>>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:19 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've determined an average workstation latency (simply using PING) for a > workstation "far, far away" as being about 380-400ms.
That's a bit on the high side for non-blocked keyboard I/O. I.e., for 3270 work it would be much more acceptable than for character-by-character work. > But we don't know what it would be like to actually WORK on that > workstation day-in and day-out. Most of the work would be in support of > Linux for System z servers. Most likely via SSH (using SecureCRT from > VanDyke Software), but also some 3270 usage, net surfing, and Lotus Notes. >From personal experience, between my house and Germany, if I were doing that >for eight hours a day, I would be pretty frustrated. Certainly anything >involving a GUI via X would be pretty intolerable; VNC, not as bad, but >still not pleasing. > Does anyone know of a way to set a reliable minimum or "min-max range" > latency on a given workstation so that effects on productivity can be > measured? No. Mark Post
