Rob Berendt wrote: > Anyone got a ring to throw into whether or not it's best to run Linux or > AIX in an lpar on a System i to run TSM? > Linux sounds nice because of that word "free" that keeps floating around. > And, in theory, any script kiddie can download it and run it at home, thus > flooding the market with Linux talent. > Not really sure how much it would cost to add an AIX lpar to a 570-7748 > iSeries (software wise - I realize there will be considerations for RAID > controllers, etc). > > Of course the real question is: Is AIX that much more reliable to run TSM > on than Linux? >
I'd say the differences are minimal. I do like AIX stability under quite heavy load. But linux will probably be quite comparable. For 'linux' talen vs. AIX, I wouldn't worry to much. I've never had any more AIX training than Linux and Solaris and am doing quite ok ;-) > Rob Berendt > -- > Group Dekko Services, LLC > Dept 01.073 > PO Box 2000 > Dock 108 > 6928N 400E > Kendallville, IN 46755 > http://www.dekko.com -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 3000 Fax. +31 20 668 3167 PGP Key fingerprint: 6367 DFE9 5CBC 0737 7D16 B3F6 048A 02BF DC93 94EC "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams
