I added the comment made by Elardus to the post...
*George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Eight Consecutive Years* On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Mark Regan <[email protected]> wrote: > You should post a comment to his blog about that missing point. > > Mark T. Regan, K8MTR > > > CTO1, USNR-Retired > 1969-1991 > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Mark Regan wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.networkworld.com/article/2916081/network-management/big-iron-and-banking-why-all-major-banks-rely-on-mainframes-and-are-growing-their-use-of-mainframes.html > > > > Hmmm, Interesting, but that article forgot point 6 - I fill it in for > you: > > > > It is 'greener' and 'cheaper' to run a mainframe comparing with a > > 'server-farm'. Think, one CEC can run multiple Linux virtual machines, > > whereas you need a floor full of servers ('server-farm') which guzzle > > electricity in terms of power and air-conditioning. > > > > >"I recently learned about a bank in Japan that has been using a > mainframe > > since the 1970's without a single second of downtime. Its architecture > > allows for full software and hardware upgrades without an outage." > > > > Interesting. > > > > Groete / Greetings > > Elardus Engelbrecht > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > -- *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
