Re: [WEB400] Maybe if I rephrase the question?

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "David Morris" <David.Morris@plumcreek.com>
> With native access you will not have the socket
> overhead. I am not sure how it works under the covers,
> but it is noticeable faster on our system.

By "native access" you must be referring to "record-level access", which is
said to be significantly faster than JDBC.  But even RLA is handled via
TCP/IP connection with a Host Server.  If you have access to Fortress
Rochester, by Frank Soltis, the reference is on page 309.

I'd definitely keep the database on the iSeries!  And RLA would be my
preference over JDBC.  But the socket connection is the same regardless of
whether the Java components are run under Windows or OS/400.

> if you want to generate a PDF file to print
> and you know it will take 30 seconds, everyone
> on the Windows server suffers. On the AS/400,
> you can change the priority of that thread to a batch
> priority.

Wouldn't the PDF generator be running within the Application Server (Tomcat
or Websphere)?  Run from a Servlet?  Wouldn't the JVM be handling the time
slicing?  Not the Operating System?

Thanks for your insights.

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com