But it's PRODUCTIVE whitespace (greyspace?) not idle as on other
platforms where you can't run above 60% without jeopardizing the system.



Jon L. Veilleux
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Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:18 AM
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Subject: Re: Another BIG Mainframe Bites the Dust

> You are wrong here. z/OS workloads usually include discretionary work 
> that uses any idle CPU, but can be delayed when the CPU is needed for 
> more productive work. Just because a system is 100% busy doesn't mean 
> that it cannot take on additional work.

Perhaps, but I count discretionary AS whitespace.

CC

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