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Hi folks, |
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after reading several articles about Mainframes and similar archs |
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(even ancient ones like B7000), I wonder if Linux world could |
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learn something from there. |
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One very interesting point (IMHO) is the storage abstraction. |
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AFAIK, Mainframes work on one large virtual memory (disks for |
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swapping out RAM, tapes for swapping out disks, etc). |
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This way you just allocate some piece of space (like some virtual |
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partition) to an application (of guest). If you need more space, |
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just plug in more disks and the OS will handle all this automatically. |
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I'm currently planning to implement an similar approach for Linux |
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(at least virtual block devices). |
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What do you think about this ? |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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