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Re:IBM introduces z15 mainframe by copperx on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:17PM (#20977896)
> I have heard stories (from actual mainframers) about the sql-performance and key-value performance (read like mongodb) on these boxes that are eye-watering

Does that mean great or awful?

Re:IBM introduces z15 mainframe by GhettoMaestro on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:26PM (#20978314)
I assume he means that DB perf on mainframes are insane. That would make sense, given their low-latency architecture and I/O throughput capabilities.

I would love to see an article that breaks down clustering v. supercomputers v. mainframes in tangible use-cases. It is all a bit opaque to me where one officially starts and the other one(s) begin. As well as where (and to what degree) the value prop is of one versus the others.

I've heard folks say mainframes are just legacy stuff carried forward - I've heard others say they have specific use-cases that are not well solved by other current technologies (usually a cost of refactoring). That said, are there any current use-cases, where if I were to write code from ground zero, that are best solved on mainframe, hands down? That is my root question.

Re:IBM introduces z15 mainframe by svennek on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:42PM (#20978057)
Great... order of magnitude-ish higher than a really high end x86 box with pure flash storage...
Re:IBM introduces z15 mainframe by stjohnswarts on Sunday September 15, 2019 @03:39PM (#20979081)
It was so beautiful it made him cry. although eye-watering usually means something negative or stinky (like onions or a a particularly putrid fart)