Depending on the actual work characteristics, you might consider buying a zIIP. You could share this between PROD and DEV to offload a lot of "grunt" work that runs in an SRB, including Sorts and many ISV products from BMC and Broadcom. More good news, any work offloaded from the GPs may cut your MLC charges.
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