>SAS/MXG on a non-mainframe platform is actually pretty inexpensive. At a >prior employer, I did just that along with MXG running on SUSE linux on Intel. > For us, it ran faster than on the mainframe. It was a small shop, so there was not an overabundance of SMF data.
The only problems with MXG on a non-mainframe platform is network capacity (to get the data down) and disk capacity (to store the data). While the disk is cheaper than mainframe disk, it still has a non-zero cost. >As zfor your question of rolling your own via JAVA, sounds like a fulltime job. WPS (written in JAVA) already exists, and you can use it with MXG. But, if youy run into a problem, you have to reproduce it with SAS, before Doctor Barry will investigate. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
