The Best Mainframe in the world just got a whole lot better!
If anyone has any doubt that the mainframe is more relevant today than it has ever been, one only needs to look at the technology pages today and read about the latest and greatest IBM mainframe. The new zEnterprise mainframe is touted as the most powerful mainframe, 40% to 60% faster than the z10, and more cost efficient than any previous model. Developed over the last three years with the collaboration of over 30 of IBM’s top customers and $1.5 billion in R&D dollars, this new model will fundamentally change the landscape in the datacenter. The workloads on the mainframe, Power 7, and System x blade servers can now share resources and can be managed as a single virtualized system. The goal of this platform is to bring the disparate silos of information together under an integrated umbrella by managing up to 100,000 virtualized servers as a single system. In addition to the added processing capabilities, the zEnterprise system has a water cooled option that could reduce energy consumption by up to 12%.
Martin Kennedy, MD, enterprise system infrastructure, Citi, says: “The new IBM zEnterprise System represents a potentially revolutionary change to the platform and the next phase in the evolution of highly efficient, scalable processing opening up the possibility of hosting entire workloads on a single highly integrated system.”
By enabling companies to manage workloads across systems as one, the zEnterprise System can drive up to 40% lower acquisition costs and reduce cost of ownership by 55%, says the vendor while also helping to make significant energy savings.
“As one of America’s greenest banks we plan to take full advantage of the additional capacity and advanced power and cooling capabilities unique to zEnterprise. Citi’s unified technology decision making model and its recent efforts to gain efficiencies prepared us to invest in these innovative technologies that benefit our clients,” concludes Kennedy.
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