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IBM’s latest mainframe, the z10 Enterprise Class (EC) doesn’t compare well to the BMW Z10 when it comes to acceleration, cornering or cup holders. But the IBM machine stands out in terms of processing power, security and availability. Further, the System z10 is designed to reduce energy usage and save floor space when engaged in server consolidation. Specialty processing engines expand the use of the mainframe for a broader set of applications

“The new z10 was a $1.5 billion investment, which took five years to develop with a global team of more than 5,000 technical professionals,” said Joe Doria, director of System z global marketing at IBM (Armonk, N.Y.). “The z10 with z/VM and Linux can result in a total cost savings of 74 percent, energy savings of 81 percent, people savings of 93 percent, software savings of 81 percent, and it reduces the number of engines/cores by 91 percent as compared to x86-based servers with VMware.”

Check out this interesting article about IBM’s mainframe the Z10 Enterprise EC. It’s an interesting read, the mainframe could be coming back online as more people abstract the application from the infrastructure, the prospect that I could have a mainframe host my Linux machines is very very cool.

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