Bill writes:
 
> I think that Steve's point is simply that you need to count the cost.  There
...
> Stan's tool, SHOT, is excellent for what it was intended.  However, it has
> no data collection feature and doesn't offer capacity planning features
> (unless you want to do it all by hand!).  Using a tool like SOS/3000 from
> Lund will allow you collect all the data you need to actually do a capacity
> study (using the PC product from Lund, Forecast/3000 Capacity Planner).
> Forecast is a true capacity planning tool (using queuing network theory),
> unlike RX/Forecast from HP, which simply does linear regression.
 
I agree with Bill...I think the MI-based tools valuable information,
but I just don't want to see people running any of them 24-hours a day!
 
> >Most of the time when people run these background jobs to collect
> >statistics from the MI, they have effectively replaced their system
> >with a smaller one, one or two models down the scale.  I hope they
> >enjoy those graphs, because they are some of the most expensive graphs
> >I can imagine.
 
I liked Steve's "effectively replaced" line.
 
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