HP Process Resource Manager User's Guide

PRM configuration planning
Selecting a configuration model
Chapter 372
Selecting a configuration model
Your PRM configuration should reflect some aspect of your business
priorities. You may choose to configure your system based on how much
each user group funds the system (budget model). Alternatively, you may
configure the system to reflect the priorities of the applications that run
on it (application priority model). Perhaps, you will devise another
configuration model.
In general, when planning a PRM configuration, you should determine:
1. Your total available memory, number of cores, number and
throughput speed of disks.
2. Who the users are and what their needs are.
Whatever model you choose, it is important to identify the configuration
model you want before you begin to identify resource use and assign
PRM groups and resource allocations.
Budget model configurations
In a budget model configuration, you create PRM groups and assign
resource allocations that reflect the funding each department provides
for the system.
For example, suppose there are three departments using one four-core
system:
• Department A with five users
• Department B with three users
• Department C with two users