Re: IBM announced z10 ..why so fast...any problem on z 9
- From: marosg@xxxxxxxxx (Marian Gasparovic)
- Date: 26 Feb 2008 02:55:49 -0800
Hi Tommy.
There is nothing wrong with z9. If you buy a car and manufacturer
announces a new model, is there anything wrong with the old one ?
There is upgrade path from any z990 and z9 EC to any z10 EC.
Marian Gasparovic
IBM Slovakia
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Tommy Tsui <tommytsui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
any upgrade path for z9 currently?
On 2/26/08, Timur Alpaslan <timur_alpaslan@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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: tommytsui@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: IBM announced z10 ..why so fast...any problem on z 9
> > To: IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > 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
> >
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