IBM introduces a hybrid mainframe for data center modernization

ZEnterprise The system can create connections to standard server environments. IBM promises 60 percent more power than the z10 at constant energy. The TCO will decrease by 55 percent.

IBM has introduced a new mainframe, it could modernize the data center: The "zEnterprise system should provide a link between mainframe and standard server environments. This extends IBM mainframe management tools to support Power7 and system X servers.

ZEnterprise IBM BladeCenter and IBM Extension Unified Resource Manager can distribute loads on the existing systems. For example, introduces IBM to make the zEnterprise systems to a control center virtualized data center.

Core of the bid is the server zEnterprise 196 with 96 processors, each clocked at 5.2 GHz. It can process 50 billion instructions per second. IBM promises particularly faster analysis.

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Hybrid Server zEnterprise (Image: IBM)

Compared to the previous IBM system z10 is zEnterprise that 60 percent faster, while the manufacturer to the energy consumption has held constant. Overall, the system will cost the companies by 40 percent and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) reduce by 55 percent.

The development was driven by 1.5 billion dollars in research funds. In addition, IBM has brought in his own words 30 advisory firms with more than 5,000 employees worldwide.

IBM’s new development could delay the long-predicted "death of the mainframe" again for decades. In particular, firms that mainframes for large-scale calculations using, for example in the financial sector are likely to feel addressed.

Parallel BMC Software has announced support for the hybrid system – in the form of tools for Business Service Management. BMC refers to the hybrid approach as a logical approach to systems together. Mainframe Department Bill Miller says: "The approach of IBM mainframe brings to the fore the opportunities that cloud computing promises. This could be far more than a traditional server and have a split personality, with its unparalleled scalability."

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