Moving from Mainframe to Linux: Are We Web Scale Yet?

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | 1:15PM–2:15PM CT | Board 304, Poster Area, Halls F1, F2, Level 3
Session Type: Poster Session
Delivery Format: Poster Session
University of Toronto's successful migration away from a single mainframe was accomplished with extensive planning, thorough analysis, and meticulous execution. This talk will address the steps taken to migrate our SIS and its associated applications from a mainframe into an n-tiered, securely architected enterprise systems supplemented by cloud services (for monitoring/scheduling).

Outcomes: Leverage our lessons learned from engaging in a large multidisciplinary transformation project * Better understand strategies for breaking down a large project into smaller pieces * Learn about the major technologies used to replace functionality on the mainframe

Presenters

  • Sarosh Jamal

    Infrastructure Architect, University of Toronto
  • Haroon Rafique

    Manager DevOps, University of Toronto

Resources & Downloads

  • Poster in PDF format

    Updated on 11/26/2019