migration from mainframe to web

[Michael]

I'd want one to run my web stuff on except the electricity bill is
probably more than I make per month. :)

I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minute of it.

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Brian Densmore wrote:

> Yeah, I was wondering why he wanted to migrate off an S/390
> myself. Just load up a couple of Linux VMs: one with the insecure data,
> one running the secure server, and heck throw in one running the db
> backend ,
> and maybe one that holds the secure keys. I'd recommend postgres though
> for the
> db. It will scale much better than MySQL. It has more capabilities and
> is faster,
> too. Not that MySQL isn't a great db, and getter better all the time.
> One nice
> benefit here is you could have a three more VMs sitting there ready to
> go in case
> on went down for whatever reason. You could probably also have some
> technique to
> make sure you also have a "hot standby" sitting out there on the S/390.
> Talk about
> your redundant failsafe webserver. True this isn't something to include
> as part of
> a DR plan, but it would make the webserver more resilient.
>
> Damn, I wish I had an S/390 to run my web services on.
>
> Brian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Herrmann [mailto:JimH at ItDepends.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:36 PM
> > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: Re: migration from mainframe to web
> >
> >
> > According to Gartner Group. If you have more than about 50
> > users, you're
> > already on the cheapest TCO platforms.  Especially if you
> > already have the
> > infrastructure in place.  I suggest either Websphere for 390,
> > or a zLinux
> > partition under VM, then run apache, et al.  "Need for the
> > web accessability"
> > no longer rules out mainframes.  It's the most secure and
> > reliable box you
> > can use.
> >
> > On Monday 03 June 2002 07:33 pm, kool dude wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > > I'm currently working on a enterprise data system
> > > housed on s/390 with OS/390.We're currently planning
> > > to make it web accessible with plans of moving it from
> > > main frame because of the high costs and the need for
> > > the web accessebility.Any suggestion about how we
> > > could use linux for this.Any help would be greately
> > > appreciated.
> > > Thanks
> > > Mark
> > >
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