IBM's new mainframe fully adopts Linux

Article title: IBM's new mainframe fully adopts Linux. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

IBM is using Linux products to reduce host costs to improve competitiveness. At present, the Linux system lineup has been expanded to high-end x86 servers.

IBM usually chooses the SuSE and Red Hat systems of Novell, without the use of large host Systems z/OS, but still includes host Management Software and IBM z/Virtual Machine systems, together, they constitute IBM's new mainframe solutions, which are further considered a low-cost solution. The price of an enterprise-level server with a lower configuration can be reduced from 1 million to 10-20 million.

Analysts at Forrester Research said IBM has been working to reduce its large host software to save costs, including staff, energy and maintenance expenses, linux can effectively help the system cost of the mainframe lifecycle, and half of the growth in mainframe applications is attributed to Linux.