Avoid Islands In Your Data Lakes
Executives have been asking for a holistic view of the enterprise applications and infrastructure for years. The result has been a slew of overly complex, hard to maintain, expensive, and siloed IT management solutions.
Anatomy of I/O Latency on a Fibre Channel Fabric
Learn how to understand some of the key components of I/O response times and how they manifest themselves across some of the storage platforms.
Impact of z14 and z15 Models on Processor Cache and MLC Expenses
This article examines the changes in processor cache design for the z14 processor model.
Understanding Pure Storage FlashArray Key Metrics
Performance bottlenecks on your storage array can impact your applications ability to service requests in a timely fashion. It’s important to have the right visibility into your storage systems to proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks.
Optimizing MLC Software Costs with Processor Configurations
Significant opportunities to reduce CPU consumption and MLC expense may not be realized without understanding the vital role processor cache plays in CPU consumption.
Reduce MLC Software Costs by Optimizing LPAR Configurations
This article focuses on changes to LPAR configurations that can improve cache efficiency, as reflected in lower Relative Nest Intensity (RNI) values.
Improving IT and Business Organization Alignment through Dynamic Collaboration
Silos have the benefit of grouping logical functional areas within the larger organization in order to provide deep and comprehensive support. Learn 4 ways to move your teams from unilateral to collaborative communication.
Lower MLC Software Costs with Processor Cache Optimization
Processor cache utilization plays a significant role in CPU consumption for all Z processors, but that role is more prominent than ever on z13 models.
A Better Mainframe Gearbox for your DevOps Environment
DevOps is here, and it will continue to evolve. Learn how to optimize your DevOps environment and how to integrate your teams into the DevOps oriented environment.
New Year Health Assessment for Your IT Systems
A suitable ongoing ‘health assessment’ for Coupling Facility activity provides a proactive stance and positioning to address the cost and complexity of your major mainframe applications.
Mainframe encryption causes higher demand in TCP/IP address space
Many shops are using IBM’s pervasive encryption to protect their mainframe's integrity, but how do we get in front of the mainframe impacts or know which encryption methods might meet security requirements at lower cost?
Stretched in 2020?
This year has certainly stretched everyone. Learn some ways to overcome some new and unexpected challenges that likely weren’t even on your radar in January.