Is Linux moving to HP's NonStop (formerly known as Tandem) platform?

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
06/15/05
Today's focus: Is Linux moving to HP's NonStop (formerly known
as Tandem) platform?

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* HP hints at Red Hat Linux running native on HP NonStop servers
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Today's focus: Is Linux moving to HP's NonStop (formerly known
as Tandem) platform?

By Phil Hochmuth

While the loudest buzz in the operating system/hardware arena
has been the news of Apple's jump to Intel CPUs, another story
that may be of more interest to enterprise datacenter managers
involves two completely different operating system/CPU platforms
- Linux and HP's NonStop servers.

Earlier this month, HP hinted that Linux may be ported to the
server platform once known as Tandem, which HP inherited from
its acquisition of Compaq (which purchased Tandem the company in
1997 for $3 billion). Speaking at a recent Red Hat
customer/partner event, Martin Fink, the general manager of
Linux and open source business at HP, said: "Maybe one day
you'll actually see Red Hat Linux running native on NonStop" He
stopped short of saying the move would definitely happen.

HP has not formally committed to porting Linux to the NonStop
platform, which runs on RISC-based CPUs made by Silicon
Graphics. However, the vendor appears interested in running
Linux on NonStop servers along the same line that IBM has moved
its Linux operating system to run natively and as a virtual
partition on the Big Iron. HP has not said what form Linux on a
NonStop server might take - whether native, or virtual.

Many large companies such as retailer L.L. Bean, Citigroup,
Rubbermaid and countless others have made this jump, putting
virtual instances of Linux on IBM mainframes for server
consolidation. For longtime Tandem shops, the idea of running
Linux instances could be a useful tool for making use of extra
CPU cycles on an old Himalaya box. HP NonStop customers should
stay tuned to this development.

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Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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