On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:35:55 -0600, Mark Zelden <mark.zel...@zurichna.com> wrote:
> >Frankly, I am a little surprised about the way this thread has gone. >zAAPs and zIIPs weren't invented to improve performance. They were >created for marketing and software pricing since that is a major issue with >our platform. If all the engines and software were cheaper, the platform >would be better off without them. (and yes, I'm still leaving out the caveat >of full spead zAAPs/zIIPs on a knee-capped box - again, that is a marketing >point to help sell them, to decrease software costs and encourage "new >workloads"). Yes I am a bit surprised as well about the way this thread is going. Perhaps the marketing talks about the benefits of zAAPs and zIIPs has worked better than we thought. Obviously people started believing it was to improve performance ! I am puzzled :) Bruno Sugliani zxnetconsult(at)free(dot)fr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
