On 7/26/06, Marcy Cortes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Negatives:
>> >Lose hardware IOASSIST feature for non-dedicated volumes. Not as
>> >important as it used to be, but still noticeable.
>> That's gone anyway on a z9, right?

>Not sure, but I think so. Most of the other assorted hardware assists
>are gone on the z9, so it wouldn't surprise me.

>Then again, if you have a z9, you probably don't much care. 8-)

Found my systems assurance guide, and yes, it is gone.  You'd think I'd
clearly remember that having sat through 3 of those meetings, yawn :)
And right, they're so fast, who cares...


Marcy Cortes


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> >Negatives:
> >Lose hardware IOASSIST feature for non-dedicated volumes. Not as
> >important as it used to be, but still noticeable.
> That's gone anyway on a z9, right?
> Marcy Cortes

Not sure, but I think so. Most of the other assorted hardware assists
are gone on the z9, so it wouldn't surprise me.

Then again, if you have a z9, you probably don't much care. 8-)

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what about performance and CPU overheads (zVM) in processing I/O's, is
it an issue?

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