RFG believes enterprises must consolidate data center servers to enterprise-class servers such as a mainframe or a Superdome to satisfy the business demands for greater availability, enhanced business continuity, improved flexibility, energy efficiency, cost reductions, and increased productivity.
Consolidation and virtualization are mainstream concepts today as is the desire for energy efficiency. As part of these initiatives the notion of moving Linux from x86-based servers to a mainframe Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) or an enterprise server is an option being pursued by many enterprises.
But before any target platform is selected, IT executives should carefully evaluate whether an IBM mainframe IFL or an enterprise server such as the HP Superdome is the best business choice for the applications being re-hosted.
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