Enzo D'Amato wrote: >I think that it's very good that we now have something like the >multiprise 3000 back again.
Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >IMHO "back again" is not correct.... I assume Enzo's point is that IBM hasn't offered a physical model mainframe in less than a single frame form factor for many, many years. Until now. Prior to the IBM z16 AGZ (and LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 AGL) the physically smallest mainframe required a whole rack footprint, a rack that IBM supplied. Now it doesn't; the physical dimensions are much smaller. There was some significant progress in recent years to pave the way for these rack mount models. One big change was between the IBM z13s/LinuxONE Rockhopper I and the IBM z14 ZR1/LinuxONE Rockhopper II. In that model cycle IBM reduced the frame size significantly, converging on the industry standard 19 inch rack size. And those models (and the IBM z15/LinuxONE III LT2) also have some optional internal mounting space for a few use cases. As a notable example, you can equip those models with internal ECKD storage (IBM DS8910F). But I agree with Enzo that these new rack mount models available in most countries are attractive. They open up some interesting new deployment options. — — — — — Timothy Sipples Senior Architect Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
