Re: Inside an IBM z17

Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

But they do still suffer the latencies from a platform optimized for batch
rather than interactive operation, don’t they.

No, this isn't 1965 any longer.  These are realtime transaction processing
systems.  You _can_ run batch stuff on VM/CMS too, and the batch jobs
coexist well with the transaction load taking priority of both CPU and
the I/O mechanisms.  The ability to manage I/O load dynamically is a big
deal.
--scott
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