David Andrews wrote:
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.
She asked about zAAPs and zIIPs separately. Each had significant numbers of hands showing. In the past, her presentation -- with polling questions and number of responses -- was uploaded to the SHARE proceedings. Unfortunately, I just checked and, oddly enough, Cheryl's presentation was *not* uploaded to the proceedings for Orlando. (I assume that was an oversight.) Perhaps she will make it available from her own web site!
Similar polling questions were asked in San Diego. SHARE members can find that presentation here:
http://www.share.org/member_center/open_document.cfm?document=proceedings/SHARE_in_San_Diego/S2509CK144146.pdf The survey questions page contains: Current Server Type (now or within next 12 months) z800, z900, z890 (75% at last SHARE)? z990 (40%)? z9-EC (60%)? z9-BC (40%)? Older Hardware (1%)? Using zAAP Processors (30)? Using zIIP Processors (25)? Activated IRD CPU Management (12)? Have Used On/Off Capacity on Demand (12)? Using Variable WLC Pricing (20)? Doing Heavy Cryptographic Work (10)? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
