by Cheryl Watson | Mar 30, 2001 | Cheryl's List
1. RMF APAR Correction 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2001, No. 1 1. RMF APAR Correction On page 4 of the 2001, No. 1 newsletter, I mentioned an RMF APAR, OW47563. This was a typo and should have been listed as OW47653. 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter...
by Cheryl Watson | Mar 20, 2001 | Cheryl's List
1. Updates to CPU Chart 2. New Redbook for OS/390 R10 1. Updates to CPU Chart An update to our January 2001 CPU Chart will be sent with our TUNING Letter 2001, No. 1 which will be emailed this week and mailed next week. There are two items: Amdahl updated the service...
by Cheryl Watson | Mar 9, 2001 | Cheryl's List
1. zSeries Update 2. Update to High CPU APAR 1. zSeries Update In the last Cheryl’s List (#50), I discussed a problem with some types of work that did not achieve their expected capacity when running on a z900 processor. Fortunately, great strides have been made...
by Cheryl Watson | Feb 9, 2001 | Cheryl's List
1. zSeries Update 2. January 2001 CPU Chart is Available 3. 1991-2000 CD-ROMs Mailed 1. zSeries Update I’ve received feedback from two z900 sites who did not receive their expected performance when running SAS-based work (up to 30% less capacity than expected)....
by Cheryl Watson | Jan 31, 2001 | Cheryl's List
1. zSeries LSPR Updates 2. CPU Chart in Spreadsheet Format! 3. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2000, No. 6 Summary 4. SHARE in Long Beach 1. zSeries Updates On February 24, IBM updated the LSPR ratings previously published in December. They made the decision to...
by Cheryl Watson | Nov 29, 2000 | Cheryl's List
1. zSeries Shipments 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2000, No. 5 Summary 1. zSeries Shipments The majority of questions I’ve received lately are asking whether the zSeries machines have been delayed. There was a news item recently that said that IBM was...
