>>> On 12/10/2014 at 03:36 PM, "Ward, Mike S" <mw...@ssfcu.org> wrote: > Hello all, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all who celebrate it. > > I have a question that I was asked and I'm not sure how to answer it. If any > of you would take the time to answer it either online or offline it would be > much appreciated. > > The question is: Why zLinux on IBM hardware and not just Linux on (much > cheaper) x86 type hardware?
It all boils down to the fact that total cost of ownership and operation is far lower for Linux on System z than Intel/AMD, for workloads that are a suitable fit for the mainframe. -snip- > Any articles on the subject? Lots and lots and then more after that. We've been cranking them out for about 14 years now. Start with http://linuxvm.org/Present/index.html If you have a userid for the SHARE web site, there are lots and lots of presentations there that talk about the subject. Over the years, z/Journal (now Enterprise System Media) has published a number of such articles. http://enterprisesystemsmedia.com One example is http://enterprisesystemsmedia.com/article/mainframe-linux-on-2-a-day Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
