On 12 Feb 2012 11:10:08 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >As one of the two last sysprog's involved in the excessing of the NASA >"mainframe" we saw the results of the decision made many years ago to go with >the model of (cheaper???, smaller, better??? single server and virtual >servers) with all of the associated vulnerabilities and failures.
Depending on the problems to be solved, are the p series computers a better fit for what NASA is doing? For management functions a mainframe might be better but SAP runs on p as I recall. Given that I have used NASA goodies both on MVT and MVS, I hate to see this happen but it may be an intelligent decision. Clark Morris > > >*Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; >it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dave Day" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:39:27 AM >Subject: Re: NASA closes it's last mainframe > >All of the people entering the astronaut program now get an Ipod. :-P > >On 2/12/2012 12:35 PM, Scott Ford wrote: >> Very interesting , my late father had the option to see Houston Manned >> Spacecraft Center in the 70s or 80s. He worked for Unisys and their systems >> at that time were all Univac. Also around the same time Disneyworld was >> Unisys also. He has the option to go ack stage there also.. >> >> Now NASA is removing their mainframes, what are the replacing them with ? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> Scott Ford >> Senior Systems Engineer >> www.identityforge.com >> >> >> >> On Feb 12, 2012, at 9:29 AM, Matthew Donald<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>> This month marks the end of an era in NASA computing. Marshall Space >>>> Flight Center powered down NASAs last mainframe, the IBM Z9 Mainframe. >>>> For >>>> my millennial readers, I suppose that I should define what a mainframe is. >>>> Well, thats easier said than done, but here goes -- Its a big >>>> computer that is known for being reliable, highly available, secure, and >>>> powerful. They are best suited for applications that are more >>>> transaction oriented and require a lot of input/output that is, writing >>>> or reading from data storage devices. >>> >>> Read the full >>> article<http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/NASA-CIO-Blog/posts/post_1329017818806.html>[ >>> >>> blogs.nasa.gov] >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
