John, go ahead and migrate to the z800. A single z/VM image can take advantage of all of the processors found in the box. enjoy the increased performance as well. :-)
John Kaba wrote: > We are currently running z/VM 4.4 on a 9672 with an IFL also running z/VM > 4.4 and Linux. We need more processing power, and are wondering that if we > upgrade our machine, or buy a z box of some sort, can we utilize multiple > processors under a single VM? We used to run on a 4381 which was a dual > processor box, and when we would issue an IND it would show both > processors, but ever since we moved to our 9672 we just show the single > processor. For example, our current machine is rated at 116 mips, and we > would like to move to a multi processor z/800 with 499 mips. Would we get > the full 499 mips under a single image of VM? > > John Kaba > Fort Hays State University -- DJ V/Soft Software
