Cheryl Walker, Peter Enrico, Connie Smith, and Barry Merrill are some independent consultants who come to mind as far as overall system performance. Pat Artis knows all about DASD performance and has tools. SHARE proceedings are another good data mine. CMG proceedings are loaded with performance info and networking aids going back 40-45 years. BMC bought out BGS about 15 years ago, and BGS was an industry leader in system performance analysis. Start working on getting your management to send you to attend national CMGs in early December each year.
Bill Fairchild Software Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street, Suite 3-410 * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1 617 614 4503 * Mobile: +1 615 946 2152 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hylton Tom P Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 3:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Doing a little research on Performance Modeling Hi, I've recently moved over from long time system programmer to performance modeling on an enterprise scale. My trouble is that I've spent most of my career "monitoring" and performance tuning on a much smaller subsystem (DB2), database, and application level, so I'm way more familiar with the real time tools and knobs that help me solve a problem rather than actual long term modeling of new project systems on a macro level. Any statistical modeling I learned was in college long ago, so I'm pretty much out of touch. So, I'm looking to do a little research on the current standard tools of the trade, any must read texts or white papers, and any solid current trends or standards in the field. I'm looking at forecasting, simulation, what if analysis, etc.. I'm familiar with a few tools but I'd be curious to know what other prefer, and why. And just like DB2, or ALC, or any other field, there's usually a definitive book or paper or two. I've been doing a little browsing on the Redbooks site, but everything is a bit long in the tooth, especially the ones on the ZOS performance modeler tool, and the TDSz ones. I'm not looking to buy so please go easy on the sales pitch if you're a vendor. You're welcome to send me info on your product, but I'd much rather hear from users. You may drop me a private note if you'd prefer. TIA, tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
