Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design
by module0000 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:09AM
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"Similarly priced" means that's a lot of x86 servers.
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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design
by rbanffy on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:07AM
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You can get 8-way Xeon Platinum with tens of terabytes of memory that'll more closely mimic a mainframe. You probably won't be able to fit more than 3 in a rack and they will be hideously expensive (but, at least, will have hot-swappable storage and power supplies) and will be mostly air-cooled.