When ICF's are free, maybe we'll consider it :) I share resvols and other volumes with software load and other read only type operational data between some or all of our 4 LPARs with no appreciable impact.
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Chase, John > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DASD: to share or not to share > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > > > [ snip ] > > > > A basic SYSPLEX (what we are running) does not require a Coupling > Facility (CF). With a CF, you have a > > Parallel Sysplex, which has some better facilities. If you only have > an single CEC (box), then you > > don't need a Sysplex Timer, either. And, if you're on a single box, > you could get an CFL speciality > > engine and run a single CF in a separate LPAR. In this case, there is > no cabling required - it used > > "pseudo cabling" via the PR/SM hipervisor. Much like hipersockets. > > You must be wishing really hard for an IFL. :-) > > The "Integrated Coupling Facility" engine is an "ICF" (more overload > for > ICF). > > -jc- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
