RE: Websphere: a resource hog? -- MIDRANGE-L

Got you - i.e. not steady state running. I agree with you, then.
I don't know what you think, but a few green-screen commands or APIs that
would let us set up this stuff would be lovely - I know you can do an XML
import but ..... !


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Just setting up instances, classpaths, etc.  Changing parms requires
stopping and restarting, etc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mandy.shaw@Notability.com [mailto:mandy.shaw@Notability.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:23 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Websphere: a resource hog?
>
>
> Brad,
> I've got an app (admittedly not a complicated one) running
> for a customer
> Web site where we only have ever run the Admin Console once
> ... to set up
> the necessary Web Application Server instances. Now, to
> restart WAS, we
> just stop/start QEJBSBS & it all happens automatically, much
> less painful,
> both in terms of time and effort. What sort of things are you
> having to do
> with the Admin Console?
> M
>
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> You're right, it is starting the admin server that takes
> time/resources.
> Also, the first time you perform any option on the admin
> console, it takes
> forever.  But, subequent executions are ok (not speedy, but not 10
> minutes).
>
> But herin lies the catch22.  What happens if websphere shuts
> down.  You
> need
> to use the amin console for some operations.  So, when you're
> site crashes,
> or you need to stop/restart your instances, you use the admin console.
> That
> can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes or more
> depending on the
> state of things.
>
> With Classic HTTP server, it always takes seconds.
>
> Brad
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mandy.shaw@Notability.com [mailto:mandy.shaw@Notability.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 7:41 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Websphere: a resource hog?
> >
> >
> > My experience is that *starting up* WebSphere uses a lot of
> > resources, but
> > that thereafter (depending on what it is actually doing of
> > course, as Brad
> > says) it's better. The other thing that uses lots of
> > resources is the Admin
> > Console.
> > As shipped by IBM WAS 3 runs in the *BASE pool. It seems to
> > have a lot less
> > impact if you stick it in a pool of its own, and also
> (although I know
> > others disagree, and this is probably release-dependent) I
> > think PURGE(*NO)
> > helps quite a lot, as it does with Domino, because the number
> > of ACT->WAIT
> > transitions is very high because of all the threads.
> > WAS 2 is a lot less greedy at startup time. WAS 2 is the only
> > version on
> > which I have experience of a high-volume site. I suspect that the
> > differences between WAS 2 and WAS 3 are more marked at
> > startup time than
> > they are during normal running, but that's just a gut feel.
> > Mandy
> >
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> > I also run websphere on a 720, but it is a hog.  Needless to
> > say I don't
> > use
> > it for prodcution.  Maybe that's where the higher CPW
> > requirements come in.
> > It runs great with one or two hits (ie playing/testing), but
> > if its a full
> > blown e-commerce site getting hundreds of hits a minute (or
> > more), then I
> > could see why you'd need all the CPW and loads of memory.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 5:26 PM
> > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > > Subject: RE: Websphere: a resource hog?
> > >
> > >
> > > Dennis, I run plenty of WebSphere software on my machine,
> > > which is a 370CPW
> > > model 270 (with 0CPW interactive).  I don't see why you would
> > > need 950CPW,
> > > unless you are using WebSphere Advanced Edition.  You should
> > > not need the
> > > Advanced Edition unless you require EJB support, and most
> > > applications do
> > > not require EJBs.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > > > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Denis
> > Robitaille
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:39 PM
> > > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > > > Subject: Websphere: a resource hog?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > We are currently working on an Ebusiness project. We want to use
> > > > an AS/400 with websphere. I am amazed by the power that this
> > > > software requires. The minimum requirement calls for over 950
> > > > CPW!!! I mean, we have over 40 AS/400 and none of them requires
> > > > that much power. I also know that we can run webshere on an NT
> > > > box and the required configuration is much less (and would cost
> > > > about 75% less ALL included).
> > > >
> > > > Does somebody knows why this is so?
> > > >
> > > > My first tought would be that this is a badly written
> software to
> > > > require so much power to operate. Or is that du to the
> > > > architecture of the Iseries?
> > > >
> > > > Denis Robitaille
> > > > Directeur services techniques
> > > > Cascades Inc
> > > > 819 363 5187
> > > > fax 819 363 5177
> > > >
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