Adam Thornton wrote:
Yeah, Hercules would let us get around that for the pure-Linux stuff (although for *that* we could also just cross-compile from Intel if we wanted). It doesn't help for the z/VM-integrated-with-Linux or for the Linux-under-z/VM cases. Hercules is also, as far as I know, slower on the same hardware than Flex-ES; one of its design goals has been portability, and it explicitly trades performance for portability. Point is, it's a nonstarter for a shop that wants to do Linux-on-z/VM and not Linux-in-an-LPAR.
I don't really understand what Flex-ES is - I have some idea it's some hardware-plus-software imitation mainframe. With Hercules, one can in principle choose an 8-way however-many-core Opteron, or a big Power (or Sparc64/UltraSparc) or other selection from top500.org. How then would performance compare with Flex-ES? -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ Please do not reply off-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
