On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:43:25 +0200 "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>So the question could be re-phrased. How much does it cost to collect :>SMF records, NOT ONLY SMF address space. I heard that back in Ye Olde Days, that when SMF was created, IBM made the comment that it used only about 5% of the CPU. Someone in the back of the room put it into real terms, one hour a day. Who knows how much collection costs? But, on the other hand, without the collection - there would not be a good way to charge back. :>IMHO easily measureable is cost of storage. Onec upon a time I asked :>CICS guy why he consumed approx 30 gigabytes previous month and over 480 :>gigabytes current month. :>It is matter of storage (disk, tape), CPU cycles for SMF address space :>(almost irrelevant as ther noted), IFASMFDP (irrelevant also), and all :>the tasks producing the records. The only method I can imagine the cost :>of CPU is plain comparison of system with and without record collection. :>Done by application basis (i.e. we switch trace on/off and see the results). -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
