Could be, but lets say you are a 10-way GP processor now. If true, if you cut that in half to 5 GP's, and buy 5 ZxxP's. You probably more than cut your software bill in half.
_________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB1G p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.8497 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:25 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Offload work to ziip Isn't there a requirement that you have at least as many regular CPs as the total of ziip and zaap engines? I don't think you can buy just one regular engine, and then have say 4 ziips zaaps or whatever. This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
