>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2007 at 10:12 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wayne Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that the hard part of getting Linux to run > in an LPAR has been done, I don't see the need to eliminate it, but it > would be interesting to see the percentage of Linux on z usage in LPAR > vs z/VM.
There are a few _very_ large LPAR-only shops, mainly in Japan. Other than that, if you limit the discussion to production use, the number of LPAR-only installations would be very small. When you want to have more than two or three Linux systems, z/VM is the only way to go. Doing it with LPARs is just too restrictive, and you don't get the amount of sharing necessary to do it economically. (I'm referencing real storage for the most part with that last sentence.) Plus, using z/VM eliminates a lot of consoles, the need to go to the machine room to get to a console, etc. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
