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Being up to the minute in terms of clock speed doesn't matter that much when, for example, DB2 on the AS/400/iSystem has a much higher latency and handle much l
by bluepizza 3y ago
Being up to the minute in terms of clock speed doesn't matter that much when, for example, DB2 on the AS/400/iSystem has a much higher latency and handle much less requests per second than an equivalent Xeon.
Replacing failing RAM sticks live are also something that, while quite cool and impressive, it happens to be quite pointless in today's world of clusters.
Current AS/400 is almost retrofuturistic in both its cool factor and disconnection from current actual needs.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI’ll maintain that Kubernetes makes Parallel Sysplex look user friendly.
- rbanffy 3y agoThis is one of the mainframe's key selling points. Not that I am implying z/VM is user friendly. But instead of managing a fleet of x86 servers, switches, routers, storage boxes (you may need a few of those), all liable to fail without warning, you have an exquisitely built datacenter that fits in half-a-dozen 19" racks (counting 2 for storage) where redundancy, failover, and easy maintenance are built-in at the hardware level.
- pjmlp 3y agoKubernetes makes WebSphere 5 look user friendly, disregarding 6.x improvements on purpose.