Hi Rich, So 3 OSA express ports can do the same work as 130 Linux servers ?
Anton Britz -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes | NetworkWorld.com Community z/VM simulates the function of a hardware switch (called the Virtual Switch). Each virtual machine (and even TCP/IP on VM itself) can use the virtual switch to access the 'real' network. The traffic from the machines on the virtual switch can be load balanced (as of z/VM 5.3) over 3 OSA Express ports. Lindy Mayfield wrote: > Just curious, because I don't know how the hardware works, if 30 > mainframes do the work of 3,900 servers, that means 1 mainframe does > 130. > > Does that mean that potentially that 1 mainframe has the equivalent of > at least 130 network cards? I can see how most of the hardware is > virtualized, but the networking I don't quite see, yet. How does that > part work? > > Lindy -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2008 - Chattanooga - April 18-22, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 The information contained in this email may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. All persons are advised that they may face penalties under state and federal law for sharing this information with unauthorized individuals. If you received this email in error, please reply to the sender that you have received this information in error. Also, please delete this email after replying to the sender. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
