Multi-Threaded Job Table Cleanup
Some time ago, I wrote about the job table and permanent job structures in IBM i Job Structures. That article reviewed the job table and also discussed compressing the job table.
(more…)Multi-Threaded Interactive Jobs?
A comment was posted to last week’s blog on IBM i Job Structures. It read:
Dawn: This job structure article jogged my memory regarding a recent situation which I witnessed with an i customer. They have multi-threaded INTERACTIVE jobs running on their system. Can you sometime explain the concept of multi-threaded interactive jobs? I know and understand multi-threaded batch jobs but know nothing about multi-threaded interactive jobs. How are they created? What purpose do they serve? From a performance standpoint, does QPFRADJ adjust activity levels for multi-threads of interactive jobs? Any additional info would be helpful. Thanks!
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