(Perhaps we can try to build a Linux cluster and experiment the same
idea locally.)
IBM said Monday that it will launch a service that lets businesses buy
"large-scale computing infrastructure" on demand and over the Internet,
much as one might buy water or electricity from a local utility company.
The technology lets users with Linux ( news
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- web sites
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applications connect to IBM's zSeries mainframes running Linux, the
open-source operating system. Instead of buying separate servers,
companies can plug into IBM's "virtual servers," paying only for the
power and storage they need.
IBM is calling it a major expansion of its utility computing effort.
"It's a big step forward because you're talking about computing power --
true infrastructure -- across the network for the first time," IBM
spokesperson Jim Larkin told.
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