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The Wikipedia article [1] is a pretty good summary. The main advantages are basically very high IO throughput, very good fault tolerance, and very good backwar
by jlarocco 14y ago
The Wikipedia article [1] is a pretty good summary. The main advantages are basically very high IO throughput, very good fault tolerance, and very good backwards compatibility.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer#Characteristics