Crispin, >From what you describe your z10 CPs will be kneecapped to 50% of your current z9 CP speed. That means that any compute bound task that runs at close to 100% of one CP is going to take twice as long to complete.
Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > Crispin Hugo > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:29 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] 2 versus 4 processors > > Hi, > We are hopefully going from a z9 to z10 processor. > I would like to have 4 CP's instead of our current 2 CP's so our > configuration is more flexible. We are not worried about licensing costs > of multiple processors. The overall MIPage would be the same, whether we > have 2 or 4 CP's > > Anybody see any gotcha's about doing this > > Crispin Hugo > Systems Programmer, Macro 4 > <http://www.macro4.com/> > Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS > Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000 > Fax: +44 (0) 1293 872001 > ----------- > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security Service and the Macro 4 internal virus protection system. > . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
