Performance Navigator
® for System i from Midrange Performance Group
"Our workload is going to double. Will my current system handle that
load? If not, what size box do I need?"
Because Performance Navigator is tracking your system on a continuous basis, the answer is straight forward.
Just click the exclusive 'What-If' menu option.
You will see your systems Average Day Graph (24 hours).
You have control over the time period of the average day. It can be one day, the last 120 days or any group of days in between.
Now click the Trends Tab on the What-If window.
Enter 100% in the Batch and Interactive.
Look at the results below.
The results show that the system would reach 100%. Now select the Model Selection tab, select the 820 in the Model Subset and select the 820-2437-1524. This system will handle the doubled workload.
Because Performance Navigator is tracking your system on a continuous basis, the answer is straight forward.
