Well, we're not sure if it is a bottleneck or not. It we were hitting a wall, we wanted to know so we could look at options. We weren't sure if there was a "saturation design point" like the one advertised for the CPU.
So, you think 100% is ok and we probably shouldn't worry about it? Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Maximum Channel Busy Recommendation for 3494 VTS ESCON Attached >I have searched manuals, the web and IBMLink and cannot find a number for what is considered a limit for Escon channel usage. >Does anyone know what that number would be? If so, is it documented anywhere? When I used to do Tape Capacity Planning, the limit was 100%. I have not seen a similar analysis for ESCON (or FICON), but do have one question. Is there a throughput bottleneck? If not, then don't worry about it. - 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
