"Ken Hansen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<003c01ccf55d$f6467cc0$e2d37640$@net>... > My company wants to downgrade its processor, but it recognizes that there > may be significant processing constraint if they do. So they want to > simulate the environment before they take the plunge. > > The environment is a 3 engined 552 MIPS CEC, and the goal is to downsize to > a 492 MIPS CEC. The Company runs 6 LPARs on this processor. My thinking is > that I may be able to simulate the 492 MIPS processor using the following > technique: > > 1. Define a test LPAR to a weight equivalent to 60 MIPS (approximately > 10.87% of the processor) and hard cap it on the HMC, then > > 2. Initiate two IEFBR15 soaker jobs to drive the capped test LPAR to 60 > MIPS and keep it there till the Company obtains the performance observations > it requires. > > > Once the test is completed, the hard cap can be removed from the test LPAR > and test LPAR can be returned to its former weight. > > This seems straight forward. Have I missed something ? > > >
This looks good, if you don't have a xWLM licence and you can drive the box to its max with no billing consequences. You can even play with the LPAR weight to see how much you can really take out, maybe more than 10%. Kees. ******************************************************** 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
