[Info-vax] The Future of Server Hardware?

[Paul Sture]

In article 
<howard-40D070.12334402102012 at c-131-121-196-216.gonavy.usna.edu>,
 Howard S Shubs <howard at shubs.net> wrote:

> In article <k4f7pq$nis$1 at dont-email.me>,
>  Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Few folks will choose to run large-scale web servers and web sites on 
> > mainframes for that matter, though it is technically possible.  Other 
> > than those folks with very specific requirments or that have a 
> > willingness to spend far more money on iron than the average, that is.  
> 
> Or who happen to have the hardware sitting around idle, all depreciated.  
> Even then, I'd wonder about the environmental cost (power, cooling).

When we were considering moving to a mainframe circa 1979 we were 
offered an old 370 series machine.  It would have cost £100K a year just 
to run the computer room capable of housing that, so we said no thanks 
and got a new more efficient model.

-- 
Paul Sture