>z/VM however is much better alternative for running multiple Linux than >LPARs.
If you think you may need "more than a couple" Linux instances in the near to medium term -- a safe bet for most -- and you'd like efficient use of system resources (particularly memory), then z/VM is a very good idea, yes. The number of z/VM Linux LPARs then becomes an interesting question, primarily depending on whether you want/need to perform a z/VM upgrade without business service disruption. >>However, our SR claims that if >>you have one IFL you can run *only one* zLinux LPAR native. >SR=? What is he smoking? Lots of reps smoke on June 30th. Then they drink on July 1st. :-) In fairness, I have heard some fellow techies say that two IFLs are disproportionately better than one for some techie reason which I now forget. (Anybody know?) But one IFL is *way* disproportionately better than zero, so whatever. - - - - - Timothy F. Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect, z9/zSeries IBM Japan, Ltd. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
