Basically, running FBA storage restricts you to running z/VM and z/VSE, and possibly z/Linux (I've never run it on FBA, but there's no particular reason it wouldn't work). z/OS requires CKD DASD.
Learning experience? Absolutely! I want to get a z/Series myself, but there's a tradeoff there...in particular, I don't think I could manage 3-phase power. On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 4:43 PM Enzo D'Amato <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. I am a US high school student who is seriously considering > acquiring a z114 mainframe. I have found a listing selling one for a price > that I think is reasonable, and I have determined that I can meet the > space, transportation and power requirements for the machine. I did however > have one question before I continued. I know in Connor Krukosky's talk, his > biggest issue was finding DASD for the machine. I have looked, and it > appears that proper ficon DASD is still rare. My situation is not quite as > significant as Connor's , as my machine has SCSI IPL as a native feature. > Despite this, I wanted to know if anyone here could give some advice on the > topic. Would the machine still provide a good learning experience with just > FBA storage? > > Thank you for any information that you can provide > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
