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z/VM resources for Linux on IBM System z


 
IBM System z customers can enjoy the benefits of running Linux in virtual machines on IBM System z.

z/VM supports one of the world's leading Open Source operating systems, Linux, on the mainframe. Within the VM environment, Linux images benefit from the ability to share hardware and software resources and use internal high-speed communications. While benefiting from the reliability, availability and serviceability of IBM System z servers, z/VM V5.3 offers an ideal platform for consolidating select UNIX™, Windows™, and Linux workloads on a single physical server which allows you to run hundreds to thousands of Linux images. z/VM V5 uses an engine-based Value Unit pricing which is designed to provide a decreasing price curve as hardware capacities and workload grow, which may help improve price/performance.

With 35-plus years of guest support enhancements, z/VM offers customers a functionally-rich environment for running Linux on IBM System z. (Read the Linux for S/390 case study.)

Linux on IBM System z with z/VM - an updated two-page flyer that describes System z, z/VM and the benefits of virtualization for infrastructure simplification. PDF (Feb. 2008)

Linux on z/VM for Net-New and New Workloads - a two-page flyer about Mainframe New Realities about Linux Delivery that Weds the Best of Both Worlds PDF (Oct. 2007)

Instead of building their own Linux system (see IBM developerWorks) , most people obtain a pre-built commercial distribution of Linux. See also the IBM tested Linux environments for System z.

z/VM: Getting Started with Linux on System z PDF Updated 05-2007

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IBM System z
Linux community
Linux-390 discussion list to interact with the Linux on System z community
LinuxVM.org resources
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IBM established a Community Development System for Linux
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