>The fact that two runs of the same work on the same system at similar times >may vary by 10%-20% in CPU time is what I would call completely unreliable.
That would make all Capacity forecasts completely unreliable, since getting it within 20% is considered a job well done. >1%-2% can be called variable, but 10%-20% is a major difference that cannot be >simply accounted for, except by throwing out low and high values from multiple >runs as was suggested earlier in the thread But, if you're using it for chargeback, in the real world, you don't have the luxury of throwin it out. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
