[PLUG] Maybe OT - "Supported" Unix on Intel

["John Voris" <jvoris@axs2000.net>]

> Message: 12
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:37:59 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Maybe OT - "Supported" Unix on Intel
> CPUs? From: "Michael Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com> To:
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> 
> William H. Magill said:
> >
> > As for supported Linux -- Compaq and IBM are your only vendors of
> > choice. They both sell both hardware and software as well as support
> > in the linux space aimed directly at Enterprise Computing.
> > (www.compaq.com/linux), (www.ibm.com/linux).
> 
> > Only on their own hardware, I believe.
> 
> All IBM product lines now run LINUX in partitions of DASD and Memory
> (Red Hat is the most popular choice . .  so you have the option of
> getting LINUX on your 390 Mainframe, AS400, RS/6000 or the PC Server
> Netfinity/Aptiva line (which have all been now rebranded ZSeries,
> iSeries, pSeries and xSeries).
> 
> And yes, the iSeries and pSeries are 64 bit.  So if you have need for 
> a mixture of boxes, then IBM can give you a nice consolidation on 
> hardware. . .  For instance, the iSeries (AS400) has fibre optic 
> cable out to Netfinity servers for PC boxes, but the backup and mgmt 
> is done thru iSeries GUI screens, and LINUX partitions of memory 
> chips and drives is done on the native iSeries AS400.  A slick 
> solutions and great uptime stats doing this.
> 
> 

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