NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
08/04/05
Today's focus: IBM's latest mainframe sets new high-water mark
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* IBM's Series z9 mainframe
* Links related to Servers
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: IBM's latest mainframe sets new high-water mark
By Deni Connor
IBM last week exceeded everyone's expectations with a new
mainframe that is twice as fast as the T-Rex that preceded it.
The z9 took 5,000 engineers three years and $1.2 billion to
build - something that only a company with the sheer size of IBM
can do. The z9
<http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/systems/systemz9/z9109/> lets
customers consolidate workloads onto a single machine that can
process a billion transactions a day.
"IBM's new z9 systems suggest there is far more life left in the
zSeries beast than its detractors claim," says Charles King,
principal analyst with Pund-IT Research.
The z9 has double the performance of the T-Rex zSeries z990
mainframe, which was introduced two years ago. It can run Linux
and z/OS 1.7 operating systems and supports Java-based
applications. For more info, see:
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072605-ibm-z9.html?rl>
The new mainframe will also run IBM's new Virtualization Engine
2.0, which allows users to create hundreds of virtual servers on
a single system. It can be carved up into as many as 60 logical
hardware partitions so customers can run Java and Linux
applications on the same machine.
"Virtualization represents one of the most significant
achievements in IT during the last few years - that is,
virtualization of IT resources, not just CPU cycles, but memory,
storage, networking, and increasingly just about everything else
IT," says Clay Rider, president of the Sageza Group.
The z9 also has double the memory of the z990, allowing it to
support large-scale transaction-intensive environments. It is a
54-way box, which gives it twice the system capacity
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2003/0526trex.html?rl> of the
z990.
Rider praises IBM's advances.
"The announcement is prime example of what can happen when a
vendor has money and decides to invest it in R&D," says Rider in
a research note. "A billion dollars or so later and suddenly
there is a computer that out-performs, 2 to 1, one of the
biggest, baddest systems ever, the T-Rex."
The System z9 109 is available in five models ranging between
one and 54 processors. Four models with one to 38 processors are
expected to be available in September; the highest-capacity
model is expected to be available in November.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats
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2. Gartner: Bank card fraud too easy for phishers
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3. BellSouth cuts DSL pricing
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers4439>
4. Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers4440>
5. Google now a hacker's tool
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers4441>
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To contact: Deni Connor
Deni Connor is a Senior Editor at Network World covering
storage, Unix, Novell, Macintosh and IT in Healthcare. You can
reach her at <mailto:dconnor@nww.com>.
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This newsletter is sponsored by Ciena
NetworkWorld Special Report - The Adaptive WAN: The factors
driving WAN evolution
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demands on the enterprise WAN. This NetworkWorld Special Report
explores some of the key business and technology trends that are
driving and enabling the evolution of the enterprise WAN and how
the enterprise WAN can become adaptive to support these trends.
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