Cost of Activating Second Processor

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have a Power 6, M25.  P10 Group.  V7R1.  One processor is activated.

Asked the Business Partner the cost of activating the second processor 
and they said:

"Cost for the 2nd processor and OS License would be $17K but also makes 
your SWMA charge double."

Does that sound reasonable?  (We need to license OS/400 again for the 
2nd processor?  SWMA doubles because we'd be in a new group?)

I'm not sure a second processor will have much impact.  Most of our 
activity is RPG & SQL based with some .NET access, and day end is nearly 
all single threaded.

Can we turn the second processor on for free for a week or a month to 
see the impact?

Thanks,

Sam