Nasa Shutdown last Mainframe End of Mainframe Era at NASA
Nasa Shutdown last Mainframe End of Mainframe Era at NASA
NASA has shut down its last mainframe
Saturday Linda Cureton wrote or posted on her NASA blog that
This month marks the end of an era in NASA computing. Marshall Space Flight Centre powered down NASA's last mainframe, the IBM Z9 Mainframe,"
Nearly all mainframes have the ability to run (or host) multiple operating systems, and thereby operate as a host of a collective of virtual machines.
Source –
http://blogs.nasa.gov
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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NASA has shut down its last mainframe
Saturday Linda Cureton wrote or posted on her NASA blog that
This month marks the end of an era in NASA computing. Marshall Space Flight Centre powered down NASA's last mainframe, the IBM Z9 Mainframe,"
Nearly all mainframes have the ability to run (or host) multiple operating systems, and thereby operate as a host of a collective of virtual machines.
Source –
http://blogs.nasa.gov
image source - wiki
Reality views by sm –
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tags – Mainframe NASA
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9 comments:
noo they will be missed
Mainframes run the world!
MAIN FRAMES RUN THE WORLD?iN THEIR ABSENCE ?
The life cycle of each product :)
dopdavid,thanks.
Omnislash,thanks.
veerubhai, thanks.
Rahul Bhatia, thanks.
Currently many other big companies are usign Mainframes.
Guess what, many major IT services companies employ 'software professionals' to work on this outdated technology. And our people are proud to call themselves as 'mainframe maintenance experts!'
Destination Infinity
@Destination Infinity
thanks.
i have been hearing a lot among IT professionals that the end of mainframes is near .. i guess they were right in some sense .. i could now see the beginning of the end!!!
@rahul aggarwal
thanks.Yes its the beginning of the end of mainframe era.