And it appears that Neon Enterprise Software is exploiting that "similarity" by somehow marking work, other than the "standard" IBM work, to be dispatched to a zIIP or a zAAP via their new zPrime product.
Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Horne, Jim - James S > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: zAAP on zIIP > > John, > > I don't think you understand zIIPs and zAAPs. There is NO hardware > difference between zIIPs, zAAPs, GPs or any other engine (IFL, ICF, SAP - > have I left out any?). The difference is the work marked for dispatch on > them. > > Jim Horne > Systems Programmer > Large Systems Engineering & Messaging NC4IT > Lowe's Companies, Inc. > 1000 Lowe's Boulevard > Mooresville, NC > 704-758-5354 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: zAAP on zIIP > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Relson > > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:36 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: zAAP on zIIP > > > > The zAAP on zIIP support should not be construed to imply > > that zAAPs are > > going away. > > It was intended primarily for customers with small enough > > amounts of zAAP > > and zIIP offload that it might not make sense to purchase > > both a zAAP and a > > zIIP. > > The support is not limited, however, only to that "small" case. > > > > Peter Relson > > z/OS Core Technology Design > > However, by doing this, IBM has implicitly revealed that there cannot be > much, if any, difference between an zAAP and a zIIP, hardware-wise. 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