I've recently had a number of IBM web pages pointed out to me that talk about zSeries boxes being useful in grid computing. When I looked at them, I was a little disturbed because they seemed to strongly imply that zSeries was a good source for a lot of computing power. While this is true, we all know that those CPU cycles are pretty expensive ones in comparison, hence my discomfort with the marketing.
David Boyes has been active with Globus on Linux/390, and I can easily imagine workload that would be a good fit for that. What I'm not sure about, and perhaps David can comment on this, is if grid computing workload and grid nodes can be characterized properly to make the appropriate workload get sent to Linux/390 nodes. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Ferguson, Neale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CIN: IBM Moves Linux Mainframes to the Center of the Grid See: "http://linuxtoday.com/high_performance/2003040301926NWHESS"; "With key middleware like the Globus toolkit now available for the zSeries, the mainframe is taking center stage in grid computing. "Key software for grid computing has been ported to Linux on the zSeries mainframe, according to an announcement this week from IBM and Linux distributor SuSE, which supplies the version of Linux most commonly found on mainframes. "The software includes the popular open source Globus Toolkit and programs from two commercial grid vendors, Toronto's Platform Computing and New York City-based DataSynapse..."
