It is unlikely that 130 servers would have 130 independent network connections. So in reality 130 servers would be sharing a 1G connection. So if you connect that 1G connection to the mainframe you still have the same bandwidth.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes | NetworkWorld.com Community 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 -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelman, Tom Sent: 1. elokuuta 2007 20:49 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes | NetworkWorld.com Community This story is popping up all over the net. Money Magazine http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0284973.htm PC World - no less http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135331-c,servers/article.html Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
