> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guy Gardoit > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM aims System z at specific workloads > > Well said. Hate to upset anyone, but IBM nor the mainframe > is going away > anytime soon irregardless of the constant barrage of heated > IBM criticism being > sent to this list. >
True. And, at least some, management is beginning to understand that you simply cannot compare a z running z/VM & Linux to an Intel server running VMWare (or other virtualization software) and Linux. Way back in the z800 days, our management (now ex-) did that. They determined that the z800 was simply too expensive compared to Intel and didn't run Windows, to boot! They even did a comparison. One z800/IFL in a 2 Gb LPAR, running an old version of SuSE compared to an 8-way, 10 Gb RAM Intel running a current Red Hat version, running a CPU intensive, multithreaded, process. Guess who won? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
