IT complexity, in the form of server sprawl, has become epidemic in today’s business environment, and the primary remedy is consolidation. While a variety of options is available, System z and Linux offer a uniquely powerful and comprehensive solution for virtualizing, consolidating, managing and sharing resources with optimum efficiency.
It’s bigger, and smaller. As a larger scalable platform, Linux on System z can accommodate more applications, including technologies like Web 2.0 and Java. A single System z mainframe can scale up to millions of Web transactions per day, or scale out to manage tens to hundreds of virtual servers. Yet all this capacity comes in a smaller footprint, reducing space, energy and management costs.
Single-server simplicity. Having all your modern applications on the mainframe saves time as well as space. Through its advanced virtualization and automation features, System z allows you to achieve higher resource utilization, from a single point of control. With its faster provisioning capabilities, you can create and deploy virtual Linux servers in minutes rather than days, accelerating time to market. And communication among applications is smoother and faster on a single server.
Linux makes it easy to consolidate on System z. You can run multiple, heterogeneous workloads simultaneously and seamlessly, without cross-application conflict – resulting in higher quality of service.
Powerful results. Consider Bank of Russia’s transformation from more than 200 distributed servers to four IBM System z servers combining virtualized Linux applications with mainframe databases, saving an estimated $400 million per year and reducing technical staff by more than 80%. And the ultimate proof point: IBM’s own consolidation, which has reduced energy consumption by 80% and footprint by 85% with a System z/Linux solution.
While Linux brings advantages to all platforms, only Linux on System z adds the unrivaled core strengths of the mainframe. The ultimate result: better performance, higher efficiency, top-tier security, lower costs, and faster response to business needs.
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