Granted we were discussing stability of the 'system' but on z/OS I doubt that anyone has access similar to 'root' or 'administrator' (i.e. ALL access to everything). Yes, I as a sysprog could (mistakenly) trash the system (and probably my job if I do it right) but mucking with the data or even applications would be a little more difficult (no details, auditors may be lurking ... ) and would be malicious at least. The potential for trashing not just the system but data and applications is somewhat greater on the non-z/OS platforms.
-----Original Message----- McKown, John > -----Original Message----- > Porowski, Ken > > And how many people have 'root' access to the squatty boxes vs the > same level of access on the mainframe? Ah, but the usual "squatty box" only does one thing. So causing an outage on it is not as great an impact as killing a z/OS system. Also, in our shop, every production Windows server has some sort of fall over capability. So, if you kill the active server, its doppleganger takes over. This is considered "cheap insurance" around here. Now, z/OS can do the same with a parallel sysplex on multiple CECs (is that what they're still called?). But the cost, on a one z/OS systems vs. one Windows server comparison, is much too much <gracious!>. > Think there might be a small exposure there? Actually, we have very few with administrative authority on the production Windows servers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
