On Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:10, David Boyes wrote:
>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.
Exactly. I've read up on this buzz-phrase a bit now (great links folks!
thanks!) and I can't see how "stateless computing" is much different from a
z/VM guest running Linux applications and mounting its data filesystems via
NFS from some network storage appliance. If there's a problem with the
guest, you just configure another one and replace it. Lots of people on this
list have been doing that for years, as have I.
<shamless-plug>There're products around that will help you implement this
(contact me off-list).</shameless-plug> So Alan, tell that "someone" that
they're very wrong.
- MacK.
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