SuSE Linux on S/390 availableNuermberg 31 Oct 2000 SuSE Linux announced the general availability of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390. SuSE's Linux distribution for the mainframe allows enterprise customers to scale Linux from PC clients to host systems.
With the general availability of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for
S/390,
SuSE supports more IBM server platforms than any other commercially
available Linux distribution. "It's great to have the SuSE Linux for
S/390 distribution generally available and ready for our customers to
put into production", said Nancy Roath, IBM Vice President Enterprise
Server Brand Marketing. "SuSE's Linux for S/390 and our S/390 and
zSeries servers together provide an industrial strength that's ready to
support mission critical server applications." SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 supports IBM's G5 and G6 servers
as well as the popular IBM Multiprise 3000. There are three methods for
installation of SuSE Linux. First, in a logical partition (LPAR).
Secondly, as a guest under the operating system VM (Virtual Machine),
and finally, within the Virtual Image Facility (VIF), which allows to
implement several thousand independent Linux images on one machine. SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 includes more than 700
application packages specifically tailored for the enterprise
environment. SuSE Linux S/390 also includes a rich set of support and
service options for any kind of enterprise needs, including
installation
planning, training, performance measurement and tuning.
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