On Monday, 08/02/2004 at 10:55 EST, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LPARs also make sense if you have a lot of engines. VM is priced per > engine. Even at the new, low rate, for z/VM 5.0, it can be big bucks. > > However, if you only have 1 or two engines, licensing VM can lead to > greater productivity when using Linux/390. Just much easier to handle > then lpars, and you have a place, CMS, where you can store files to aid > in the development/creation of new Linux/390 images.
I would argue that if you are running "a lot of engines" then the number of guests goes up (subject to memory constraints, of course) and the value of z/VM increases. Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer IBM z/VM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
