Impact of Linux on S/390 Positioning

AND....Linux capability reduces porting costs, removes scaling issues in some applications, and reduces cost of acquisition. Therefore, applications move to S/390 more easily.

Workload

Not a viable port

Performance

Issues

Depends on Porting Cost

Need S/390 to Scale

Data Intense

CPU Intense

# UNIX Applications

USS Only

With Linux

Process Model

Thread Model

Object Model

Data Sharing

BI

BI Parallel

Super Computer

OLTP

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