> > I didn't mean to ask for the quantity but for how zIIPs can > > help that software, i.e. is it zIIP eligible work. Anyway > > zIIPs can drop software cost but would not make the system > > run faster, would they? > > Possibly -- IIRC the "specialty" engines always run at full throttle, > regardless whether the GP engines are "handicapped".
It is true that specialty engines run at full machine speed, even on kneecapped boxes. And it is true that they "don't count" for software pricing purposes. So it is possible that the addition of specialty engines _might_ provide enough extra capacity for the other existing workloads that _could_ use them, to free up enough CP capacity for this unruly application. However, it is highly unlikely that any of the unruly application's own processing would run on a specialty engine unless that application is Java based. And, while cheap, the specialty engines aren't free either. CC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
