Scott?s memory is faulty. :-) Take a look at IBM?s landing page for the IBM Integrated Accelerator for zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC):
https://www.ibm.com/support/z-content-solutions/compression/ In the ?How to get started? section you can click/tap on the various tabs to review popular features/software components that can exploit zEDC. These tabs are not exhaustive, but they cover the most popular exploiters. If you need to enable the priced optional zEDC feature for z/OS then that?ll be indicated on the respective tab. Software such as IBM Semeru (java.util.zip) that uses the zlib API does NOT require the priced optional zEDC feature. On those tabs you won?t see the ?Enabling the zEDC feature...? link. As far as the CPU-related implications, zEDC?s core principle (pun intended) is to improve processing efficiency and throughput. I think you?re going to appreciate the results. The IBM Z Batch Network Analyzer (zBNA) includes some functionality to estimate how much benefit you can get from zEDC for your existing workloads. ????? Timothy Sipples Senior Architect Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity IBM Z/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
