I am sure that I assumed that IBM would get around to this... but it doesn't seem to be happening.
Ok.. so the z990 had multiple processor books and a multiple I/O "cages"... And while I can run one set of "shared" processors.... and I can dedicate processors to a lpar... Why isn't there an option to run multiple groups of shared CPUs on a single box? If I can run 54 processors on a box.. it would seem to make more sense to run groups of shared processors and setting up lpars to share them appropriately than trying to setup 54 procs to be shared across a number of lpars. For example lets say I have 1 box. I need 2 lpars with about 10 cpu's (BIG1 & BIG2), 2 lpars with 2 cpu's (SML1 & SML2), and 3 lpars with 4 cpu's (MED1, MED2 & MED3). So I could setup a cpc1 with 12 cpus (for BIG1 & SML1), cpc2 with 12 (for BIG2 & SML2) and cpc3 with 12 (MED1, MED2 & MED3). Thereby reducing CPU software/hardware overhead. Or am I missing something obvious that makes it "not a good idea"? -Rob Back from the land of large cpu's with little caches. This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
