On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> wrote: > This was posted on the VM newsgroup and l thought I would pass it along > > http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/opinion/Evolving-IT-needs-and-capabil > ities-restart-mainframe-vs-server-debate?asrc=EM_NLT_22746667&utm_medium=EM& > utm_source=NLT&utm_campaign=20130729_Intel%20shifts%20focus%20to%20micro%20s > ervers_ewatkins&track=NL-1811&ad=887900 > > > or Tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/moxp5k8 > > One comment from the article: > > "A mainframe is like one very large server that can do anything that > multiple servers in a rack are able to do. It's a virtualization platform; > its hardware is highly redundant, so it replaces a cluster of servers. And, > compared to all the x64 servers, it's not even that expensive," said the > data center architect. > > Happy days > > Lizette
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