Before I could guess, I would need more information Does this job use DB2? Does it use CICS? Does it use WEBSPHERE?
Is it accessing data on a server? What lanaguage is it written in? Any dasd or communications issues at the time? If I have a looping situation (transaction, batch job, tso user) that is consuming the CPU, then all other work might suffer. What is the workload during the anomalous run time? Workload can have an impact, but so can external forces. Without more detail, I am not sure you can get a good rule of thumb. I have seen the same job run with many hours difference. Mainly due to it communicating with a server that was not responding. I would think that if everything is working well, you should see little run time difference. Just my opinion. Lizetet > >I got this question time to time: >What is the maximum CPU time difference for the same job, between >repeated runs, under different system load ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
