Many shops might find linux containers managed as a z/OS subsystem using z/OS SMS storage is attractive when compared to VM/Linux infrastucture. You can't make everyone happy, but now you can have it either way. z is the new "Whopper" :-)
On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, at 12:55 PM, Dave Jones wrote: > I agree with Robert's objections to zCX, and, frankly, If all a site wants to > do is run zLinux applications on an IBM z system, it is much simpler (and > perhaps cheaper) to just install z/VM on the box and then host as many Linux > guests as you want. No extra external tooling is needed; just use out of the > box management apps that are already available. Plus, the system programmers > have much greater and finer, control over the hardware resources (memory, > CPU, etc.) each zLinux guest is allowed to consume. And of course, z/VM and > zLinux run very well on the full speed IFL engines, no other specialty > engines required. Connect the z/VM and z/OS LPARs together by hyper-sockets > and you're good to go. > If I was an z/OS shop looking towards Linux, that's how I would proceed. > Thought and comments always welcome. > DJ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
