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They've reinvented the IBM Mainframe. Big rack-sized box with lots of redundant hardware that serves guest VMs. This is basically a zSeries in drag. The key di
by cstross 3y ago
They've reinvented the IBM Mainframe. Big rack-sized box with lots of redundant hardware that serves guest VMs. This is basically a zSeries in drag.
The key difference is the price structure -- IBM leases the hardware wherever they can get away with it, and uses a license manager to control how many of the machine's resources you can access (based on how much you can bear to pay). This, however, is like a mainframe you own.
- 0xbadcafebee 3y agoThis is exactly what it is, plus custom "cloud" software
- panick21_ 3y agoMainframes also do lots of other things that this doesn't really do. Like allowing you to pretend its a bunch of multi-core machines, or even a single one.