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An integrated strategy for high application availability
High application availability and continuous operations are hallmarks of an on demand business environment. IBM System z hardware, firmware, operating system and middleware elements have been designed to work together closely to provide world-class application availability and disaster recovery capabilities. Whether you have a single-server, multi-server or multi-site environment, IBM System z servers can help meet your needs with an integrated and cohesive availability strategy.

To provide service at agreed-upon levels and mask outages from employees, partners and customers, your systems must be based on a shared view of data, geographical clusters and data mirroring. IBM System z servers, Parallel Sysplex data sharing and GDPS® architectures can deliver this operational environment.

The IBM TotalStorage Resiliency Family can further enhance the availability of your key applications with enterprise-strength disk, tape, storage software and services. And with intelligent management solutions from Tivoli software, you can look beyond individual components to achieve an integrated view, allowing you to proactively manage your IT systems for maximum business value.

The power of virtualization
Advanced virtualization technologies and heterogeneous workload management are also a critical part of the business resiliency strategy for IBM mainframe. As a growing number of elements in today's IT infrastructures can be virtualized on IBM System z or virtualized on IBM System z—including server images, I/O connectivity and even networking elements—the IBM mainframe platform is ideally positioned to handle everyday IT infrastructure dynamics as well as the occasional disasters that may occur.

Combine the mature disaster recovery techniques already in place at data centers today with IBM System z servers' advanced virtualization technologies, workload management capabilities and Capacity on Demand offerings, and you will have an outstanding environment that can deliver the ultimate in business resiliency.

Resources

	Business Continuity Considerations" (352KB) Put IBM's experience and expertise to work beside its hardware and software to help protect the short- and long-term health of your business. Get the details in this white paper.
	Resiliency with Linux and IBM System z" (375KB) This white paper explains how IBM mainframe servers running z/VM and Linux on IBM System z can provide important autonomic capabilities and rich functions to help make your technology responsive during outages.
	IBM mainframe and Business Continuity Availability is built into IBM System z technology, from redundancy and fault tolerance to strategic continuity management. Find out more.
	IBM GDPS business continuity solutions" (251KB) Today, an effective plan for business resilience has to include a plan for continuous business operations. And that means a plan for proactively managing the risks of any disruption to the availability of you critical systems and data. Learn more about what GDPS can offer.