On 2014-08-06, at 08:53, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
> 
> For Sysplex installations, IBM recommends an 11-Core system with 3 cores 
> devoted to linux and 8 cores devoted to z/VM and its guests.
> 
> AFAIK ordinary people don't have access to an 11-core system.  That would 
> require a "PC" with four i7 CPU's on the motherboard, and I don't know of any 
> such "PC" motherboard out there.
> 
Hmmm.  MacPro.  http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/buy-mac/mac-pro
Hardware
        • 2.7GHz 12-core with 30MB of L3 cache
        • 64GB (4x16GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC
        • 256GB PCIe-based flash storage
        • Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
        • User's Guide (English)
        • Accessory Kit 

$8199

> Does that mean RD&T cannot really support a "Sysplex installation"?
>  
You get what you pay for.  Not everyone considers $8199 "ordinary".

-- gil

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