At this point the vast majority of S390 and zSeries sites use SuSE. All of the customers that I support use SuSE.
The choice of 31-bit vs 64-bit is very much related to the software that is supported. More and more IBM and vendor software is being supported (or at least tolerated) in 64-bit Linux (some require 64-bit). Verify with your software vendor. Craig Loubser wrote:
The IBM Redbook "z/VM and LINUX on zSeries - From LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two days" in Chapter 5.2 "Setting up an SLES9 Install Tree" states that "We recommend that you follow the rule of thumb to use a 31-bit distribution unless you know why you need a 64-bit distribution." with no further explanation as to why. Does anyone have any comments as to which distribution is the preferred and why (stability, performance)? We are running under z/VM V5.1 on a Z900 so we are capable of running the 64-bit distribution. Thanks in advance. Regards, Craig Loubser Winn-Dixie Technical Systems Department Voice:(904) 370 6402 Fax: (904) 370 6335 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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