Aside from the question of what you would like to have, I think the bigger question is what's possible. The z9 has been out of marketing for a long time. AFAIK you cannot alter the configuration in any way. That is, adding a FICON card is not an option.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FICON efficiency question There was a feature(MES) for DB/2 for some level of Raids that was supposed to bypass processor. I had to beg for year-end funds to get it and then get DB/2 to a level that would recognize it. Think it ran almost five weeks before some level of Media Manager dropped support for it. In a message dated 9/29/2014 3:21:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Yes, I guess that is what I am asking, and when the question is explicitly stated like that, I doubt the answer is yes. I still wonder if there could be less general CP and more ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
