> For example, we have Linux in an LPAR w/ 1024MB of memory. This LPAR > resided on a 6 CPU 1,271 MIPS partition w/ 18GB of memory. I though LPAR == partition? Argh, my bad. Let me restate it: For example, we have Linux in an LPAR w/ 1024MB of memory. This LPAR resided on a 6 CPU 1,271 MIPS Sysplex w/ 18GB of memory. Much better. (I apologize, I'm a UNIX guy, not a Mainframe guy, so my terminology gets skewed from time-to-time.) - Nick Reinking