I agree Jerry. I think maybe after the first of the year we will take a
serious look at this and start small then work our way up to the big
programs. I also know of a few KSAM files that could be converted over
to NM too.

Rick Clark
Senior System Analyst
WW&R
Cleveland, Ohio


Jerry Fochtman wrote:
>
> At 05:32 PM 10/28/1999 -0400, Rick Clark wrote:
> >What I have suggested is that we should really look at switching our
> >programs from CM to NM. There is a tremendous amount of overhead due to
> >this. Another area I think we should be looking at is the databases.
> >Maybe a good 'tweaking' or a reorganization is what they need. The
> >biggest problem is time....
>
> OCTCOMP'ing the CM programs (providing no PM is involved) can give you
> upto 80% of the benefit of converting to NM in most cases.  So you might
> consider this for the more frequently used programs and then monitor the
> system performs.  I generally prefer taking small steps and checking the
> results before investing heavily in major steps.
>
> /jf
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