[geeks] Big Blue Smoke

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, alex j avriette wrote:

> > For instance, the claims that the z800 is a lot like the
> > previously announced Linux mainframe.  The z800 *IS* the
> > previously announced Linux mainframe.  And a z800 is an
> > incredibly cost-effective web server, based on the results
> > for real-world tests I've seen.  There is a lot of interest
> > in migrating to an S/390 web server from other platforms.
>
> um, help me out here. but isnt a pair (or quartet or octet or whatever)
> of netras and a load balancer a more cost effective and more scalable
> web server?

But a z800 will easily stomp 16 or 32 etc. Netras.  After a while, power
consumption and network management start to become problematic.

Peace...  Sridhar