> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Another Group Capacity question > > No on two counts. One, you'll never be capped at below your > defined capacity. You can run flat out until the R4A hits 59 > then the machine slows to 59. It is possible that the R4A > could actually exceed 59, but you'll only be billed at 59. > I'm not sure how to calculate how long it will take for the > R4A to rise from zero to 59, but I'm pretty sure it'd take > somewhat less than four hours.
That is very interesting. So I can actually, for a while, get some "free" MSUs. In my case, during month end, we literally run at 100% CPU for about 10 hours. So from what you're telling me, I can run for somewhat less than 4 hours at (maybe) 66 MSUs (well, depending) but once I've hit the 59 MSUs in a single 4 hour period, I will continue at 59 MSUs until my CPU requirements drop down below 59 MSUs. But I won't get any "trough" effect to make the average "come out right". That is good to know. > > It would stay at 59 until the R4A once again dropped below > that. You can then go back to 66 for however long it takes to > run the average up an again which could be as short as a few seconds. > > Two, it is a rolling average over the last four hours, not > the last four hour period. I couldn't figure out how to put that in a message, as it is a continuous function. But thanks for clarifying that the 4HRA is not just calculated at an hourly boundry, but "continuously" as the system runs. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
