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What's going on? - Use CPU utilization guideline values to monitor high-priority jobs - Can you still afford 5250? - How to get the most from WRKACTJOB 2. Important Announcements and Links - Current Poll: Do you use RPG conversion tools? - Tips Contest: August and September winners announced - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - Best Web Links: Development on the iSeries ___________________________________________________________________ ************ SPONSORED BY Patrick Townsend & Assoc *************** SECURE AS2/EDI-INT Alliance AS2 Integrator is a native AS/400 solution for the secure exchange of EDI and other files using EDI-INT with the AS2 standard. You can automatically send and receive files with multiple trading partners. Alliance integrates easily with EDI translators like Inovis TrustedLink, Sterling Gentrans, Extol, and the optional Alliance EDI and XML translator products. http://search400.com/r/0,,19535,00.htm?track=NL-17&patricktownsendassoc ==================================================================== Today's Featured Tip ==================================================================== Interactive overload? Take a closer look at your programs by Tim Granatir A shop is exceeding its allotment of interactive processing power on its iSeries, and the iSeries arbiter is kicking in and bringing the system to its knees. Understaffed and budget-constrained IT shops cannot afford the large charge to increase their interactive processing power nor can they afford to rewrite their applications to be client/server. Management is adding more users to the system, users are complaining, and it's up to you to get this problem solved ASAP. What can you do? If your programs have sections that use a lot of CPU, you should consider making those subroutines separate programs. Then the heavy work can be done in batch via client/server and returned to the program.. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci930777,00.html?track=NL-17 =================================================================== Answers to Other Programmer Questions =================================================================== SLOW ISERIES RESPONSE TIME. WHAT'S GOING ON? This user has an iSeries 820 with V5R1 OS/400. He has been getting complaints from his users regarding slow response times. When this randomly happens, the iSeries becomes erratic and even becomes slower then his earlier 500 model. Why is this happening? Search400.com expert Jim Mason suspects the "interactive governor" is kicking in. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid516842_tax285218,00.html?track=NL-17 USE CPU UTILIZATION GUIDELINE VALUES TO MONITOR HIGH-PRIORITY JOBS Don't wait until your system slows to a crawl before dealing with performance issues. By monitoring response times for critical applications, you can get warnings in advance of any problems. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci851120,00.html?track=NL-17 CAN YOU STILL AFFORD 5250? Looking at the iSeries today, it's not clear how much longer companies can afford to run 5250 applications if they invest in new iSeries computers announced earlier this year. IBM has changed the packaging of software and features once again, and it's no longer a simple answer that a new iSeries server automatically offers better price/performance than an old one. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci905451,00.html?track=NL-17 HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM WRKACTJOB The work with active jobs command (WRKACTJOB) is one of the most frequently used and widely known commands on the iSeries, yet few of us have taken the time to discover all the benefits it has to offer. Worse still, we often use it impulsively without realizing the tremendous impact it has on the system. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci929977,00.html?track=NL-17 ___________________________________________________________________ **************** SPONSORED BY Aldon Computer Group *************** Unifying Software Development Teams - A Free White Paper Want to learn about Source Development Management and its importance to development teams? Want to know how to manage WebSphere and Java Development in any environment? In this paper, learn from Aldon, the software development management leader, how to provide a complete multi-environment SCM solution for development, supporting the iSeries and all other platforms. To get your free white paper, click here: http://search400.com/r/0,,19511,00.htm?track=NL-17&aldoncomputergroup ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search400.com Reader Survey Do you use RPG conversion tools? >> CAST your vote: http://search400.techtarget.com/?track=NL-17 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WINNERS ANNOUNCED | Search400.com tips contest The results you've been waiting for are finally here.... The top winner for Search400.com's Tips Contest for August and September is Rajiv Menon. Rajiv won a $50 Amazon gift certificate and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip: Find the maximum record count using SQL http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci917942,00.html?track=NL-17 Congratulations also to our runner-up winners: Michael Rooney and John Tortorella. View all winning tips in Search400.com's Hall of Fame: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid3_prz826588_cts826578,00.html?track=NL-17 NEW CONTEST FOR OCTOBER: This month we're giving away a hand-held color TV with an TFT enhanced active Matrix 2.5-Inch LCD screen. Enjoy the brilliant clarity of a TFT-LCD screen on the world's smallest TV. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a Tip: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/0,289485,sid3,00.html?track=NL-17 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISCUSSION FORUM | Interact with other programmers Are you an iSeries programmer with questions? 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