Bruno. This thread, as with many on this topic, starts out with the assumption that UNIX, LINUX and Windows Server Operating Systems, along with server class hardware are no different to the Home PC they loaded up with Windows XP in order to play Warcraft, or the laptop they use for email and terminal emulators. It only goes downhill from there.
It gets even more ridiculous when Linux is suddenly an anointed HA OS simply because it will run on an IBM Mainframe, along with Solaris and pre-RISC AIX. I have not figured that out yet. As Radoslaw said, "I love Mainframes but I'm not blind." Those that wish to make a valid comparison between z/OS and other HA OS need to get their noses out of Windows and have a look at how HA is being done on other SERVER Operating Systems. In many cases it is not platform that provides the HA, but rather an application running on the OS like Veritas Cluster Server or HACMP. These HA applications won't even run on XP. And what I would give for backup software like Commvault or Netbackup on the Mainframe. Backup on Open System Server software is Light years ahead of anything on the MF, whether it's IBM or ISV software. It's like comparing a Ferrari to the first stone wheel... I like to take a wider view than the lint in my belly button... Ron PS For those that WOW, I'm a level 63 Human Warrior :) > > Thank you Ron > I was feeling alone . > i have been sometimes pulling out applications from mainframe in my > shop and > applied all good recipes from centralised processing > ( dual computer rooms , dual replicated storage bays for dasds , dual > network, load balancing , dual tape robotics and even ESX vmware to > drag > and drop servers on the fly) > And it is reliable . ( Lotus notes windows, Lotus portal windows , WAS > linux , Windows data servers , AIX applications , etc ... ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
