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<br /> 7. Procisr-,, i7 : '_. ! 7,-,=nt uaage
<br /> We irl. le.:4, tne Sequel in early 1982 and have addeo
<br /> eight f: ', ,.: xte.n aser , each uear. The Sequel is at maximw'n
<br /> user capacitg .Jit -: one hundred and twenty eight users oT
<br /> ports insi: 11 and in Use. Ey oeind at the maximum numbers
<br /> of users fr tniE T-,,item s designed we are extremelx,:
<br /> slow at times ;,1 : =.rita] led an additional stack DT ;-1111in
<br /> OyteS: '1,4 r'E!M'.-, tC, this mainfTame this year yet it nelped
<br /> very little ,i:i ?.. ti-, thru—pot s:2e. ed ,s.
<br /> We nct lit full capacitg with memory or disk tut the
<br /> additional did .lot make very muc , ciIfferance ..-.
<br /> process inQ sp, we car add u,- e, more stack of memry 1;,::
<br /> this .z.gte.?. L ... . tat is rit cu-u- -j tc, L ] 1I the spoe1
<br /> problerr or the ;Ut7,,F., need for ai,4 new users
<br /> QWth i_.' ts past has peen wit c.i .,e''
<br /> departmni: --,p .l,) operating on the Sequel ,:ind thx 't.
<br /> hold ru-s .i r. f'uture. Ii: ...ile do very al07.h with tha
<br /> Departmnt c,.-.: 7: :.:: : . Sen,iicPs lucily, that system could y)
<br /> on the Spl - t -';' -.:F: decide . :::,t to interface i-hz new i.istom
<br /> with tho ,s, j , application. r.-)ur health appli,r.ation neel-.1
<br /> to be with i__, Records on the bequel as the environmenta).
<br /> portion u.,' 1: -,aC shares tax arid planning data. We have
<br /> several s:i167. 1 . . s we ara ooing to shift to the 41rli
<br /> which will ' .-ix, or eight ports on the Secc,I . We adOe
<br /> an additlona ': '_ s dr:i-ve en the Spirit for this purpose..
<br /> These aT'e not - ea',.-1 users of the system so .tis will Toi
<br /> help vey 7At.Jr:. , : tn the tru—put speed problem
<br /> The majQ7 problem ,2:ith our installed hardware is the
<br /> number of users on our ayetem., primarily the Sequel . TN ,:
<br /> computer was 0..s, lyned to handle a maximum of one hundred an
<br /> twenty eiht x_sers and we have that many on the z: ystelm
<br /> Anytime ons t4He - e operate a System at maximum design
<br /> levels l tinv y.cu rJsk .o. e-loadinq the systn The Sequel
<br /> worked weil at 'l we posed the one hundred usLr levil alld
<br /> then we sta4-1 to aotic e : :- e sluggiah response timc . Thc:
<br /> additional, vier ?)elped but the system is very slow at
<br /> times, espeolall:: noticcatie to the word processing i.in's i,i',
<br /> this software i :'- .--7 rcseul-ce intensive.
<br /> An opgra .7 -:, a series M9200 or eries MIE-1 5houlU
<br /> eliminate Ale c..,; 1 stogies The M9200 is designed frc,-:' two
<br /> hundred and fHty .P:2.ur users whL1e the MIS is desidned for
<br /> four hundreLi x. seT t':e should have over two hundrd users
<br /> in the 'n4x7-- Fe':: .J .=Itz Sc -.., WP2Or::, is includPd in the 3 ,787-e3
<br /> budget
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