On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 11:32 -0400, Richards.Bob wrote: > > I have a very basic problem with the approach used by zCost. It seems > counterintuitive to cap workloads based solely on cost. Maybe it is my > large scale systems mentality.
Must be, Bob - one day you'll be out in the hungry world of the minnows. Seems every site I go to wants to do precisely that - cap the machine to contain (software) costs. And squeeze it further all the time. I haven't looked at zcost, but from the webpage it looks like it merely manages the target weight/defined capacity dynamically for you. But lots of people are doing that manually, believe me. SCRT is king. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
