In a message dated 6/15/2007 8:27:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >On July 6, 1966, the name SMF - System Management Facility - was picked in a brainstorming session. The philosophy of the project was that IBM would provide a way to collect data, but the customer must actually report on the collected data (IBM couldn't see how to second-guess customers on their use of accounting data). N.B. that IBM did not name it System ACCOUNTING Facility or System MEASUREMENT Facility. "Management" means different things to different data centers' management. Some shops did not charge for their computer resources and needed info mainly for gross capacity trending and thus lead time on ordering more equipment or upgrades. Some shops charged for every microsecond and needed detailed info for billing their customers. Other shops' hot button was solving performance bottlenecks, for which they needed detailed performance info. IBM provided the raw management data (not accounting data) for data centers to use in managing their computer resources however they wanted. Over the years far more detailed info and new record types have been added. Many vendors saw fit to write SMF records so data centers could manage the use of those vendor products as well. Bill Fairchild Plainfield, IL
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