On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote:
> I understand the scenario you describe, John (defined capacities, reliance > on "shoot above" room). I typed out a long and geeky explanation for how > there might still be some room in the deepest discretionary cellar even in > that scenario, but it's too academic and too much topic drift. > > I simply don't recommend Bitcoin mining, on or off your mainframe. > > ....Steering back to the IBM z13, for the record, in my view it's unlikely > that Bitcoin mining would be a good workload fit on z13 processors. > However, it's likely an IBM z System would be a superb server for Bitcoin > payment processing and Bitcoin exchanges, as it already is for other > currencies. The Bitcoin ecosystem has many persistent problems, including > security problems, and that'd be another reason to consider an IBM z > System. > > Yeah, and the whole thing was due to my _attempted_ joke for "marketing speak" about performance for people who don't understand the z at all. Put it in terms that they _think_ they understand such as "MIPS", "FLOPS", or my silly Bitcoins per Second. Let's just go with the Linux properly named power indicator: BogoMIPS. > Now, where did I put those 6 yellow tulips. No, make that 8 tulips, and I'd > better run. I need to go buy some milk.... > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA > E-Mail: [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- While a transcendent vocabulary is laudable, one must be eternally careful so that the calculated objective of communication does not become ensconced in obscurity. In other words, eschew obfuscation. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
