On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Rick Fochtman <rfocht...@ync.net> wrote: > ---------------------------------------<snip>--------------------------------- > ... Maybe people want distributed-style application RAS;..... > -----------------------------------<unsnip>--------------------------------- > Excuse me, but "distributed-style RAS" seems to be, in my experience, a > rather glaring contradiction in terms. :-)
Please consider the RAS on the US domestic phone switching network. It is a distributed system that (to my knowledge) does not use z/OS or zSeries hardware. You also have service providers like Google, the global DNS servers, etc. The list can be easily extended to demonstrate extremely good RAS overall on a distributed system where high RAS is deemed important. > > Rick > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
