Are you looking for anything specific? Although it is tempting to go with the add a specialty processor, flip the switch, and watch and be amazed; you do have to understand what will go there, how much, etc. If you are running sub-capacity GPs, you may see different results (since the IFAs run at full speed). You also need to do some Capacity Planning, both for the GPs and the IFAs. Remember that about 40% of DB2 work qualifies for zIIPs. There are also CA solutions that fully utilize the specialty processors, and you may want to consider that too.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 SYSN 06:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: zIIPs & zAAP exploitation On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 14:27 -0500, Steven Liston wrote: > Looking for feedback from anybody who is making use of [specialty > engines] with details of workload that's running there, success or > otherwise and any gotchas. Can't help you with your specific question, but you may be interested in anecdotal evidence of their popularity. At Cheryl's "Hot Flashes" session back in February she asked for a show of hands -- how many people are using those offload engines? Over a third of hands shot up in a room with maybe 160 people in it. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
