You have one physical system. All processors (even including SAPs) compete for the physical resources such as cache, storage bandwidth, etc.
Of course, any processors visible to an MVS image will also compete for MVS' structures. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html