While 12 LPARs can share one IFL they cannot share any memory. Each LPAR must have its own dedicated memory. That's the main reason to run z/VM, to share memory. When I asked why Xen did not support System z, I was told that they didn't see any point in competing with z/VM.
Sent from my iPod On Apr 6, 2011, at 15:57, Carsten Otte <[email protected]> wrote: >> Someone told me it is possible to run 12 Linux images on a single IFL >> without the use of z/VM. > >> Is this true and how? > > One thing you could do is define 12 logical partitions (LPAR). You can > define them IFL only, with shared > engines. Not that I'm advising to do so.... > > with kind regards > Carsten Otte > IBM Linux Technology Center / Boeblingen lab > -- > omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, nondum > habetur, quomodo habenda est > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
