On Thursday, 05/03/2007 at 12:03 AST, José L. Ramírez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let's hope that IBM can "revive" the mainframe so that it can continue to be > the best server in the data center... All anyone (even IBM) can do is make the case that 50 virtual servers will be more cost effective than 50 real servers, for all the reasons that have been quoted here, especially if you already are invested in the mainframe. IMO, if your CIO/CFO/CTO team aren't faced with a power/temperature/space/expense problem, they have no incentive to look at server consolidation and virtualization (on any platform). I.e. if they aren't experiencing viscerally perceptible growth, they don't have a problem to solve. Of course, don't try to paint server and desktop technology with the same brush. That's a good way to sink the whole effort. 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
