I think the problems are the vended products for which you cannot obtain source, and for which the vendor is unable or unwilling to create zSeries binaries.
An Intel binary executor on p Series makes sense for this; you can move the product and run it, with very little hassle. This would be a fine solution for z Series as well, if it were available, but I don't see it happening. We've "lost" several internal customers because they were running a vended product that could not be converted to z. We catch them again with Blades and VMWare and standalone systems, but they aren't a good fit for z no matter how hard you push. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 10/19/08 9:19 AM, "John Summerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Originally, you asked about a solution to a problem. > > What problem are you trying to solve? > > If you have a bunch of Intellish servers running Linux, the usual way to > transfer the workload is to create a Linux server on a zSeries (virtual) > machine. It would run a Linux kernel compiled for zSeries, apache built > for zSeries, DB2, Oracle, etc built for zSeries, Java built for zSeries. > > One does _not_ transfer the Intellish binaries, one creates a system > with equivalent zSeries binaries. > > One _can_ transfer files and even filesystems, Linux uses the same > encoding on all platforms and filesystems code is written to not care > about endianness. > > I am _not_ sure about floating point numbers. > > If you have your own programs written for Linux on intellish hardware, > and the code follows sensible rules (eg no assembly code, no referencing > ints as a sequence of chars setc), odds are good it will port with > minimal fuss and bother. > > I repeat, what problem are you trying to solve? > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Advice > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
