MB Software’s FREE performance evaluation:

1. Register at http://www.mb-software.com 2. Download and install software on AS/400 3. Call (800) 713-5034 to schedule your free performance review session

What To Expect:

After allowing performance data to accumulate for one full business day, you will log into a secure area of MB Software’s Web site and have a conference call to discuss our findings and how you can gain performance improvements. It’s that easy!

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