Supercharging the AS/400 : a guide to performance management

Before you buy an AS/400 or an upgrade, buy this book! It provides 'how to do it' guidance on the performance management techniques of sizing, system tuning and capacity planning - critical for anyone providing an AS/400 service to users. Relative newcomers get an easy introduction to key controlling factors and performance criteria, followed by a summary of the capabilities of the main performance resources. The book explains how the system manages work and shares out the resources, and also presents benchmark information, before dealing with the major performance management topics. The system tuning chapter includes a checklist of activities with recommended changes to system set-up parameters, designed to improve performance. This is the most comprehensive book on the subject, intended for IT operations managers, technical support managers and those working on AS/400 systems.