That's a launch article; does not really speak to how successful the product has been in the past year and a half.
Everything I know about Linux administration could be engraved on the back of a postage stamp but I would think that if one were a pure Linux sort of person then one would almost certainly use kvm for Rockhopper virtualization, rather than learning another two OS's (counting CMS as an OS, which it is in a sense). If one were coming from Linux on z/VM, one would probably not want to give up all of the CMS niftiness. Gil would seem to be slightly off on his processors: IBM LinuxONE Emperor is based on the IBM z13 IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper is based on the IBM z13s. Note: Prior to the general availability of the z13s, Rockhopper is based on the IBM zEnterprize BC12. -- https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSB27U_6.3.0/com.ibm.zvm.v630.hcpa0/servers.htm [sic on the spelling of Enterprise] Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 07:43:14 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >Anyone have any idea how successful it has been? Is it catching on as a >general Linux server, or does the Linux community view it as some weird >mainframey thing? > >The answer matters to the MVS community because if IBM can sell a warehouse >full of them it will support further mainframe hardware development, which >must currently seem to IBM to be a small niche market. > Well, here's a non-IBM article. I dont know how objective: http://www.zdnet.com/article/linuxone-ibms-new-linux-mainframes/ So the Rockhopper is built on a z12 and Emperor on a z13. But: ... The z13 mainframe series can hold up to 10 TBs of memory. Its 8-core z13 CPU can run up to 5GHz. ... 8-core seems small. Are they only IFLs? Uncapped? Elsewhere I read it can use either KVM or zVM as a hypervisor. Some months ago, I asked on IBMVM whether a z/VM system with only Linux guests could be CMS-free, using Linux for administrative chores and sparing administrators the need to learl another OS. The answers distilled to: "You wouldn't want to do that; you't forgo all the utilities coded for CMS." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
