Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 20th Oct 2006 18:30 UTC, submitted by anonynmous
"The mainframe is cool again as shops move to consolidate servers and run enterprise systems on a single platform with robust diversification. Some are even speculating that a rebirth is occurring and are talking about Mainframe 2.0. Currently, IBM z/OS supports many open protocols and other recent innovations including support for Java. Get an overview of the z/OS world for Java developers and learn how to deploy a Java application on the new Big Iron."
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2006-01-19
I have to admit to being just slightly mystified by the idea of Linux on the mainframe (or iSeries) since mainframe cpu time (and memory) is so expensive in dollars, and application availability is second tier. The hardware RAS features are obviously great, but I wonder both if other RAS strategies for Linux servers could not approach it at a tenth of the cost and also if Linux itself is really in the RAS league where such a thing makes a big difference.
On iSeries I find it especially weird considering AIX for iSeries is not expensive and also that POWER, app availability wise, is the only platform for AIX but second tier for Linux.
I sort of wonder if it isn't in a big part IBM marketing, but different strokes for different folks...