David Jousma wrote:
>If you are not aware, this is z/OS running on x86 for dev/test work. Anyone
>doing this in the real world? We've got architects in the corporation that
>head about this, and want to discuss it. I just don't know enough about it
>to know if it's a big deal, or a breadbox with regards to building and
>supporting.
>My concerns:
>- are how to support
>- is it an identical image of standard lpars on Z?
>- security
>- etc, etc, etc.
>I did a few searches on google looking for a past SHARE presentation for a
>10,000' view. To my uneducated self, it sounds like an easy way for
>management to defer mainframe cpu costs, but at a huge support cost. Am I
>wrong?
That's "zDT" ("z Development Tool") or "RDz" (Rational Development for z").
(Perhaps both now all caps? Who knows!) AKA 1090. Been around for quite a
while. Cheap hardware, emulating z; think "Flex-ES only from IBM" (it's *not*
Flex, but same general idea).
Has its own list, of course: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z1090/
Runs on Intel or Power hardware. From toy to moderately serious. Support?
Depends-if it Just Runs, it'll be cheaper. If whoever has to maintain it is
unfamiliar with Linux, then sure, it might be an adventure.
You can buy them prebuilt, with support, from ITC
(www.itconline.com<http://www.itconline.com>) or you can build your own.
Building your own is going to be a significant amount of work, right.
--
...phsiii
Phil Smith III
Senior Architect & Product Manager, Mainframe & Enterprise
Distinguished Technologist
Micro Focus
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