94 IMS in the Parallel Sysplex, Volume I: Reviewing the IMSplex Technology
5.1 Shared queues overview
Many IMS users are looking forward to managing their increasing application workloads
efficiently now and in the future. In addition, they want to develop strategies to improve their
current service levels and move toward continuous operations while maintaining or improving
acceptable response times.
IMS users recognize the requirement to distribute and balance the total workload efficiently
across multiple systems. IMS shared queues, a function introduced in IMS/ESA Version 6,
assists users in meeting these requirements by:
Providing dynamic load balancing among multiple IMS systems in a Parallel Sysplex
environment
Optimizing overall throughp ...