Limit for z10 is 60 LPARs, so why just only 12 Linux images on 1 IFL? IMHO you can run 60 Linux images on 1 IFL.
-- Przemyslaw Kupisz http://www.linkedin.com/in/pkupisz W dniu 06.04.2011 17:44, Alan Ackerman pisze: > 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
