First - how many 'real' CPUs or IFLs do you have .... ? You don't want more virtual defined to a guest then you have actually defined to z/VM.. (I'm assuming z/VM here)
Scott Rohling On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Wheeler, Mark L <mark_whee...@optum.com> wrote: > Greetings! > > We have eight RHEL 6 servers with 8 vCPUs each handling a large workload, > which continues to grow. We could expand the server farm horizontally by > adding more servers, or vertically by adding more vCPUs. I'm concerned > about SMP effects of adding more vCPUs but don't have any data to validate > that concern one way or another. > > Can anyone provide a recommendation? More servers or more vCPUs? > > Very best regards, > > Mark Wheeler > z/VM and zLinux > Optum Technology > 952-912-9524 > Mark_Wheeler at optum.com > > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity > to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended > recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/