When I began writing Hercules in May 1999, it was intended to be a system programmer’s plaything. Little did I expect that, 10 years later, and thanks to the power of open source, Hercules would have grown into a robust, production-capable platform comparable in performance to a low-end modern mainframe.
Filed under: Announcements, Commentary
This week the IBM faithful are gathered in Denver at the semi-annual SHARE Conference. I have been attending a cross section of sessions to get an overall idea of the state of the mainframe world today. What follows are some of the bits of information that I have gathered so far.
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“Be Prepared” applies as much to a good disaster recovery plan as it has ever applied to the Boy Scouts. One aspect of the preparation involves the generation and verification of an up-to-date set of backup tapes. This article explains the TurboHercules mechanisms for keeping your backup tapes and backup machine up-to-date and ready to go in the event of an outage of your mainframe.
Filed under: Tech Info, User Scenarios
In this section of the website, we will provide a place to post news and information of interest to the growing Hercules community.
Filed under: Announcements, Commentary, Tech Info, User Scenarios
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