On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:29:13 -0600, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think I have heard of people on here doing a *LARGE* receive on >here but to order an *ENTIRE* OS boggles my mind. I have not done a >VM installation in 20++ years so I don't have any idea how big it >would be. The last MVS order I saw was approximately 18 3480 tapes. I >wouldn't think (but I am obviously wrong) that a checksum could be >that large to hold the amount of data. I am somewhat curious as to >how many tapes a Z/vm order is, anyone? The PWD downloadable z/VM is almost exactly one CD in size, i.e. 700 MB. But it's not a .ISO file; it's GZIP'd DASD images. Of course this isn't what IBM has just announced, but it gives an idea of the size of the product. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
