-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 01:43 To: [email protected] Subject: SORTS on the MF and PC's
There has been reports on the list here that sorts on the PC are faster than on the MF. I have no knowledge on the PC end but would like to hear a discussion on the merits of doing a sort on the PC vs the MF. Anyone? Ed --- I heard similar stories on PCs outperforming MF in other areas. We did tests on PC and MF with SAS and Fortran a couple of years ago and the MF was only narrowly able to win. Last week I heard that SMF processing to produce monthly accounting reports on Unix ran 1.5 hours versus 5 hours previously on MF. Since processing on PC and Unix 'don't cost anything' (I can't believe it, but hear it regularly) you can use all their power for 2 hours and leave it idle for the rest of the week. With MF you cannot do this and I suppose that is why PC and *nix can win. Kees. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
