Complex, Not Complicated
Published:
July 22 2009, 08:24 AM
by
Reg Harbeck
One of the many things I like about mainframes is how well they work together. Whether you're talking about a geographically distributed DR configuration (e.g. http://www.emc.com/products/detail/software/emc-geographically-dispersed-disaster-restart.htm), using the Coupling Facility to share data between images, or having a full MIMPlex and/or Sysplex environment, if you want to take your processing to the next level, you can bring multiple mainframes together in ways that are even more powerful and functional than a single mainframe.
That's such a great idea that it seemed appropriate to have a cartoon about it:
By: Reg Harbeck
Reg Harbeck is CA's Product Management Director for Mainframe Strategy. In the more than two decades since he received his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science he has worked with operating systems, networks, security and applications on mainframes, UNIX, Linux, Windows and other platforms. Reg...
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