Mix interactive and batch jobs on a WAN line

When interactive users and large transfers are running on a communications line concurrently, you might need to change configuration parameters. You should be able to configure iSeries™ server communications to work with interactive and batch jobs.

To mix interactive and batch jobs on a wide area network (WAN) line, consider the following to keep interactive performance acceptable:

• Use Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking® (APPN) transmission priority to prioritize the interactive user's transfer over that of the large transfer. This is the preferred method to transfer batch and interactive jobs.
• Change the request/response unit size to a lower value for the large transfer. This parameter setting optimizes response time at the expense of large transfer performance.
• Reduce the pacing values for the large transfer to slow it down, which allows the interactive users more windows for getting on the line.

For more information about iSeries server communications, see the Communications Configuration book.