ManAboutDallas

Will Virtualization Undermine Network Equipment Vendors?

That's just it, Mr. Oz....just the point... a single mainframe running z/VM is the host of those 10,000 Linux images, NOT a warehouse full of blade servers. I'm not sure where or what your "begged question" really is. To put that in better perspective, the new z10EC "Enterprise Class" zSeries server is about the size of a Sub-Zero refrigerator:
www-03.ibm.com/systems...


On Aug 31 10:42 AM MikeOz wrote:

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> On Aug 30 04:39 PM ManAboutDallas wrote:

Will Virtualization Undermine Network Equipment Vendors?

The first virtualisation product is still the best: IBM's z/VM

Decades ahead of its time when introduced in 1972 - YES!, 1972 - z/VM - or VM/370 as it was called then - for years was a solution looking for problems.

Now, the problems are beating down its door. Which would you rather manage: a warehouse full of blade servers or one - yes, ONE! - new "10"-class mainframe running z/VM hosting 10,000 virtual Linux images all plugged into your "cloud".

Simple choice, really.