Linux news

2007 07 03

Linux on the Mainframe Revisited

Mainframes, IFL, and Linux

The IFL, or integrated facility for Linux, is a mainframe CPU license that's limited to running Linux. [...] Since both SPARC and x86 servers are considerably cheaper even than the p550Q, the question to ask isn't whether you can run Linux on the mainframe, but whether you can get the 92.5% discount you'll need from both IBM and Novell for this to make sense.

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Related: Linux drives a mainframe revival

Linux may not be everyone?s idea of a mainframe operating system, but for a growing number of large and medium-sized businesses the synergy between Linux and big iron is the solution to as ignificant problem.

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Mainframe in comeback mode

We have over 1,300 independent software vendors who work with the Mainframe. We have 300 to 400 in the Linux arena. We have many business partners and some integrators too, that we work with.

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IBM and Oracle Agreement Strengthens Mainframe Computing, IDC Says

IBM and Oracle announced this initiative to collaborate on the sales and marketing of a series of enterprise business solutions with Oracle applications and technology for Linux on System z on October 24, 2006. It targets the business requirements of large and medium size enterprise customers and meets growing marketd emand, complementing a series of investments IBM and Oracle have made in support of Linux as an enterprise application platform.

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Linux-on-Mainframe Apps Up 100%: IBM

IBM recently reported a 390% jump in mainframe sites running Linux. It says more than 60% of its mainframe revenue is now coming from new workloads, with approximately 20% of the revenue and 30% of the MIPS coming from Linux customers, which is what has the ISVs interested.

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IBM touts mainframes to India

It wants large and mid-sized companies to consider running Linux virtual machines on a mainframe instead of stand-alone servers. It argues that not only does it bring operational efficiency - there's just one machine to house and manage - but it has performance advantages too, as a mainframe copes with demand spikes better than a rack-mount server

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