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>Rom: mguess <mguess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>to: he96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <he96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>cc: james h. Snowden <jsnowden@xxxxxxxx>; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
<omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>date: wednesday, march 24, 1999 9:07 am
>subject: re: adding charts
>
>>also, 4.0 was such a resource hog. We were promised ts2000i would
co-exist w/ other
>>programs in a much more efficient manner. Is it?
>
>It depends. In my case with dual pii's and two hard drives, i'm running
ts 2000
>collecting all future options, all futures and all indices, and a few
nasdaq big-caps.
>However I have no historical data yet and it seems that could make a big
difference. My
>configuration is nt sp 4 with dual pii 233's and 256 meg ram. Ts 2000 is
on it's own
>hard drive, together with the nt swap file. I'm also running another
significant
>application on the same computer, but it uses my first hard drive - where
nt is
>installed. In sum - with slow pii dual processor's, two hard drives,
and plenty of ram,
>ts 2000 seems to run fine for futures traders. Stocks traders may be
another issue -
>see below.
>
This is one of the more lucid comments on ts2000i, thanks Chris. but Dual
P IIs and 256 meg of ram is not infiltrative of a resource HOG?
>Another question is how much disk space the global server requires for
historical data, as
>the more hard drive space required, the slower the global server will run.
Ts 4 seemed
>to have quite a compact technique for historical data, but global server's
use of jet (a
>fast way to access odbc) may be another matter.
This is a step backwards imho. Using this database setup cannot help but
be slow with all that overhead. I cannot imagine how this can faciliate
calling up all the options for a given series. How is stock split
information stored? As I think has been said before, ts2000 has no server
from a practical perspective. The Time stampe issue with BMI could be a
deal killer all by itself.
>Here's some background on nt: nt disk access is much faster than windows
98, but I found
>nt considerably more difficult to configure than windows 98. Nt also
cannot run more
>than directx 2 or 3, while directx 5 and up are required for high-powered
games.
>
>For stock traders who want to collect every tick for all stocks
transmitted on your dat
>feed, i'm not sure ts 2000 is the way to go. You might want to look at
the universal
>server: when i've run the umds, I can collect every tick for 57,000
stocks, futures, and
>indices - not counting 10,000 options. This seems to requires fewer
resources that ts
>2000 takes to collect just futures, indices and futures options.
I think this goes to what a real server for real time data collection can
do. Does anybody know if you have to run the bmi win32 server
with UDMS as with the Global server of TS2000i? What does the i stand for
anyway?
As for those who have experienced something called service from Omega
lately.... Let me echo Mark Brown's comments absent the anger and nashing
and grinding of teeth. Omega has bet the farm on this new product launch.
Its business model thrives on selling to new traders not older traders.
This is an important point that was just explained to me recently. Since
Omega only makes money on new sales( TS2000 upgrade is a new sale. Don't
kid yourself.) there is no incentive on their part to service existing
customers. If you were leasing the software, Omega would have more
interest in servicing its existing customer base since that would be the
source of its revenue. So the interest in existing customers is only
insofar as it facilitates in getting an installed customer base. Once that
happens it will be back to the same old Omega where pages and pages of bugs
and enhancements are documented and numbered and go unanswered. Once you
have an installed database, Omega can then turn its attention to providing
other services that generate an annuity.. Providing backup data is an
example of this.
Based upon comments of people on this list, the inaccurate information from
Omega sales, and the numerous builds that continue it seems to have failed
the quality assurance portion of its beta test. For a long time user such
as myself(My block number is well below 10,000), this prompts me to look at
alternatives. I am afraid that the Belgium Dentist ( EOD day traders and
new EOD traders) are the target market for Omega. I feel sorry for those
who don' t read history. They are destined to repeat it.
Charles Kaucher
"Very funny Scottie. Now, how about beaming down my clothes."
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