Powerhouse HP3000 Migration

[Edis, Robert]

G'day Luan

I have used PH 8.24 on W2K against a SQL Server 2000 database via MS ODBC
AND RMS and DB2 databases via Connx ODBC.

Points:
1. no 'green' screen available until the new version comes out (soon?).  The
Quick engine is for design purposes only and meant to be run under PH Web.
The response time is pretty good though, especially as we had users
connecting to the PH Web forms over 56k modems from across the country.
2. QTP works fast and well connecting to all the above data sources.
3. Quiz performance against SQL Server sucks.  However you can improve
performance by incorporating embedded SQL and database stored procedures.
For reporting I'd recommend converting to Impromptu except for the rare
circumstances where only Quiz will do.

The version due out soon has 'green' screen capability.  I don't know if
Reflection supports  W2K as a server though.

Good luck,

Blue

-----Original Message-----
From: lha@bigpond.net.au [mailto:lha@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 8:51 AM
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: Powerhouse HP3000 Migration



One of my clients has a single PowerHouse app on an old HP3000 running 
MPE/iX v 7.0. The client is part of a large multi-national who want to 
move away from the HP3000 platform. However, we find that PH does the 
job well and the client is very reluctant to spend a whole heap of 
dollars re-writing the app which would end up doing what it does now 
but at higher cost and possibly lower reliability. Although it's a 
single app, it's a core system handling high revenue. One thought I 
have is to move to PH on a Windows NT/W2K server platform, possibly 
using the Eloquence database (PH version due late this year?).

My questions: what is your experience with running PH on Win NT/2K? I'm 
particularly interested in performance, reliability, interface to 
printers. What databases are you using?
The client is happy to continue with text-based screens - they 
currently use WQR Reflection which gives the users plenty of options 
for customising the display etc. Can the PH/Win NT combination also be 
customised in this way without going to Axiant or PH Web?
Any other observations or thoughts welcome!

Thanks,

Luan Ha
Principal Consultant, Padys Pty Ltd.

Email address : lha@bigpond.net.au

 


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