>> Both hardware and software (SHRINK). >[Ron Hawkins] >For Shrink to be hardware compression it must be using the instructions >provided for compression services.
I meant we used hardware compression. And, we used software compression, and the software compression product was SHRINK. I meant them as two separate instances. >maxim decrees that you would never look for IO reduction as a benefit. I guess I wasn't clear. I was including I/O reduction as one of the 'benefits' that we didn't find it enough to be worthwhile. This was pre-PPRC, GDPS, etc. We were (un)fortunate enough to have our environment gated by the network, and host response was sub-0.5 seconds. At the wholesaler, response (70 MM transactions/day in the US, alone) was sub-0.1. In both cases, I/O reduction was not at issue. I can see the case for compression for that reason; I've just been lucky that the last two companies I've worked for were willing to investigate other avenues, leaving compression off the table. >> Kimota! >> >[Ron Hawkins] >Why K? Because that's what Fawcett UK used as the magic word to turn Micky Moran from a newspaper reporter into MarvelMan (1954-1963), and MiracleMan (1992-approx2000). And, yes Marvel/MiracleMan was a ripoff of Captain Marvel, who was a ripoff of SuperMan. The name was changed due to Marvel Comics attempting to sue over the original name. Kimota is 'atomic' backwards, but the creators substituted a 'K'. I've been a comic book/sci-fi freak since I was 5, almost 50 years. I'm still a SuperMan, SpiderMan and Star Trek (all flavours) geek. PS: I even have a SuperMan insignia tattooed on my right arm. - I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! Kimota! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
