<snip> but z/VM *is* the most programmable, flexible, powerful, and robust hypervisor in existence.
</snip> A-M-E-N to that!!! HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office: (408) 970 - 7978 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The Fate of VM - was: Re: Baby MVS??? On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:00:28 -0500, Eric Bielefeld <Eric- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is IBM really giving up on VM? They tryed that once before, but then >started promoting z/Linux under z/VM. Or is this just speculation. I >would think that if they are stilling promoting the z boxes to run Linux, >unless they come up with something else soon, that z/VM would be an >integral part of the package. > >Do you people at Share have any insight on this? I can assure you that IBM is not giving up on z/VM. Virtualization is something that the industry is focusing on right now. (They think it's new.) z/VM has been in the background for decades supplying the services that drive your systems to higher levels of utilization and reducing hardware investments. It's price is so low as to be considered "pencil dust" so it is a cost- effective tool. In z/OS environments it is being used when it is finally decided that the TCO of Linux on the mainframe is compelling. We're even starting to getting repeat business from z/OS customers who dropped VM a decade ago. The ability to test network configurations (OSA and HiperSockets), create test sysplexes, and provision new instances in only minutes, is making z/VM attractive to - reduce the time needed to develop, test, and deploy new z/OS apps - reduce the cost of developing and testing new z/OS apps - provide a sandbox where mistakes can be made without retribution (increases experimentation and innovation) - easily inject errors (e.g. simulate pulling an OSA cable) Think of us as another tool in the toolbox. We aren't an application development platform any more, true, but z/VM *is* the most programmable, flexible, powerful, and robust hypervisor in existence. Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer z/VM Development, IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
