Re: MP effect on z/VM Linux hosting

2009-08-09 Thread Alan Ackerman
It didn't take me long to find MP effect articles by typing "MP effect" i nto Google. In particular, the z/VM Performance report at has a section on 24-Way Support from z/VM Version 5 Release 1.0. It show graphs for 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 pr

Re: MP effect on z/VM Linux hosting

2009-08-09 Thread Alan Ackerman
How many IFLs are we talking about here? At a guess, if you are going fro m 4 to 8 IFLs, you won't see any MP effect, but if you are going from 30 to 60 IFLs, you will defi nitely see an MP effect. What I can remember about the MP effect: The MP effect is determined by the operating system and