> On 7 Aug 2023, at 2:46 pm, Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote: > > David Crayford wrote: >> Maybe wait until there is actually some tangible AI libraries such as >> TensorFlow, PyTorch and SnapML before blowing trumpets. > > Huh? You *can* run these libraries on z/OS, on zIIPs even. They run on the > z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) or on OpenShift for z/OS, as you prefer. IBM > documents this deployment pattern here (TensorFlow and SnapML examples): > > https://ibm.github.io/ai-on-z-101/tensorflow/ > https://ibm.github.io/ai-on-z-101/snapml/ >
Absolutely! The issue is that zCX is not a mature technology. zCX on OpenShift has serious performance issues. It current hogs 5 zIIPS running idle (only running OCP). Of course, it will improve just like DB2, Java etc but it’s not ready for prime time yet. > Are you asking specifically for z/OS UNIX System Services-based > implementations? Of course. Considering the zDDN library is available on z/OS I expected the Python libraries to be available at the same time as Linux on Z. > If so, have you asked IBM in an official way? Yes. It’s in the pipeline but we can’t give you a date :) A bit like Java 17. And that’s a bigger problem because Spring Boot moves to a Java 17 as the baseline in December 2023 which is making a lot of vendors slightly nervous. Although as CICS uses SB I have high hopes. > > ————— > Timothy Sipples > Senior Architect > Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity > IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific > sipp...@sg.ibm.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
