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Conclusions/Recommendations for NetFinity
1. The time to collect hardware or software information for a number of clients is fairly linear.
2. The size of the AS/400 CPU is not a limitation. Data collection is performed at a batch priority. CPU
utilization can spike quite high (ex. 80%) when data is arriving, but in general is quite low (ex. 10%).
3. The LAN type (4 or 16Mb Token Ring or Ethernet) is not a limitation. Hardware collection tends to
be more chatty on the LAN than software collection, depending on the hardware features.
4. The communications protocol (IPX, TCP/IP, or SNA) is not a limitation.
5. Collected data is automatically stored in a standard DB2/400 database file, accessible by SQL and
other APIs.
6. Collection time depends on clients being powered-on and the needed software turned on. The server
will retry 5 times.
7. The number of jobs on the server increases during collection and decreases when not needed.
IBM i 6.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - January/April/October 2008
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