Grid utilisation

December 29th, 2006 • Related • Filed Under

There’s a perception with IT that the busier  the system, the more value for money the business is therefore receiving from it, (until that is there is a delay to the end user).  This remains the same with grid, the perception is that if my grid is not near 90% then there is wastage.  There will always be an element of processor cycles lost, whether because there isn’t a need for batch processing (holidays/security patching), or that the processing doesn’t need all the engines.

 What’s important is looking at your site, at what you use grid for, if it’s used to offset calculation from the client pc out of office hours for risk reports, and relatively idle during the day, your overall usage report for your grid might be in the low percent range.  What’s important is whilst your implementing grid is that it works as expected, gives the performance you need, once the basics are covered, then you can work out the cross charging, the aim for more effective usage.

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