IBM launches LinuxONE: Linux-only Mainframe Systems
Aug 18, 2015
World's largest hardware supplier of mainframe computers IBM (International Business Machine) Corp. has launched two mainframe servers that run only on Linux operating system. IBM used RAS as a term to describe the strength of the mainframe computers; RSA stands for R eliability, A vailability, and S erviceability. However, IBM has now added a new feather to its mainframe servers in an effort to increase the open source software combined with mainframe hardware RAS. Dubbed LinuxONE , the new mainframe servers comes with two different flavors: LinuxONE Emperor for large enterprises and runs on the IBM z13 LinuxONE Rockhopper designed for mid-size businesses The IBM LinuxONE Emperor is capable of ultimate flexibility, scalability, performance and trust for business critical Linux applications whereas… The IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper offers all the same great capabilities, value and innovation of LinuxONE system with the flexibility of a small package with g...
