I've seen worse performance statistics after upgrading to 6.5, e.g., double
both CPU and elapsed time on some jobs, especially backups.   There are
several patches that will resolve some of these 6.5 performance issues.
PP2 +  MPELXG6C and MPELXF8B.

Tom Genute


> From: Taale Liereng [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:57 AM
> To:
> Subject: System slower after upgrading to 6.5
>
> Hi
> A customer last week upgraded to from 5.5 to 6.5 and now several jobs take
> much more time than before. They are on a 928LX.
>
> One big batchjob that run every night (no other jobs running at same
time):
> 2 last before upgrade :  elapsed min 489, CPUsec 12.777 & 490/12.875
> 4 nights after upgrade : elapsed min 541,530,528,531
> CPUsec  13761,13799,13786,13896
> Average + 40 mins, + 1000 cpu secs,   increased by 8%.
> Amount of diskspace stored have increased from 3.87 to 4.02 so that the
> amount of free diskspace have been slightly reduced.
>
> Anyone with the same experience ???
>
> Regards
> Taale Liereng,
> Norway