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Advantages of a Dynamic Infrastructure: A Closer Look at Private Cloud TCO (171KB)
This paper examines the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for a dynamic infrastructure built around private cloud services and compares it to public cloud alternatives as well as conventional one-application-per-distributed server models.
A Benchmark Study on Virtualization Platforms for Private Clouds (834KB)
This paper describes a technical study that compares different virtualization platforms for implementing a private cloud. How many server workloads can be consolidated onto a given virtualization platform? The number of workloads you can consolidate dictate what cost savings can be achieved with the cloud model.
IBM System z: The Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform? (153KB)
With the current economic headwind, virtualization initiatives are one of the few IT priorities actually getting a fair share of IT spending. The IBM System z platform has some unique characteristics that make it the ideal candidate for today’s modern applications.
Extend the Value of the Mainframe for Collaboration(172KB)
The paper discusses how well Lotus and System z are making beautiful technology together! Run the Lotus Domino 8.5 solution on System z and achieve collaboration and e-mail at lower cost. Read how System z can help you consolidate an additional type of workload - Office Systems.
How to Architect z/VM and Linux for WebSphere V7 on System z(285KB)
This paper introduces a methodology for setting up the infrastructure for WebSphere applications to run efficiently on Linux for System z. It concentrates on the memory calculation needed for the Linux systems, and how to allocate that memory to VM and Linux.
Using IBM Mainframe Virtualization and Linux to Consolidate Servers(84KB)
This paper describes IBM mainframe hardware and IBM mainframe virtualization capabilities, as well as applications that run on System z Linux and systems management advantages of the mainframe environment. Read about additional examples of savings in cost of ownership and operation, and customers who benefited from using Linux on the IBM Mainframe to resolve business problems.
IBM Life Insurance Solutions Showcase Brochure (537KB)
The IBM Life Insurance Core System Solutions are a structured approach for carriers to develop and execute a strategy to modernize, transform and manage the primary life insurance systems. Learn about the role that Linux on System z is playing within this infrastructure solution.
High Availability Architectures for Linux on IBM System z(345KB)
This paper combines the efforts and talents of the IBM System z New Technology Center, the eServer High Availability Center of Competence, and Linux on System z Integration Test to produce a set of reference architectures that provide High Availability for applications running on Linux for System z.
Providing Linux 2.6 support for the System z platform (819KB)
This paper describes the experiences of the Linux on System z team at the IBM Linux Technology Center in upgrading the support for the System z platform when migrating from Linux 2.4 to Linux 2.6.
Linux on zSeries Security (733KB)
Comprehensive overview on a complete and cost-effective security infrastructure for the Linux environment, describing the products and service offerings of IBM and its partners.
Linux Security: Exploring Open Source Security for a Linux Server Environment(1.4MB)
This paper provides an overview of a study conducted by the Linux Test and Integration Center to deploy and compare various open source security tools. Solution recommendations based on installing, using, and testing these open source security tools in an end-to-end security solution are documented along with details of product implementation.
