RACE

Significantly reduce ADABAS CPU utilization.

RACE optimization software reduces the CPU usage cost of ADABAS calls made by NATURAL. This is achieved through the application of three distinct techniques:

• elimination of redundant calls,
• more efficient decompression, particularly on large and/or complex records,
• intelligent use of the ADABAS Prefetch feature.

RACE automatically determines the appropriate technique or combination of techniques to use from the characteristics of the NATURAL calls and the way ADABAS responds to them.

Implementation of RACE does not require any changes to NATURAL application code, or even re-cataloguing of NATURAL modules.

RACE is efficient - by allowing the first ADABAS call to read the required record and keep that record in the NATURAL environment, subsequent read requests for the same record are satisfied without calling ADABAS. CPU usage is thereby kept at the user end, not the ADABAS end.

RACE is intelligent - by using statistics gathered from executing application programs, it determines the optimum level of Prefetch for each NATURAL statement and directs ADABAS accordingly, resulting in a remarkable CPU usage saving.

RACE decompresses - by obtaining compressed records from ADABAS, preventing ADABAS decompression, and then using its own decompression mechanism to provide data to NATURAL's format buffer. NATURAL gets the same formatted records, but at a lower CPU cost, particularly when records are large and/or complex.

Evaluate RACE now - call or email to obtain the free evaluation tool - the RACE ADABAS Call Monitor. It collects statistical information about ADABAS processing of NATURAL calls, reporting by means of simple on-line transactions.