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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL
>
> >If all other things are equal, the cost per CPU second for a
> machine with two processors is half the cost per CPU second
> of a machine with one processor.
>
> Voodoo mathematics.
Is that anything like the "New Math"?
> If I start a second processor, I have to at least pay for the
> hardware upgrade and increased s/w costs.
For the moment, ignore the hardware cost (probably belongs in "overhead"
anyway). If your "single-engine" machine used, say, 100 MSUs, how many
MSUs does the now "twin-engine" machine use for the same workload?
Assuming NO "capacity-priced" software, how much is the increase in
software cost?
-jc-
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