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Re:IBM z14 mainframe by cyphar on Monday July 17, 2017 @09:24AM (#14788245)
Very.

They are also built like a tank, and have so many levels of redudancy and reporting that if any component breaks in your machine they guarantee there won't be any downtime (and a technician is dispatched to fix it automatically). That includes things like CPU cache line bridges, complete cooling failures, storage failures, etc. Also they guarantee that every new version of the mainframe will not increase power consumption (which is absolutely insane).

Oh, and the bill will make you dizzy.

Re:IBM z14 mainframe by coldcode on Monday July 17, 2017 @10:15AM (#14788652)
If you get dizzy from the bill you can't afford one. Personally I think they come with technicians living inside.
Re:IBM z14 mainframe by hal007 on Monday July 17, 2017 @11:25AM (#14789407)
They also ship with a small eolic propeller and the case is made with photovoltaic cells. All in case of power shortage. And of course the case contains few pigeons for ip over avian carriers in case of network shortage.
Re:IBM z14 mainframe by cyphar on Monday July 17, 2017 @12:06PM (#14789798)
I would not be surprised if that were the case. They might even start doing IP-over-technician while they repair the problem with avian flu that spiked the packet loss in the ip-over-carrier-pidgeon channel.