AFAIK there is nore are no physical differences among the various specialty engines, just how they are configured after manufacturing.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 9:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mark your calendars for July 10, 2022 - CustomPac intended removal date On 20/5/22 08:23, Andrew Rowley wrote: > >> Having a zIIP gives you plenty of horsepower for z/OSMF, and having >> an IBM z15 gives you System Recovery Boost which gives you…plenty of >> horsepower for z/OSMF at least during the first 60 minutes. (It’s the >> z/OSMF startup that can take a long time on a low capacity >> configuration. > > I wouldn't be surprised if once people start using z/OSMF, it's not > just the startup that is slow on a small system. Maybe IBM should give > everyone one zIIP with their z/OS 2.5 license... it might even be a > useful stimulus for smaller z/OS sites. 100% agree. The z/EDC ASIC is now free and on-die on the new hardware. IBM should do the same with at least 1 zIIP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
