IBM ZSERIES 890 - Manual (Page 4)

of servers that feature enhanced
performance, support for zSeries
Parallel Sysplex clustering, improved
hardware management controls and
innovative functions to address
e-business processing. The z890 may
be configured with an Internal
Coupling Facility (ICF) processor that
can be integrated with other central
processors or configured standalone
to allow the z890 to run as a
Coupling Facility.
The zSeries is designed to deliver a
high level of application availability in
response to today’s on demand
environment. It offers technology for
high reliability and is endowed with
self-healing, self-managing features
so your system can fine-tune itself in
key areas to help provide optimised
performance. Fault avoidance and
tolerance design features can help
minimise business disruptions and
permit concurrent maintenance
and repairs.
The IBM
^ Capacity Upgrade
on Demand 1 allows for the addition of
one or more Central Processors
(CPs), ICFs, Integrated Facility for
Linux (IFLs), and/or zAAPs to
increase your server resources when
you need them.
The IBM
^ On/Off Capacity
on Demand 1 capability of the z890 is
designed to provide even greater
flexibility by allowing you to turn on
temporary capacity resources at busy
times of the year and then turn them
back off when they’re no longer
needed. This can give you
exceptional control over costs
while you meet your dynamic
capacity needs.
The z890 processors can provide
reserved emergency backup CPU
capacity through their Capacity
BackUp 1 feature. This feature gives
extra capacity to your operation in
emergency situations where you have
lost capacity in another part of your
establishment and need to recover
capacity on a designated
z890 system.
* Additional terms and conditions apply.
Pay for what you use
The z890 and the z/OS or z/OS.e
operating systems can be a powerful
combination in helping to reduce
computing costs by leveraging the
sub-capacity benefits of Entry
Workload License Charges (EWLC).
Subcapacity EWLC aligns IBM
monthly license charge software
charges with the utilisation of an LPAR
or LPARs where a software product
executes. Exclusive to the z890 is the
EWLC Tiered Price Structure, which
IBM is introducing in order to provide
greater granularity and price/
performance for all flat-charge
IBM software products that run on the
z890.
IBM Global Financing, a leading
provider of IT financing services,
offers TOTAL Solution Financing –
an innovative, tailored approach to
financing that can make acquiring
your z890 fast, easy and affordable.
The financing charges for all your
hardware, software and services can
be included in a single monthly
payment to help simplify your
administration. By spreading your total
cost of acquisition over the term of the
financing, you turn large upfront