• Martin Packer

  • S407 - Drawers, Of Course

    Session Evaluation

    When we do capacity planning we don't often question the number of processor drawers, nor what's in them. But we really should.
    This presentation discusses why drawer configuration is important - and how to use your machines' drawer configuration wisely.
    Topics covered include drawer capacity, resilience, and LPAR locations.
    The presenter has been sensitised to this over quite a few recent customer interactions.

  • S511 - Parallel Sysplex Performance Topics

    Session Evaluation

    This presentation covers a number of advances in Parallel Sysplex analysis, including:
    * Structure behaviour with distance and load
    * XCF group and member names
    * Asynchronous Coupling Facility Duplexing
    * z16 ICA/SR 1.1
    * Group Buffer Pool Residency Time
    As always the topics are informed by the presenter's recent experiences