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Managing Linux and Virtual Machines?

Posted by Cliff on from the seeking-wisdom-from-the-pioneers dept.

deijmaster asks: "For a couple of months we have been hearing (as a major consulting firm) IBM people pushing the possibility of installing a Z/Linux VM setup at one of our biggest clients (financial). To a Linux user such as myself this sounds great, at first. Now, I am a bit reluctant when it comes to managing this kind of infrastructure, with little or no local expertise at IBM. Has anyone gone through a Z/Linux VM corporate installation and lived through the management of such a solution?"

6 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Doesn't seem like such a big deal by karmavore · · Score: 3, Funny

    You do realize that emulating any decrepit UNIX machine must be a rusult of running ancient code that has now been copied into SCO Unixware. You would then be using SCO IP (Idiotic Property). You will have to pay them 100 trillion dollars plus $699 for the Linux.

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    Speech: Free
    Beer: $699.00
  2. Re:Mainframes by Glasswire · · Score: 3, Funny

    To paraphrase YOU...

    Have you ever dealt with a MAINFRAME? Large MAINFRAMES are fucking expensive to run 24x7x365. They require a lot of Air Conditioning (many people spend over $1,000 a month on just AC, that's an expense that is never going away), electrical and a shitload of space.

    And he diffrence is what? For most applications, clusters, for all their faults are faster and cheaper than mainframes.

  3. Obligatory "slash" joke... by HoldmyCauls · · Score: 2, Funny

    RMS: Who the hell are these "Z" people, and why are they stealing my thunder???

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    Emacs: for people who just never know when to :q!
  4. Re:You WILL need help by caferace · · Score: 3, Funny
    Don't imagine that the VM person will understand (or even like) Linux and don't expect your Linux admins to understand (or even like) the Mainframe.

    AC forgot to mention... Don't expect your Linux admins to understand (or even like) the VM person. ;)

  5. For God's sake, someone say it! by darnok · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of ...

  6. -1: Slashdotism by oPless · · Score: 2, Funny

    In soviet Russia you don't run anything on VM, VM runs YOU