What's the price tag for innovation? That depends on the servers you choose. Distributed or mainframe technology, you have to look beyond purchase price to total cost of ownership and throughput. Do your servers give you plenty of muscle and security, or does adding new capabilities chip away at your capacity and increase risk? If server migration is on your to-do list, there's an easy and cost-effective way to swap chaos and complexity for flexibility and control.
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Featured System z offerings
IBM System z9 EC - z9 EC (2094) Enterprise Class
- Superscalar server
- Five models—up to 54-way
- Granular offerings
- Specialty engines
- Up to 60 partitions
- Supports z/OS, z/VM®, z/VSE™, TPF, z/TPF, Linux
- Ideal for large and distributed global enterprises
IBM System z9 BC - z BC (2096) Business Class
- Superscalar server
- Two models—Seven configurable Plus
- Extreme granularity
- Specialty engines
- Security: DES, AES, SHA-256, PRNG, SSL, TKE, EAL5 Certified, Cryptographic accelerators/coprocessors
- Up to 30 partitions
- Supports z/OS, z/OS.e, z/VM, z/VSE, TPF, z/TPF, Linux
- Ideal for mid-sized businesses
