(Sorry for the cross-posting, but I thought both lists would like to read about this....)
Here's an interesting article about how Brazilian companies are using IBM mainframes in new and, shall we say, unique ways.... "Joe Clabby's Brazilian mainframe adventure travel log", (http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid80_gci1271026,00.html?track=NL-576&ad=603746&asrc=EM_NLT_2178510) (and watch out for line wrap on that long URL above....) It has some interesting additional information about how Hoplon Infotainment, the Brazilian online gaming outfit, is using an IBM mainframe and a cluster of Cel based blade servers to provide for a very rich and full featured gaming environment. And, as was suspected, z/VM is being used on the mainframe to provide virtual gaming environments on demand. One thing that I found a bit confusing was the statement ...."The primary advantage that IBM mainframe architecture delivers to Hoplon is cross-platform common memory management. By pooling memory across multiple mainframes, the company can better support the large and transient user populations that move in and out of various worlds and through various communities...." I wonder how they got z/VM to manage memory across multiple mainframes...I must have missed that SHARE presentation last month....:-) There is one bit of not-so-good news in the article....the writer points out how few people it takes to get and keep a z/VM system up and running...in one case 2, and another only 5. Not a real growth field it appears..... Have a good one. -- DJ V/Soft
