Really? That hasn't been my experience at all. Runs like a rocketship here.
Mark L. Wheeler IT Infrastructure, 3M Center B224-4N-20, St Paul MN 55144 Tel: (651) 733-4355, Fax: (651) 736-7689 mlwheeler at mmm.com “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." Carl Sagan Paul Raulerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> To Sent by: The IBM IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU z/VM Operating cc System <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject ARK.EDU> Re: zSeries Linux - White Paper for Management 09/27/2007 12:30 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ARK.EDU> Sorry Marcy - Tivoli Storagte Manager (TSM). Running the server on an IFL, if you are backing up any number of files, will drag it down to the ground in versy short order because of the database. It always amazes me that TSM cannot do something simple, like backing up 4 or 5 million files per night, without busting it's database. :) I moved it from a Linux instance here to an LS20 Dual processor Dual Core Blade with 8gb od RAM and it is much happier. What took intolerably long times on the IFL runs in about 1/3 the time on the blade. That surprised me so much that I spent about three or four weeks testing and proviing it over and over and over. :) -Paul ----- Message from "Marcy Cortes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:24:00 +0000 ----- To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: zSeries Linux - White Paper for Management Tivoli what? Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Raulerson Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:21 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] 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