There are not many holes, but things to consider. We had a MP3000 H30 also.
1. It doesn't perform Linux stuff as well as other mainframes. There is a CPU instruction added in newer systems, that made Linux performance much better. So, don't take poor performance on the MP3000 as an indication of performance on new boxes. But if you lave the CPU time available, it works. 2. You have to run SLES 7 or SLES8 (in 31 bit mode). As these are older distros, they may run out of support. That may affect how auditors view the setup. 3. As 31 bit code disappears, you may not be able to keep up with the Jones with respect on where you are sending the files. I don't know how backleveled encryption software goes. You might be limited to 128 bit encryption instead of 2k encryption keys. 4. I have a GPG server which encripts files for our VSE systems. It runs in 96 MBs, with vdisk for swapping. You shouldn't have problems getting that much real memory carved out. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> "David L. Craig" <[email protected]> 1/13/2009 12:00 PM >>> I curate a museum which includes a uni-CP Multiprise 3000 (7060-H30) with 2 GB in basic mode running VM/ESA 2.2 and hosting VSE/ESA 2.2 in V=R. We may be required by auditors to encrypt files for transmission to other hosts. I'm saying it's feasible to install a Linux distribution into a V=V virtual machine and perform the encryption there, either with gpg or by using openssl. We're currently averaging about 20% CPU utilization. Can anyone see any holes in this? Do current distros still support this platform or will I need something older, and if so, will current encryption software work on the older distro? -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.'" --from _Nightfall_ by Asimov/Silverberg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
