On Sunday, 04/15/2007 at 02:57 MST, "M.R. Nouri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to build up a server consolidation model on IBM mainframe using > VM,Linux.My available H/W is 9672-R86 or 36 with 8GB ,9672-R44 with 2GB > storage and Z/vm version 4.1.Could anybody help me to configure such server > , current workload is small Linux servers like (FTP,NFS,Samba,DMZ,etc.).The > Linux version depends on performance experinced by the references.
While z/VM 4.1 and your 9672s are ok for a Proof of Concept, they have serious drawbacks: - No VSWITCH - No QDIO Assist - No z/Architecture => no 64-bit Linux => limited support by IBM middleware (if you care) - No IBM support for your virtual data center (z/VM) - Limited scalability of z/VM 4.1 IMO, a proposal to build any kind of business-critical server consolidation model should include upgrades of both hardware and software. If you knew that you couldn't get an electrician or air conditioner repair man to come in and fix a problem in your raised floor, would you put any business-critical servers on it? Doing a PoC with the the old software will mean that you have to extra work to discover whether problems found during the PoC would be addressed by newer levels of h/w or s/w. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
