On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:16:08 -0800, Norman Hollander on h-WiZ.biz wrote: >Physical heat. But then I suppose it wouldn't be getting hot if it were in >a wait state. So practically speaking, I guess YES to both. You are exhibiting a z/OS bias! z/VM "waits" with a CPU loop (so it doesn't need to come out of a wait state when it is waiting) so it would run just as hot when it was idle as otherwise. (Unless there is special code to account for machine perspiration?) -- Tom Schmidt
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