7.6. Summary
On a zSeries machine, using LPAR and z/VM for Linux deployments presents a multitude of possibilities not available anywhere else. There can be substantial hardware and floor space savings from using virtualization technology on a zSeries machine. Virtualization technology gives you a flexible server farm environment that can be easily managed and changed in minutes with a few keystrokes.
The purpose of z/VM's efficient virtualization technology is to:
Allow operating systems to run almost as if they were running on the hardware.
Maximize the logical sharing of the physical resources such as CPU and central storage.
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