It probably stands to reason I/O related activities are much better suited, what kinds of applications can we "bunch" in to this, of course Web Serving and Database Serving, how about other things, such as Printer Serving??
Paul Raulerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 09/27/2007 01:20 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: zSeries Linux - White Paper for Management Hey Paul - I have the barebones of one, but nothing in shape to publish at this time. A couple of notes though; Mainframe Linux has most of the same issues as workstation linux, but benefits greatly from the vast I/O resourcs of the mainframe. It works better under z/VM than on the bare metal (LPAR or no LPAR). It fails miserably only in one situation, and that is where whatever you are running on it is very compute intensive. For example, Tivoli really takes a couple of IFLSs to run all by iself, and is, IMNSHO, far better situated on an xSeries blade or pSeries server. Also, don't even think of running XWindows clients on it; much better to write customer Client/Server products, or use a web interface, than to do that. In general, avoid processor intensive work, like image manipulation or most scientific computing. -Paul ----- Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:13:00 +0000 ----- To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: zSeries Linux - White Paper for Management Has anyone written a "white paper" on the how's and why's of zSeries Linux, and how it not only saves money but improves reliability and security? I need something to convince the management that having things scattered all over you-know-who's half acre is not the optimum way to run things. It's very hard (and frustrating...) trying to deal with the "mainframes are obsolete and outdated" mentality that exists. Thank You Paul Adrian.
