> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z13 "new"(?) characteristics from RedBook > > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:18:08 -0700, Mark Post wrote: > > >>>> On 1/15/2015 at 02:53 PM, "Chase, John" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I believe that's because z/VM is "significantly cheaper" if run in an > >> IFL-only LPAR. > > > >That certainly used to be true, but I'm not at all sure it still is the > >case. If I'm > remembering right, z/VM licensing is the same for both CPs and IFLs. It's > just > that if you _do_ have a machine with both and you create a z/VM mode LPAR, > then the z/VM licensing algorithm includes _all_ those processors instead of > just CPs or just IFLs. > > I note a SoD to include KVM on the z13. > Hopefully this should allow configurations that make this debate moot - z/VM > should be not needed at all.
If you can live with 85 or less zLinux instances :) > I wonder how that affects SUSE install scripts ... > > Shane ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
