On 8 Oct 2010 14:07:36 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>My 2 cents worth: the "cheap DASD" doesn't live up to the reliability >>standards that IBM demands for z/OS. > >I was discussing this with a Storage Manager at a large Canadian Bank. > >His biggest complaint was that the same DASD cost more if he used it under >z/OS than the case under LINUX/AIX/UNIX/etc. > >What is the difference? >It's the same hardware. >Is there different microcode? >Different features? >Other?
The emulation of CKD and the different type of channel connections cost money. The controller probably has to respond differently to zOS than it does to all of the other boxes. Clark Morris >- >I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! >Kimota! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
