It is still an extremely cost effective platform, just look at the licensing and cost difference per CPU and you can pool CPU’s. IFL at full speed and reliability that can’t be beat. Memory needs still depend upon the application.
Just my 2 cents. Best Regards, Doug . On Jun 22, 2025, at 20:31, Jack Woehr <[email protected]> wrote: In the IBM i world, integration between Linux on Power and IBM i is increasingly important. Even though we have a Unix-like environment as part of the IBM i base OS (z/OS has USS, IBM i has PASE), there's some stuff that just works better on Linux. Some Miltons resist the obvious benefits of integration with Power Linux but ideology is yielding to the business case. Every indication (e.g., the young Z-folks on LinkedIn) is that the case is being made in the Z world effectivly. On 6/22/25 14:28, Mauro Souza wrote: > I agree with Alan... "still" looks like Linux on Z is legacy > infrastructure, but it is not. > > I support a few accounts, and they are not phasing down Linux, on the > opposite. One just started a feasibility study on migrating DB2 workloads > from zOS to Linux. Another account has so many Linux servers they installed > IBM ICIC to allow the dev team to do auto-provisioning from themselves, > while the zVM team manages resource pools, capacity planning, performance > measurement, things like that. Creating and deleting guests is done by the > end users themselves. > > Linux on Z have a lot of potential and several shops are using that > potential. > > Mauro > https://www.maurosouza.com - registered Linux User: 294521 > Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM Alan Altmark <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You won’t find a specific answer to that specific question here since it >> would require access to proprietary vendor sales data to answer it. >> Based on published information, I wouldn’t use the word “still” as if it’s >> a has-been technology. Linux workloads continue to grow. There’s a reason >> we have a LinuxONE brand. >> Regards, >> Alan >> Alan Altmark >> Senior z/VM Engineer and Consultant >> IBM Infrastructure >> Endicott, NY USA >>> On Jun 22, 2025, at 9:41 AM, Frank Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> How many customers are still using z Linux? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www2.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://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- Jack Woehr # “A learning experience is one of those things IBM Champion 2021-2025 # that says, 'You know that thing you just did? http://www.softwoehr.com # Don't do that.'” ― Douglas Adams ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.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://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
