> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:35 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Why _TZ put times 7 minutes off? > > On 3/2/2012 8:25 PM, Joel C. Ewing wrote: > > Particularly now that STP is just a matter of code rather than > > hardware, it makes less and less sense (from the customer's viewpoint > > of course) for this to be a chargeable feature, which was still the > > case when I last checked. As long as it is a chargeable feature it > is > > hard to cost-justify unless you are running a multi-system sysplex > > environment that requires it or you have some unusual requirement > that > > really demands your TOD clock be that accurate. That it is the "best > > practice" and the only sure way for keeping the TOD clock accurate > > makes it nice to have for a number of reasons; but if management asks > > if it is a "must have" additional expense or a feature you can live > without, in many cases the latter response must be given. > > IMHO, STP should be included in the price of the machine. >
Agreed. The fact that syncing time cost money is one of the more egregious difficulties in explaining why mainframes are a good idea. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
