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Would it be feasible to say, install Kubernetes? I've read that a lot of what made zSeries "special" was that they had special purpose chips for a lot of thing
by saganus 11y ago
Would it be feasible to say, install Kubernetes?
I've read that a lot of what made zSeries "special" was that they had special purpose chips for a lot of things, from I/O to encryption and other stuff (not really well versed in the area so please correct me if I'm wrong).
Not sure how many of those special features you can use if you use Linux instead of z/OS, but could it be in principle something tractable or not even close?=
- kjs3 11y agoI suppose you can load whatever Linux thingy you want that has a port (I've never tried Kubernetes). That said, the thing that makes machines like this "special" is the aggregate throughput and availability you can get out of them (the dedicated processors are part of that). To really unlock that, you do want to run z/OS and it's tools, and then run things like Linux on top of that. It's more complicated than "this is just another kind of Linux box".