On Monday, 04/04/2011 at 10:02 EDT, Richard Troth <vmcow...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's good that native Linux is an option, but it's rare > that I would recommend it.
That's just a reflection of the application workload you have encountered. Lucky, you. :-) There are workloads that consume resources on a scale that makes them unsuitable for z/VM since, as you've pointed out, z/VM's sweet spot is sharing resources. But I don't blame z/VM. These "cyberdraculae" aren't suitable for ANY kind of "soft partitioning" hypervisor. They consume every resource you give them which only makes them want more. They're like being in a little shop of sci-fi horrors. "Feed me!" So you put them in a proper containment system with level 5 force fields that can limit the effects of their ... appetites ... without creating trouble for the Good Dobees. "Please stay away from the glass, sir... sir? Sir?!? He was here just a moment ago watching The Application. Wha'? What was that? Did you hear th-" Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
