RE: Multiple processors

Depends if it's bound by processor, disk, memory, what have you.

If the job is running at +++++ CPU, yes, processor would help.

If it's running at 1.7% CPU and your disks are at 100% busy, no amount
of processor will help.

How's the system look? 


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Justin C. Haase - Solution Engineer
IBM Certified Systems Expert - System i
Kingland Systems Corporation

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve McKay
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:36 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Multiple processors

We have a partition which runs *one* batch job and one interactive
session for the operator that checks on the batch job occasionally.
This batch job runs for days at a time and when it finishes, another
similar job is kicked off by the operator.  We want to reduce the run
time of the batch job.  One suggestion is to add another processor to
the partition.  I'm not convinced that adding another processor will
improve the run time.  So my dumb question for today is:

Will adding another processor to a partition running a single batch job
decrease the run time of the batch job?

Thanks,

Steve 


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