Actually, soft capping can -increase- the amount of CPU available. The algorithm uses a rolling four hour average (R4A). That allows you to buy a 5x (or more) box and pay a 1x price if that is your cap and your R4A remains below that.
A really cool thing is that you can use all 5x in spikes. So long as you are capped at 1x, then that's all you pay. And you can up the cap on the fly if there is a business decision to do so. There is a 'hard cap' that is a solid ceiling, but that's not what I'm talking about. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelman, Tom Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Soft Capping Well, my feeling is that capping is reducing the amount of CPU you have available before you hit the wall, right. Now, if you're a bank like us and you hit the wall during the period when peak online WEB type processing is coming in from the customer base they get terrible response time. If they get enough of that it's bye-bye customer. At least you have to balance the software cost savings against customer dissatisfaction, but then I guess that's for management to do. Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City > -----From Lindy Mayfield - February 8, 2008 ----- > > May I ask, just for helping me to understand, why one wouldn't do this to > keep software costs down? > > I'm still, after a long time studying (in a vaccuum) trying to understand > all this, so that may be a dumb question. Also I may be mixing up "soft > capping" with "resource group capping". > > Lindy > > ________________________________ > > > > ----- > > Please don't say that you're not in favor of capping to keep software > costs down. Neither am I so you'd be preaching to the choir. However, > as we all know, after all the recommendations you do what your told to > do. > > > > Tom Kelman > > NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
