From Redbook SG24-8259-00 and from my initial cursory glance did not see any other hardware specific requirement(s).
The solution is a combination of the zEDC capability in IBM z/OS V2.1 and the zEDC Express hardware feature (FC# 0420, see Figure 1-1) available from zEC12 general availability (GA2). Thanks, Rob Jackson [email protected] [email protected] Office: 1-877-897-0598 ext. 10462 Cell: (615) 689-1435 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 10:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: zEDC Is there any hardware dependencies, like IBM Hardware only or can it be on any vendor DASD hardware? Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jackson, Robin W. Contractor > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 8:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: zEDC > > I am a proponent of zEDC and would recommend to management enabling > this feature, (which is presently configured 'FEATURENAME(zEDC) > STATE(DISABLED)' > in IFAPRD00. > > My question relative to this issue would be my ability to present to > management a position that would demonstrate the comparison cost > savings relative to the 'zEDC' cost(s). > > Any suggestions? I have considered running this by Cheryl Watson. > > Thanks, > > Rob Jackson > [email protected] > [email protected] > Office: 1-877-897-0598 ext. 10462 > Cell: (615) 689-1435 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Scott Barry > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: zEDC > > Yes, a client we support is seeing very positive results, exploiting > zEDC data-compression (up to 8-to-1) with SMF LOGSTREAMs and > sequential datasets; just now starting to investigate DFHSM > opportunities. Important to stay current on IBM z/OS maintenance -- > most recent was a nagging S002-F6 intermittent ABEND which was corrected with > maintenance. > > Scott Barry > SBBWorks, Inc. > > > On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:38:50 +0000, Phillips, Thomas > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Is anyone using the new zEDC cards in a production environment? We > >are > running z13's with z/OS 2.1. > > > >Feel free to contact me offline, if you'd like. > > > >Thanks, > >Tom Phillips > >Principal Financial Group > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
