How can the z handle "3000 copies of Windows" all running a graphic user interface (cpu-intensive) ?
-------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary M. Dennis Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:03 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Nice idea in blog: Should we toss x86 architecture This was our post to the zd net blog. "Maybe we already have. In Q1 2009 Mantissa will deliver a system that permits unaltered Windows operating systems to run under z/VM. Using a desktop appliance running RDC, users will be able to connect to their virtual Windows images running in the VM environment. Goodbye desktop hardware, remote maintenance, high power consumption, machine order lead time. z/VOS began with the observation that most Windows workstations do practically nothing 95% of the time and we were so intrigued with the idea of being able to actually run an intel-based operating system under IBM VM that we never looked back. VM provided a natural platform for development of this product. The product has been a bear for the development group but the thought of being able to run 3000 copies of Windows on one System z so fascinated the team that we needed very little additional incentive. Let's hope IBM can ramp up System z production." Why wait until 2016? --. .- .-. -.-- Gary Dennis Mantissa Corporation On 7/22/08 11:14 AM, "Bob Heerdink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9183 > > "Should we toss x86 architecture and wipe the slate with something greene > r > and more scalable?" > > "Windows Server 2016 128-bit edition running virtualized on z/VM in a gre > en > datacenter, accessed via my house from a thin client over high-speed fibe > r > optic connection. I can see it now." > > Hope this happens sooner than predicted, > Bob >
