By introducing the IBM System z9 Business Class (BC) server running Linux under z/VM it allowed the existing IBM System z 890 server to be moved to a second site. The BC now runs more than 40 enterprise applications on Linux virtual servers across the two mainframes, implemented as well are two IBM TotalStorage DS6800 servers and IBM Metro Mirror software.
BT have consolidated their mainframe environment from four machines in four data centres to two IBM System z9 Enterprise Class servers in each of two data centres; with four IBM TotalStorage DS8300 enterprise disk systems for mainframe data storage; IBM Extended Remote Copy (XRC) and OMEGAMON software.
The strategic migration of their mainframe environments to three IBM System z platforms ensured greater flexibility and performance. Also adding a fourth System z platform with Capacity Backup Upgrade, allowed for low-cost enterprise-class disaster recovery.
First National Bank of Omaha (US)
First National Bank of Omaha takes a distributed environment back to the mainframe and gains reliability, scalability and a simplified infrastructure.
