1. Yes, both. 2. Ask the vendor for its definition of MSU's. It could mean the capacity of the machine, regardless of how much you actually use.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh > Sent: 16 October, 2017 17:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Potential stupid question - MSUs > > Hi All, > > Just wondering about this scenario... > Wikipedia says MSUs is an hourly measure ("A million service units (MSU) > is a measurement of the amount of processing work a > computer<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer> can perform in one > hour."). > > Assuming a vendor's license is based on MSUs... > > My questions: > > 1. If a machine is rated at, for example, 655 MSUs, does this mean > that it can go on up to 655 total MSUs in an hour or 655 at any instant > 2. If a vendor's license says, "you can run it on cpu xyz", and the > contract says 500 MSUs, does this again mean an hourly 500 total MSUs or > 500 at any given instant > > Note that I'm not referring to IBM's sub-capacity reporting, as that > takes into account the max HOURLY MSU in a given month. > (But again my question creeps in here.. is HOURLY MSU = sum of MSUs > consumed in that hour or the hour where instantaneous measurements > averaged out to be the highest). > > Thanks in advance. > > - Vignesh > Mainframe Infrastructure > > > MARKSANDSPENCER.COM > ________________________________ > Unless otherwise stated above: > Marks and Spencer plc > Registered Office: > Waterside House > 35 North Wharf Road > London > W2 1NW > > Registered No. 214436 in England and Wales. > > Telephone (020) 7935 4422 > Facsimile (020) 7487 2670 > > www.marksandspencer.com > > Please note that electronic mail may be monitored. > > This e-mail is confidential. If you received it by mistake, please let > us know and then delete it from your system; you should not copy, > disclose, or distribute its contents to anyone nor act in reliance on > this e-mail, as this is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
