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  1. Windows OS Coming To the Mainframe

    Tech · Ibm · · posted by timothy · from the your-airplane-fell-into-my-peanut-butter dept. · 148 comments
    msmoriarty writes "Following up on its May announcement, IBM has now confirmed that by December 16 it will support Microsoft Windows on zEnterprise via its zBX component."

  2. Windows OS Coming To the Mainframe

    Tech · Ibm · · posted by timothy · from the your-airplane-fell-into-my-peanut-butter dept. · 148 comments
    msmoriarty writes "Following up on its May announcement, IBM has now confirmed that by December 16 it will support Microsoft Windows on zEnterprise via its zBX component."

  3. Xiotech Unveils Disruptive Storage Technology

    Hardware · Storage · · posted by kdawson · from the storage-that's-smarter-than-you-are dept. · 145 comments
    Lxy writes "After Xiotech purchased Seagate's Advanced Storage Architecture division, rumors circulated around what they were planning to do with their next-generation SAN. Today at Storage Network World, Xiotech answered the question. The result is quite impressive, a SAN that can practically heal itself, as well as prevent common failures. There's already hype in the media, with much more to come. The official announcement is on Xiotech's site."

  4. Itanium Retreats To Multis, Opteron Presses Attack

    It · Amd · · posted by timothy · from the personification-personified dept. · 61 comments
    vincecate writes " Back in 1997 Itanium was presented as a compatible extension of x86, and Intel had dreams of replacing high end x86 by 1999 (about min 16 in link). However, the original 2001 Itanium had the 32-bit performance of a much older Pentium so Itanium is viewed as non-compatible. Now with the rise of what Microsoft is calling the "x64" architecture (AMD64 and EM64T), Itanium has been repositioned to the multiprocessor server market."

    However, Opterons are designed for multiprocessing. Each has its own memory and built in hypertransport links to make NUMA multiprocessors. So existing Opterons don't need large expensive caches like Xeon MP, nor any glue chips for up to 8-way multiprocessors. This has started the commoditization of multiprocessors. You can now buy a 4-way Opteron for $6000 or an 8-way for $10,000.

    There is an interesting interview with Tyan CEO and his assistant that give some info about future Opteron plans. People are working on 8-way motherboards that will become 16-way when duel-core Opterons come out. They also say that the next Opteron core, the K9, will be able to 'go over 60 processors without adding any external crossbar chips.' Another fun plan mentioned is connecting the hypertransport links using fibers for really large systems."

  5. Disk Storage Limits Loom 3-5 Years From Now

    Tech · Technology · · posted by timothy · from the technological-scenarios dept. · 220 comments
    evanbd writes: "According to this article the major disk manufacturers all finally agreed on something. And it's not a good thing. Specifically, they all think that in about 3-5 years, the superparamagnetic limit will kick in and current technology will stop getting better. But wait, there's more. New technology won't be ready for something like ten years. I know superparamagnetism has been discussed before, but I hadn't seen it as quite this bad and this much of a sure thing." No matter how quickly storage advances arrive, there are certain dead ends will inevitably appear.