That's exactly what it is about, Mike. jan On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]>wrote:
> As far as I know, only full service CPs are kneecapped. > Low cost specialty processors run full speed > (I. E. as fast as the fastest CP processor with the same number of > processors). > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Jan Vanbrabant > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
