I would add: and test work suffered because your goals were set so. z/OS will 
always do what you tell it to do b.m.o. your goal definitions. 
This is quite different from other platforms, that already start doing 
problematic above 30%. I have seen Linux machines being reboot, because even 
the Sysop was not able to log in in order to check and adjust what the machine 
was doing. This is like being chased out of your house by your own dog, the 
world up side down.

Kees.

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Bob Shannon
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 14:55
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Mainframe (in general) running at 100% not always a bad thing

I used to work at an insurance company that refused to add capacity. When we 
ran quarterly processing, later changed to monthly processing, the machine was 
pegged for a day or two. We couldn't do any testing because production sucked 
up all of the resources.  The processor and software continued to work fine 
during that period, it was only test work that suffered.

Bob Shannon
Rocket Software

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