Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-26 Thread Petersen, Jim
AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: why external CF not internal CF Hi, Is there any shop using external CF, As I know only for the backup purpose in case one of CPU failed. Is there any performance improvement if using external CF. Why not using internal CPU? Any comment will be appreicated

Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-11 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
When to replace, not whether. On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:54:09 +0900, Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Other questions I might look into: whether you should replace the 9037 >timers with Server Time Protocol (STP) -- Fo

Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
Tommy, David Raften authored a good whitepaper which I would recommend reading if you haven't done so already. It's available here: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_wh/n/ZSW01971USEN/ZSW01971USEN.PDF Like many other areas of technology it's very important to get the latest information.

Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-02 Thread Tommy Tsui
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Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-02 Thread R.S.
Skip Robinson wrote: I'm not sure that system managed duplexing costs significantly more in MVS cycles. With this kind of duplexing, the CFs talk directly to each other as well as to their respective MVS LPARs. Applications do not themselves mirror structures, and some of the overhead of duplexin

Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-02 Thread Skip Robinson
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Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-02 Thread R.S.
Tommy Tsui wrote: Hi, Is there any shop using external CF, As I know only for the backup purpose in case one of CPU failed. Is there any performance improvement if using external CF. Why not using internal CPU? Any comment will be appreicated. There are no more "real" external CFs. For the d

Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-02 Thread Bielskie, Stephen
, November 02, 2007 8:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: why external CF not internal CF Hi, Is there any shop using external CF, As I know only for the backup purpose in case one of CPU failed. Is there any performance improvement if using external CF. Why not using internal CPU? Any

Re: why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-02 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Is there any shop using external CF Before system-managed duplexing, if you lost a physical CEC with an MVS and a CF on it, you would lose the entire SYSPLEX -- COLD START required. Now, it's not as much of an issue. But, some still feel more comfortable with external CF's. And, some have them

why external CF not internal CF

2007-11-02 Thread Tommy Tsui
Hi, Is there any shop using external CF, As I know only for the backup purpose in case one of CPU failed. Is there any performance improvement if using external CF. Why not using internal CPU? Any comment will be appreicated. Many thanks Tommy -