Here is the best definition I've come across for stateless computing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misnomer
BTW - We have been doing "stateless computing" or stateless session management on zHdw since 1995. ://GCS -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stateless Linux for zSeries On 5/13/09 3:16 PM, "Alan Ackerman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone here says we should not do Linux on zSeries because you cannot > do "stateless computing" on zSeries. In a word: bunk. > Has anyone had any experience with building a stateless Linux on zSeries? The Novell starter system is a good example. Any of our Debian deployment tools are examples. The stuff we're doing with OpenSolaris diskless virtual machines is an example. Can't do it -- pah. We (the mainframe) *invented* it. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
