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		bluepizza on May 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM AS/400: Databases all the way down (2019) [vid... Yes - we had a night shift from 00:00 to 08:00 that was oddly popular.

rbanffy on May 3, 2023 [–]

Computers are much faster when the batch jobs finish running and there are no interactive users logged in.

crest on May 3, 2023 | [–]

I guess it depends on how long the batch jobs run and how much they impact interactive use compared to the normal dayshift workload.

bluepizza on May 3, 2023 | | [–]

They usually lock the database completely, so you have to time your work around them.

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