On Wednesday, 11/08/2017 at 03:17 GMT, Philipp Kern <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> I idly wonder how actual utilization of IFLs looks like in the field.
> It's clear to me that CPs run hot because otherwise you're wasting
> moneys. I.e. if overcommitment is just a fact of life like it is in the
> cloud.

I don't follow you, Philipp.  The software and hardware cost metrics 
around IFLs are based on how many you have, so having consistently unused 
IFLs is costing you money, just as having consistently unconsumed MSUs on 
the CP side of the machine drives up the cost of z/OS & Friends.

Alan Altmark

Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant
IBM Systems Lab Services
IBM Z Delivery Practice
ibm.com/systems/services/labservices
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