Hi,
Mgt wants to know the ROI of a zIIP investment on zSystems with *kneecapped*GP processors. I've been reading Jim Horne's *Specialty Engines & Kneecapped Processors(Jim Horne, ShareOrlando2011)How specialty engines are reported in RMF TYPE70 & TYPE72) https://share.confex.com/share/117/webprogram/Session9528.html * *&* *The_Myth_of_MSU_(final_version) (CMG paper 7171, Jim Horne (Lowe’s Companies, Inc.))(RMF TYPE70 and TYPE72 records review) ** http://www.mxg.com/downloads/the%20myth%20of%20msu.doc* In order to NOT compare apple with oranges MSU's we have to normalize the zIIP MSU's with *R723NFFS* (or zAAP MSUs with *R723NFFI* ). Towards the end of his CMG paper, in his wish list, Jim indicated: Fourth, IBM needs to develop reliable numbers for the speed relationship between specialty engines and general purpose engines. As of right now, no one knows how fast the specialty engines actually are. Those numbers need to be developed and implemented. The conversion factors for zAAP (R723NFFI) and zIIP (R723NFFS) engines do not currently show this relationship properly. My questions: 1° Is this still true? 2° If not, where can we find the correct normalization factors? If yes, any ideas how we MIGHT calculate them ourselves? Jan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
