Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 16:56:44 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> To: Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk> Cc: Simon <simon@optinet.com>, "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jeff Gray <jwgray@netbox.com> Subject: Re: co-location model Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10103111648440.55348-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <019501c0aa79$0e73aac0$6405a8c0@neland.dk>
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Leif Neland wrote: > I'm afraid to tell that it can be done with Linux... > > http://slashdot.org/articles/00/08/01/1226247.shtml Sure can and the mainframe systems folks I work with have Linux posters in their cubes now! Some of the NT engineers have been converted as well. > > In the lab, 41500 virtual linux'es has been run simultaneously under VMS on an IBM S/390. > > And mainframes don't fail. Ever. (Well, almost never (G&S: Pinafore)) Anything fails, but most mainframe components can be more easily engineered to provide fault-tolerance. My primary employer has several mainframes "custered" with Sysplex for about a half-dozen large hosts. There have been failures and they have been memorable, but very few. Your largest problem might be keeping your technical talent because you will likely learn critical lessons starting up that others need solving. - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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