Comments on: More than half the mainframe MIPS IBM sells are Linux? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/over-half-the-mainframe-mips-ibm-sells-are-linux/ A SearchDataCenter.com blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:55:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dboyes http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/over-half-the-mainframe-mips-ibm-sells-are-linux/#comment-4 Dboyes Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:50:28 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/over-half-the-mainframe-mips-ibm-sells-are-linux/#comment-4 Couple of corrections: We at SNA participated in the Bigfoot port, but it was a community effort, not our project. Also, note that my comments address ALL of the specialty engine MIPS, not just IFLs. zIIPs and zAAPs cannot and do not run Linux (in fact, z/OS is the only operating system that can do anything at all with zIIPs and zAAPs). The point is that the relative percentage of new purchases is tipped *at the moment* toward the specialty engines, for purposes that I noted. The issue of the subcapacity engines is something that will come forward Real Soon Now -- the end is near for the Flexen, and I don't think IBM has anticipated that the workload for the smaller boxes will likely leave IBM platforms. It'll be interesting to see what happens. Couple of corrections:

We at SNA participated in the Bigfoot port, but it was a community effort, not our project.

Also, note that my comments address ALL of the specialty engine MIPS, not just IFLs. zIIPs and zAAPs cannot and do not run Linux (in fact, z/OS is the only operating system that can do anything at all with zIIPs and zAAPs). The point is that the relative percentage of new purchases is tipped *at the moment* toward the specialty engines, for purposes that I noted.

The issue of the subcapacity engines is something that will come forward Real Soon Now — the end is near for the Flexen, and I don’t think IBM has anticipated that the workload for the smaller boxes will likely leave IBM platforms. It’ll be interesting to see what happens.

]]> By: Markfontecchio http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/over-half-the-mainframe-mips-ibm-sells-are-linux/#comment-3 Markfontecchio Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:47:37 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/over-half-the-mainframe-mips-ibm-sells-are-linux/#comment-3 As a quick add to Matt's post, Jim Stallings (GM of System z) did say in June last year that the [A href="http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1269647,00.html"]number was 25%[/A]. Seeing as IBM is pushing the zLinux angle hard, I wouldn't be entirely surprised that it's gotten up to 50%, or is at least close to it. As a quick add to Matt’s post, Jim Stallings (GM of System z) did say in June last year that the number was 25%. Seeing as IBM is pushing the zLinux angle hard, I wouldn’t be entirely surprised that it’s gotten up to 50%, or is at least close to it.

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