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IBM System z Functional Matrix
Last updated, October 2009
This multi-page document compares the functional capabilities between the 9672 G5/6, z800, z900, z890, z990, the z9 EC and the z9 BC.

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IBM System z10 FICON Express8 FCP Channel Performance Report
Last updated, September 2009
For detailed information on Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) on System z10 comparing FICON Express8 and FICON Express4.

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Achieving business resilience through integrated systems management
Last updated, September 2009
This white paper describes how IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V4.1 can help users achieve business resilience. It describes the product's numerous enhancements, including improved instrumentation, which allows users to proactively predict and adapt to future needs.

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Taking back control through data governance: Leveraging IBM System z
Last updated, July 2009
IBM provides hardware, software, services and knowledge to deliver end-to-end data governance solutions based on the work of the IBM Data Governance Council. IBM System z capabilities further enhance data governance security, policies, and data management.

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RRS / IMS Diagnostic and Recovery Procedures for Sysplex Cascaded Transactions
Last updated, June 2009
This paper is intended to help customers identify what the problem is, the system(s) involved, the documentation to obtain, and the actions to take to recover transaction processing.

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GDPS/PPRC 100Km Distance Testing
Last updated, June 2009
This report documents the results of studies done to measure the effect of distance on a workload with the disk being synchronously remote copied and managed by GDPS/PPRC.

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Maximizing system performance with compilers for IBM System z
Last updated, April 2009
This paper discusses the features and benefits of IBM's C/C++, COBOL and PL/I compiler products for the IBM z/OS platform. These flexible tools provide portability and reliability and enable organizations to modernize legacy applications and maximize application performance.

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System - Managed CF Structure Duplexing
Last updated, April 2009
This paper compares characteristics of Internal vs Stand-alone CF and using Duplexing. It also looks at CF structure placement requirements.

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IBM System z: The Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform?
Last updated, March 2009
As the IT world prepares for cost cutting in 2009, server virtualization seems like one of the few technologies bound for continued growth and success. The IBM System z may be the best enterprise-class virtualization platform available today.

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GDPS: The Enterprise Continuous Availability / Disaster Recovery Solution
Last updated, March 2009
This 31-page technical document describes what GDPS is at a high level, its capabilities, business value, and latest enhancements. It was updated for GDPS V3.4.

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z/VM and Xen Virtualization Performance
Last updated, February 2009
There are many virtualization techniques in the market for various platforms. For these tests, we wanted to compare the z/VM virtualization product to the Xen virtualization product.

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GDOC Geographically Dispersed Open Clusters Providing Continuous Availability and Disaster Recovery for distributed Systems (Methodology Adapted for Symantec Storage Foundation HA/DR Technology)
Last updated, February 2009
Geographically Dispersed Open Clusters (GDOC) is a high availability and disaster recovery solution for highly critical applications with aggressive recovery point and recovery time objectives.

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Extend the Value of the Mainframe for Collaboration Lotus Domino on System z
Last updated, February 2009
In the effort to reduce costs associated with email and collaboration companies should consider consolidation of mail and collaboration environments as they have done with other distributed servers.

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How to - Share a WebSphere Application Server V6.1 installation among many Linux for IBM System z systems
Last updated, January 2009
This document describes a process that enables you to share one installation of WebSphere Application Server among many Linux guests running under z/VM. This is an update to the previous version of this document, which covered WebSphere v6.0.x.

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IBM Enterprise Content Management on IBM System z
Last updated, December 2008
Enterprise Content Management software transforms business processes, manages all forms of information, and secures information to meet compliance needs. ECM solutions Content Manager, CM OnDemand, and ImagePlus provide world-class ECM capabilities for the IBM System z.

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Tuning WebSphere Application Server Cluster with Caching
Last updated, December 2008
This paper analyzes parameter and configuration variations in a WebSphere Application Server cluster running the Trade workload when caching is enabled. We used a secure environment with a DMZ to protect the application servers against an uncontrolled external zone.

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Managing 21st Century Business and Technology Innovation: Core Banking Transformation with System z
Last updated, December 2007
This paper explores how the IBM System z mainframe platform helps enable the growth, resilience and efficiency goals of banks. Emphasis is placed on the recognition that technology, specifically IBM's System z, will be a critical element of success.

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Large Memory Performance Studies
Last updated, December 2007
This paper describes the performance benefits of configuring and using more real storage. This information is based on IBM experiences with several internal performance studies using z/OS 1.8, WebSphere V6.1 and DB2 for z/OS V.8 at IBM internal lab sites.

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Using IBM Mainframe Virtualization and Linux to Consolidate Servers
Last updated, August 2007
This paper is written for people who are not familiar with the IBM mainframe and describes mainframe hardware, virtualization and systems management advantages of the mainframe relating to applications that often run on Linux on the mainframe.

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Parallel Sysplex Cluster Technology
Last updated, July 2007
This 19 page document describes at a high level Parallel Sysplex clustering technology and business value.

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