any upgrade path for z9 currently? On 2/26/08, Timur Alpaslan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > As far as I'm aware of, these are the highlights. As you'll notice, > there's nothing wrong with z9, but the z10 Series is more energy efficient > with higher capacity and enhancements as you can read below. > > IBM recently announced the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class mainframe, the > cornerstone of the "New Enterprise Data Center." The z10 will > magnify on demand and always-available capabilities, enabling rapid > application > deployment and quick return on investment for the client. > z10 is 50 percent faster than z9, with 70 percent more capacity. > The z10 offers three times the memory of the z9. > z10 chip frequency is 2.6 times higher than z9. > z10 is equivalent to nearly 1,500 x86 servers, requires 85 percent less > space, consumes 85 percent less energy and provides 30 times the capacity. > z10 can run 100 percent of utilization rate 100 percent of the time, based > on demand. The z10 "stack" consists of much more than just a server. > This "stack" is built around services, systems management, software and > storage. It delivers a complete range of policy-driven functions to our > clients > including: > Authorization Management to authenticate and authorize who can access > specific business services and associated IT resources; > Utilization Management to drive maximum use of the system. Unlike other > classes of servers, z10 is designed to run at 100 percent of utilization > 100 > percent of the time, based on the varied demands of its users. > Just-in-time capacity to deliver additional processing power and capacity > when needed; and > Virtualization Security to enable clients to allocate resources on demand > without fear of security risks. Clients will find the linchpin of the New > Enterprise Data Center is Tivoli's > Service Management portfolio, which includes Tivoli's Service Management > Center > software. > The Service Management Center (ITSMCz) automates the management of complex > IT > disciplines, including storage, databases and new software deployments. It > also > addresses business mandates such as reducing IT costs, managing IT > operations > and regulatory and compliance requirements. > Visibility, control and automation are built into the ITSMCz. > Visibility – Clients have a single, integrated view of their critical > applications on their mainframe, showing the linkages between IT assets > and > business applications; > Control – Clients can customize their view to support such functions > as business services, services requests, finance, security, IT production, > support and operational control; and > Automation – Based on customer needs, ITSMCz combines process > automation software such as IBM Tivoli's Change and Configuration > Management > Database, Application Dependency Discovery Manager, Business Service > Manager and > Service Request Manager. > IBM's new version of its DS8000 disk solution, the DS8000 R3.1, has > updated > business continuity features that make the most of the new mainframe's > power. > Clients can address up to four times more information in their mainframe > environments with the DS8000 R3.1 than with any other storage system.Alsofor > the System z10, the IBM System Storage TS7700 Virtual Tape solution > delivers improved tape processing while supporting business continuity and > security through innovative enhancements. > > > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:28:36 +0800 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: IBM announced z10 ..why so fast...any problem on z 9 > > To: [email protected] > > > > Hi all, > > > > Anyone know why IBM announced z10 so fast...is there any problem on z9 > > because our shop migrated toz9 this week.... > > any big differences between z9 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >
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