Re: LPAR + Linux + Xen

[Mark Post]

>>> On 11/18/2008 at  3:13 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know if anyone of you had already either installed or 
> configured Linuz on zSeries running natively on a LPAR with Xen. I know 
> that this might sound very weird for most of you , but a customer had 
> asked me about this and I need to understand the major drawbacks of this 
> implementation to try convincing them that this isn't  the best solution.

No.  Xen currently does not run on System z.  Hopefully your customer will find 
that a convincing reason.


Mark Post

Re: LPAR + Linux + Xen

[Richard Troth]

LPAR implies the s390 (or s390x) instruction set and architecture.
Xen implies the i386 (or ia64 or x86_64) instruction set and architecture.
The two are really unrelated.


-- Rick;   <><





On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:13 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if anyone of you had already either installed or
> configured Linuz on zSeries running natively on a LPAR with Xen. I know that
> this might sound very weird for most of you , but a customer had asked me
> about this and I need to understand the major drawbacks of this
> implementation to try convincing them that this isn't  the best solution.
>
> Any thoughts will be truly appreciated.
>
> With kind regards,
>
>
> Juari Alves D. dos Santos
> IBM  Brazil / FTSS
>