Hi Tom, Thanks for responding. I'll pass your comments along to my manager. Since the original post, I've found there is also a pricing consideration that will affect any decision.
As to your question, ' High CPU usage in the IFL?'. I was only repeating what I was told. I have not seen where they are getting this info. I am neither the VM nor Linux person. Regards, Dave O'Brien -----Original Message----- From: Tom Marchant [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question concerning Z/VM, Linux and General Processors On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 13:38:41 +0000, O'Brien, David W. wrote: >Can a workload such as Linux which is currently running on an IFL, run on a >General Processor? Yes, it can. Remember that IFL processors run at maximum speed, while general processors may have been set to run at a slower speed, depending on the model. >We seem to be experiencing high CPU usage and management seems to feel >switching the workload off of the IFL might be beneficial. High CPU usage in the IFL? -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
