> >>buhetom wrote: > >> > >>>We're planning to run some batch jobs with heavy I/O on a new System > >>>Z.There would be about 50 concurrent jobs at the same time.We have two > >>>configurations IBM offered:more cpus with lower processing capacity > >>>each and less cpus with higher processing capacity.Which one would be > >>>better ? > >>
Faster processors are always better for batch processing; needless to say that (almost) nothing will perform good without a well balanced and tunned system. Walter Trovijo Jr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

