IBM System i (AS/400) CPW Ratings
Q. What are System i CPW ratings?
A. System i5 models offer two commercial processing workload (CPW) ratings:
. Processor CPW:
Represents maximum relative performance running
commercial processing workloads (CPWs) for a processor configuration
Use this value to compare relative performance between models with the
same or different number of processors.
Use the tables and information in this chapter as a quick reference of
capacities and processor feature structure of today¡¯s System i5 servers.
. 5250 CPW:
Represents the relative performance available to perform 5250
online transaction processing (OLTP, interactive) workloads