Gerard, In my experience, no. VM makes no difference in the multi-CPU decision.
--Jim-- James S. Tison Senior Software Engineer TPF Laboratory / Architecture IBM Corporation "If dogs don't go to heaven, then, when I die, I want to go where they do." -- Will Rogers "Ceruti, Gerard G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/03/2004 05:04 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject zSeries , Linux and spin loops Hi People Perhaps someone can comment ,(assume for the discussion that the business application requires only ONE CP) We are looking at a zSeries Linux production setup and the discussion of how many CP are required has come up, normal rules say we should get another CP to handle possible spinloops,ensure multi processing, how does this relate to Linux, does the requirement change if we have z/VM ?. Thanks Gerard Ceruti __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For information about the Standard Bank group visit our web site <www.standardbank.co.za> __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relating to the official business of Standard Bank Group Limited is proprietary to the group. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Standard Bank does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of the group. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Standard Bank can not assure that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
