Seamless Computing
IBM z/VM's Single System Image feature links systems
If awards were given for vague and over-hyped technology terms, cloud
computing could be a strong contender. Like the famous fragmented
elephant description
<http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html>, its
meaning and attributes depend on who's speaking, his or her background
and experience and (too often) what’s being sold. Cloud computing's
any/all of scalable technology, shared storage, easily provisioned
compute images, seamless networking, failover reliability, outage-free
maintenance and maybe more.
*VM Architectural Enhancement*
For a more down-to-earth implementation that plausibly satisfies those
reasonable (and not mutually exclusive) requirements, consider z/VM's
Single System Image (SSI)
feature.http://www.destinationz.org/Mainframe-Solution/Systems-Administration/Seamless-Computing
http://tinyurl.com/zfz8zdd
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Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected]
3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0
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