IBM is just continuing on their "path of least resistance"... In this case the resistance would be the cost of the re-coding?
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: 17 Januarie 2008 02:49 nm To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Flash memory arrays > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > Only z/OS is stuck on ECKD formatted DASD. z/VM and z/VSE can > both run on FBA. z/LINUX can run on FBA and/or on SAN/SCSI > DASD. I think that the latest z/VM can also run on SAN/SCSI > connected DASD as well. z/OS remains the hold out. For > whatever reason that may be. Weaning z/OS from (E)CKD would likely be such a monumental change as to require that it be done at a version boundary and provide perhaps an entire version life-cycle to complete. "Who knows" how much non-IBM code would have to be revisited during the transition? More than a few CBT utilities would be relegated to the dustbin of history. It's probably also true that the longer such a transition is delayed, the less likely it is to be attempted. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
