> If memory usage goes up dramatically > and CPU usage stays constant or even declines slightly, with MSO > 0 > this can significantly increase the service units.
A 20x increase in memory is a bit difficult not to notice, so that's why I said it would be a factor. > MSO > 0 no longer makes sense when real memory is cheap and plentiful > relative to CP seconds > and you want to encourage rather than penalize practices and algorithms that > use more real memory to reduce CP usage. MSO no longer makes sense for any reason. That's why the coefficient can be set to zero. You aren't penalizing anyone since there are no physical swaps, so it's simply nonsense to "charge" for memory use only while the CPU is being used and then "charge" zero service when the user is logically swapped. It is a completely erroneous view of memory usage. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
