SPARTA News

March 2015

SPARTA President’s Corner

contributed by Ron Pimblett

Our session at IBM on Tuesday, Feb. 3 was remarkable and showed all of our members that the Mainframe is still evolving and very sophisticated.

One surprise was the attendance by the NC A&T students and their Professor, Dr. Cameron Seay. With IBM's encouragement there is a program called the IBM Academic Initiative at select schools to train the future Mainframe Systems staff. NC A&T announced the new Bachelor of IT degree. “This degree is a tremendous opportunity for A&T to address the needs of the community and to become one of the top programs in the country with a focus on mainframe education,” said Benjamin Uwakweh, dean of the School of Technology at North Carolina A&T.

Coming up this Month is a presentation by Compuware who will discuss optimizing applications and its new Topaz product. I noticed that Sam Knutson has just joined Compuware as Director of product development. Sam continues to focus on the Mainframe after years with CA and before that Geico.

During the week Share in Seattle is being attended by many of our fellow Systems professionals. IBM will be highlighting the z13 that we saw in depth on Feb. 3, so we won’t be missing this overview, if you are not attending Share.

The Share overview will be presented by Ed Webb at our April 7th session.

See you there, Ron

Future Speakers

(subject to change)

Mar. 3, 2015 - Topaz by Compuware
April 7, 2015 - SHARE Conference Report by Ed Webb of SAS

We need ideas and volunteers for future speakers. Presentations don’t have to be fancy, just informative and interesting. Even a 5 or 10 minute talk can start an interesting interaction. Contact Ron Pimblett by phone as noted below.

2013-2014 SPARTA

Board of Directors

Brad Carson - President

(1959-2013)

Ron Pimblett - Vice President

MDI Data Systems 919-426-6518

866-634-3282

Raleigh, NC 27609

Mike Lockey -  Secretary

Guilford Co. Information Services  336-641-6235

201 N. Eugene St.

Greensboro, NC 27401

Tommy Thomas - Treasurer

LabCorp                  336-436-4178

3060 S. Church St.

Burlington, NC 27215

Ed Webb -  Communications Director

SAS Institute Inc.  919-531-4162

SAS Campus Drive

Cary, NC 27513

Meetings

Meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday evening of each month (except no meeting in January), with optional dinner at 6:15 p.m. and the meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m.

These monthly meetings usually are held at LabCorp’s Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology (CMBP) near the Research Triangle Park (see last page). Take I-40 to Miami Boulevard and go north. Turn right onto 1912 T.W. Alexander Drive. Go about a mile or so. Then turn right into LabCorp complex and turn Left to the CMBP Building. In the lobby, sign in as a visitor to see Tommy Thomas. Tommy will escort you to the conference room.

Call for Articles

If you have any ideas for speakers, presentations, newsletter articles, or are interested in taking part in a presentation, PLEASE contact one of the Board of Directors with your suggestions.

Newsletter e-Mailings

The SPARTA policy is to e-mail a monthly notice to our SPARTA-RTP Group. The newsletter is posted to the website about five (5) days before each meeting so you can prepare. The SPARTA-RTP Group is maintained by Chris Blackshire; if you have corrections or problems receiving your meeting notice, contact Chris at chrisbl@nc.rr.com.

November 2014 “CBT Tape” Shareware Online

The directory and files from the latest CBT tape V489 (dated November 12, 2014) are available from www.cbttape.org.

If you need help obtaining one or more files, contact Ed Webb at SAS (see Board of Director’s list for contact info).

Minutes of the February 3, 2015 Meeting

•Meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM by our IBM host Garry Grandlienard.

•The meeting was held at the IBM Executive Briefing Center in RTP, N.C.

•Thirty-Seven (37) people were present of which Sixteen (16) are 2014 members.

•Everyone in the room introduced themselves, told where they worked, and briefly described their job functions or their job hunting challenges.
•The business portion of the meeting was bypassed to go directly into the z13 presentation and viewing of a z13 at the IBM Building 500 computer center.

OLD BUSINESS

•Articles are needed for this newsletter. If you would like to write an article for this newsletter, please contact Ed Webb. Keep in mind that you don't really need to write the article, it can be an article that you read that you would like to share with the membership.

•The SPARTA Web page is available at http://www.spartanc.org. Please send any comments or suggestions about the Web page to Mike Lockey. Be sure to check the Web page every once in a while to see any new or changed information.

•Future Speakers and Topics (subject to change based on internal politics, budget, the weather):

If you have suggestions about speakers and topics, contact Ron Pimblett (919-833-8426).

•The next SPARTA monthly meeting will be March 3, 2015 at LabCorp in the RTP.

•Food for the March 3 meeting will be chicken.

NEW BUSINESS

•The 2015 dues are due ($30) starting in March 2015. Please pay Tommy Thomas.

Thanks to IBM (Garry Grandlienard) for hosting the February 3, 2015 meeting.

•Send any e-mail address changes to Chris Blackshire so he can update the SPARTA-RTP Listserv. You will be added by the moderator (Chris) sending you an invitation to Join the list. (ChrisBl@nc.rr.com)

•President’s Corner submissions are wanted. Please assist Ron Pimblett and Ed Webb with ideas or try actually writing a President’s Corner article. If your shop is installing software or an OS process like Brad wrote about, please write about it.

•The business portion of the meeting was skipped at 7:05 p.m.

PRESENTATION

•IBM z13 Hardware Innovation by IBM's Crystal Singleton

IBM z13 platform positioning
• The world’s premier transaction and data engine now enabled for the mobile generation
• The integrated transaction and analytics system for right-time insights at the point of impact
• The world’s most efficient and trusted cloud system that transforms the economics of IT
Platform Core Capabilities:
• Transaction Processing
• Data Serving
• Mixed Workloads
• Operational Efficiency
• Trusted and Secure Computing
• Reliable, Available, Resilient
• Virtually Limitless Scale

Introducing the IBM z13 for digital business
• IBM z13 Machine Type: 2964, Models: N30, N63, N96, NC9, NE1
• Performance and scale helping improve client experience
- - 141 configurable cores
- - Larger cache for improved data serving
- - New SIMD vector facility for faster mathematical computation
- - Up to 10 TB memory to reduce latency (3X more than zEC12)
- - Simultaneous multithreading expand IFL and zIIP capacity
- - Industry leading resilient and intelligent I/O
- - Standalone zBX
• Focused on enterprise Linux
- - Extending Linux to wider audience with Linux/KVM on mainframe *
- - Continuous data availability for z/OS and Linux guests hosted by z/VM with new GDPS Appliance *
- - Faster diagnosis with IBM zAware –now extended to Linux on z
• Better Economics, Flexibility and Efficiency
- - 40% more total capacity
- - 40% more logical partitions to host more cloud tenants (85 vs. 60)
- - 4x data access with zEDC
• Trustful, reliable and secure for less risk
- - Improved recovery time using zHPF
- - Insure protection and integrity with next generation cryptography
- - New PCIe based short range coupling links
 
* IBM z13: The trusted enterprise platform for integrating data, transactions and insight

IBM z Systems High End Generations Compared
• N-4 = z9 Enterprise Class
#Announced 7/2005
#Withdrawn 6/30/2010
#Chip: 2 core, 1.7 GHz
#Up to 54 client cores
#CP, IFL, ICF, zAAP, zIIP
#Single thread
#zIIP-zAAP to CP ratio 1x1
#Uni MIPS: 560
#Max MIPS: 18,505
#Max mem 512 GB - HSA
#Max/LPAR: 512 GB - HSA
#LCSS: 4, LPARs: 60
#Subchannel Sets: 2/LCSS
#Max I/O slots: 84
#Max FICON channels: 336
#Max FICON Express4 (GA2)
#Max OSA Ports: 48
#OSA-Express2
#Crypto Express2
#Coupling: ISC3, IFB,
#PSIFB:12x SDR

• N-3 = z10 Enterprise Class
#Announced 2/2008
#Withdrawn 6/30/2012
#Chip: 4 core, 4.4 GHz
#Up to 64 client cores
#CP, IFL, ICF, zAAP, zIIP
#Single thread
#zIIP-zAAP to CP ratio 1x1
#Uni MIPS: 902
#Max MIPS: 31,826
#Max mem 1.5 TB
#Max per LPAR: 1 TB
#LCSS: 4, LPARs: 60
#Subchannel Sets: 2/LCSS
#Max I/O slots: 84
#Max FICON channels: 336
#FICON Express4
#Max OSA Ports: 96
#OSA-Express3
#Crypto Express3 (GA3)
#Coupling: ISC3, IFB
PSIFB: 12x DDR, 1x DDR
#ASHRAE Class A1

• N-2 = zEnterprise 196
#Announced 7/22/2010
#Withdrawn 6/30/2014
#Chip 4 core, 5.2 GHz
#Up to 80 client cores
#CP, IFL, ICF, zAAP, zIIP
#Single thread
#zIIP-zAAP to CP ratio 1x1
#Uni MIPS: 1,202
#Max MIPS: 52,286
#Max mem 3 TB (RAIM)
#Max per LPAR: 1 TB
#LCSS: 4, LPARs: 60
#Subchannel Sets: 3/LCSS
#Max I/O Slots: 160*
#Max FICON channels: 320
#FICON Express8S (GA2)
#Max OSA Ports: 96
#OSA-Express4S (GA2)
#Crypto Express3
#Coupling: ISC3
#PSIFB: 12x DDR, 1x DDR
#ASHRAE Class A1

• N-1 = zEnterprise EC12
#Announced 8/28/2012
#Chip: 6 core, 5.5 GHz
#Up to 101 client cores
#CP, IFL, ICF, zAAP, zIIP
#Single thread
#zIIP-zAAP to CP ratio 2x1
#Uni MIPS: 1,514
#Max MIPS: 78,426
#Max mem 3 TB (RAIM)
#Max per LPAR: 1 TB
#LCSS: 4, LPARs: 60
#Subchannel Sets: 3/LCSS
#Max I/O Slots: 160*
#Max FICON channels: 320
#FICON Express8S
#Max OSA Ports: 96
#OSA-Express5S (GA2)
#Crypto Expres4S
#Coupling:
#PSIFB: 12x DDR, 1x DDR
#ASHRAE Class A1
#Native PCIe: zEDC,
#Flash Express
#10 GbE RoCE

• N = IBM z13
#Announced 1Q2015
#Chip: 8 core, 5.0 GHz
#Up to 141 client cores
#CP, IFL, ICF, zIIP
#SMT: zIIP, IFL
#zIIP to CP ratio 2x1
#Uni MIPS: 1,695
#Max MIPS: 111,556
#Max mem: 10 TB (RAIM)
#Max per LPAR: 10 TB
#LCSS: 6, LPARs: 85
#Subchannel Sets: 4/LCSS
#Max I/O Slots: 160*
#Max FICON Channels: 320
#FICON Express16S
#Max OSA Ports: 96
#OSA-Express5S
#Crypto Express5S
#Coupling:
#PSIFB: 12x DDR, 1x DDR
#ASHRAE Class A2
#PCIe: Gen3 16 GBps
#Native PCIe: zEDC,
#Flash Express
#10GbE RoCE with SR-IOV

z13 – Redesigned for the scale and speed of a mobile generation
• Performance, scale, intelligent I/O, and security enhancements to support transaction growth in the mobile world
• z/OS Connect provides consolidated REST APIs for all z/OS transactions
• Seamlessly channel z/OS transactions to mobile devices with MobileFirst Platform
• IBM MobileFirst Platform for iOS specifically for iOS mobile apps
• Enable end to end security from mobile device to mainframe with z/OS, RACF® and MobileFirst products
Hardware Summary:
• 141 cores and 40%* more capacity in a single system
• 2X* performance improvement with crypto coprocessors for more secure transactions
• 10 TB*memory plus 2X increase in cache size
• 320 separate channels dedicated just to driving I/O throughput
• 16 Gbps FICON links for faster throughput

z13 helping deliver insights at the point of impact
• Mega-memory and new opportunities for in-memory computing
• New machine architecture boosts complex mathematical model performance
• Use Hadoop to explore z Systems within the secure zone of the mainframe
• Evolving support for new and innovative use cases, such as in-database transformation and advanced predictive analytics
• IBM DB2 Analytics
• Accelerator further accelerates queries for faster insight
• SIMD delivers accelerated analytics processing for mathematical optimization
• zEDC reduces data transfer time and storage cost by up to 75%
• 16 Gbps FICON links reduce latency for workloads such as DB2
• zIIPs help to lower the cost of ownership helping to help connect, manage, extend, and protect data

z13 –Redesigned for efficient and trusted cloud services
• Open support extended with OpenStack®, PostgreSQL, Node.JS, and KVM
• Enterprise-grade Linux provides the foundation for public, private, and hybrid cloud
• Patterns for Linux on z Systems to quickly build out complex cloud workload instances
• Improved overall system performance leads to a lower TCO compared to public cloud deployments and deployments on x86 architectures
• Enabling next generation cloud applications with IBM BluemixTM on z Systems
• Up to 8,000 virtual servers per system, more than 50 per core
• Open virtualization with new KVM support
• z13 brings faster processing and higher throughput of secure transactions (2X more throughput on crypto coprocessor)
• Business continuity and IT analytics with enterprise grade Linux solution

Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
• Simultaneous multithreading allows instructions from one or two threads to execute on a zIIP or IFL processor core.
• SMT helps to address memory latency, resulting in an overall capacity* (throughput) improvement per core
• Capacity improvement is variable depending on workload for AVERAGE workloads the estimated capacity* of a z13:
- - zIIP is 38% greater than a zEC12 zIIP
- - IFL is 32% greater than a zEC12 IFL
- - zIIP is 72% greater than a z196 zIIP
- - IFL is 65% greater than a z196 IFL
• SMT exploitation: z/VM V6.3 + PTFs for IFLs and z/OS V2.1 + PTFs in an LPAR for zIIPs
• SMT can be turned on or off on an LPAR by LPAR basis by operating system parameters. z/OS can also do this dynamically with operator commands.

Designed for transaction processing and data serving
• Substantial economies of scale with simultaneous multi-threading delivering more throughput for Linux and zIIP-eligible workloads
- - Cognos® on Linux under z/VM® could see up to 60% increase in throughput with SMT on a z13 IFL1
• Larger caches to optimize data serving environments
• Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) improves performance of complex mathematical models
• Up to 2X improved cryptographic performance with enhanced Central Processor Assist for Cryptographic Functions (CPACF)
• Compress more data helping to save disk space and cut data transfer time with improved on chip hardware compression
• Better and faster memory management and execution time with new hardware instructions and functional facilities to optimize compilers
• New 8-core Processor Design in 22nm Silicon Technology with wider instruction pipeline

More memory makes a difference
• Enable totally new types of applications
- - Perform faster table scans with in memory data for faster response time; reduce CPU by avoiding IO, make possible new types of analysis
• Accommodate growing workloads without changes to applications to gain benefits
- - Run sorts using large memory to improve elapsed times
- - Keep the entire Cognos Dynamic Cubes end-to-end application online for faster decision making
• Support modern memory heavy computing languages and architectures
- - Larger Java® heaps without an increase in paging
- - Improves IBM MQSeries® V8 ability to manage increasing messaging volumes generated by today's mobile and cloud applications
• Reduce need to fine tune memory and leverage the tuning capabilities in DB2®, IMSTM and CICS®
• DB2 Buffer Pool simulator tool available as a DB2 (V11) deliverable. Provides an accurate benefit estimation of increasing buffer pool size for DB2.

Trusted, secure and available
• Leveraging z Systems cryptographic capability can help reduce risk and enhance the security of workloads
• Securely transfer more data across the internet with performance enhanced CPACF and next generation Crypto Express5S
• Extend enhanced public key support for constrained digital environments using hardware accelerated Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) helping applications like Chrome, Firefox, and Apple’s iMessage
• Avoid reformatting of databases with new exploitation of VISA format preserving encryption (VFPE) for credit card numbers
• Continuous Availability and Disaster Recovery functions for Linux on IBM z SystemsTM and z/VM customers with new GDPS virtual appliance
• IBM zAware extended to Linux on z to increase availability by detecting unusual application or system behaviors for faster problem resolution
• IBM intends to support the use of cryptography algorithms and equipment from selected providers in conjunction with z Systems in specific countries

Resilient and intelligent I/O
• New FICON Express16S links reduce latency for workloads such as DB2
• Reduce up to 43% of DB2 write operations with IBM zHyperWrite – technology for DS8000® and z/OS for Metro Mirror environment
• First system to use a standards based approach for enabling Forward Error Correction for a complete end to end solution
• Clients with multi-site configurations can expect I/O service time improvement when writing data remotely which can benefit GDPS or TPC-R HyperSwap®
• Extend z/OS workload management policies into SAN fabric to manage the network congestion
• New Easy Tier®API removes requirement from application/administrator to manage hardware resources
• Improved predictable performance for mission critical environments
• Optimized for enterprise-scale data from multiple platforms and devices

Flexible connectivity
• Enhanced interoperability across platforms, improved configuration flexibility, reduced cost of data center infrastructure
• Clustering for availability
- - Coupling Links
- - New PCIe short range link
- - InfiniBand® Coupling Links – 1x and 12x
- - STP enhanced user interface
• Controlled and simplified management
- - IBM zAware V2.0 analytics to improve problem resolution – New Linux for z support
- - Rack mounted Hardware Management Console (HMC)
- - Central management of heterogeneous resources with zManager
- - Connectivity of IBM z BladeCenter® Extension (zBX )for Hybrid Computing:
- - Intraensemble data network
• Efficient data access
- - New zHPF – Extended Distance II
- - zEDC Express
- - Flash Express
- - New FICON Express16S
- - FICON Express8S
- - Carry forward only - FICON Express8
• Linking up to Speed Up
- - 10GbE RoCE Express
- - OSA-Express5S
- - HiperSocketTM - “network in a box”
- - Carry forward only - OSA-Express4S
• Improved I/O Backbone to drive transaction throughput 50- 80% more bandwidth per

Continuing to deliver technologies that can transform your business
• Applications and Economics
- - Specialty engines expand the use of the mainframe and can help to lower the cost of ownership
• Communicating
- - Optimize communications using 10 GbE RoCE Express to reduce latency and CPU resource consumption for FTP file transfers, CICS workloads and WAS
• Availability
- - Use Flash Express and see up to 10x faster response time and 37% increase in throughput compared to disk for morning transition
• Resiliency
- - Use IT analytics to reduce service disruptions with IBM zAware V2.0–for z/OS and Linux on z Systems
• Secure, active data
- - Shorten encryption time with zEDC Express hardware compression and IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS

Specialty engines expand the use of the mainframe while lowering the cost of ownership
• zIIP*
- - Relieves central processors of running specific workloads
- - Optimized for strategic web based applications with support for Java and XML processing
- - Focused on data and supporting workloads can help connect, manage, extend, and protect data
• IFLs and Enterprise Linux Server
- - Special engine dedicated to Linux workloads on z Systems servers
- - IT optimization and cloud computing can deliver enhanced economics
- - Attractively priced and supported by the z/VM virtualization, the IBM Wave virtualization management and the Linux operating system
• Coupling Facility
- - CF allows multiple processors to access the same data
- - New with z13 is support for 256 CHPIDs (2X available on zEC12)
- - New PCIe based short range coupling links
- - zIIP and IFLs get throughput increase with simultaneous multithreading
• Supports 2:1 ratio for zIIP to CP

z13 –Data center planning and service updates
• Improved scaling, reliability and simplicity with new modular CPC drawer
• Enhanced integrated sparing designed to reduce the complexity and number of repair actions
• Save space in the data center with optional 1U rack-mounted Hardware Management Console (HMC)
• A new renewable, custom-engineered cushion used for shipping --- completely compostable with less waste
• Gain flexible possibilities for the data center with non-raised-floor option, overhead power and cabling
• Managing energy usage in the data center – using air cooling with radiator-based system, optional water cooling or optional HV DC power

Protecting your investment in z Systems technology
• Designed to protect your investment
- - Offering upgrades from zEC12 and z196 to the z13
- - Upgrades from zBX Model 002 and zBX Model 003 to zBX Model 004
• Full upgradeability within the z13 family
- - Upgrade to Model NE1 will require a planned outage
• On demand offerings offer temporary or permanent growth when you need it
• Upgrade Paths: z196 → zEC12 → z13 Mod 004 or zBX Mod 002 or 003 → zBX

Operating Systems focused on exploiting hardware innovation
• z/OS Version 2.1
- - Improved price performance for zIIP workloads with SMT
- - Support new analytics workloads with SIMD
- - New crypto capabilities for faster encryption
- - Large memory to improve performance and enable new applications
• z/VM Version 6.3
- - Improved price performance with simultaneous multithreading technology –support for twice as many processors
- - Improved systems management and economics
- - Embracing Open Standards and Open Source Interoperability
- - Supports more virtual servers than any other platform in a single footprint
• z/VSE Version 5.1
- - Reduced risk of access from unauthorized users
- - Reduced memory constraints
- - Wide portfolio using Linux on z
- - Continued system usability enhancements with CICS Explorer
- - More efficient communications
• Linux on z Systems
- - Multithreading allows for per core software savings
- - Ability to host and manage more workloads efficiently and cost-effectively
- - Automatic identification of unusual messages
- - Integrated continuous availability & disaster recovery solution

Operating System Support for z13
• Currency is key to operating system support and exploitation of future servers
• The following releases of operating systems will be supported on z13 (Operating System - Supported levels):
• z/OS
- - z/OS V2.1 with PTFs (Exploitation)
- - z/OS V1.13 with PTFs (Limited Exploitation)
- - z/OS V1.12* with PTFs (End of service support 9/30/2014)
• Linux on z Systems
- - SUSE SLES 11 (Later releases: GA support TBD by SUSE.)
- - Red Hat RHEL 6 and 7 (Later releases: GA support TBD by Red Hat.)
• z/VM
- - z/VM V6.3 with PTFs – Exploitation support
- - z/VM V6.2 with PTFs – Compatibility plus Crypto Express5S support
• z/VSE
- - z/VSE V5.2 with PTFs – Compatibility plus Crypto Express5S (up to 85 LPARs)
- - z/VSE V5.1 with PTFs – Compatibility
• z/TPF
- - z/TPF V1.1 – Compatibility

Notes:
Please refer to PSP buckets for any required maintenance.
• * z/OS V1.12 will run on z13 provided the customer has IBM Software Support Services to get the PTFs
• Beginning with z/OS V1.12, IBM Software Support Services replaces the IBM Lifecycle Extension for z/OS offering for extended support coverage for z/OS. The TSS Service Extension for z/OS is a fee-based Defect support (a fix, bypass, or restriction to a problem) for users who have not completed their migration to a newer z/OS release.
• Service extension support for z/OS V1.12 is provided for up to three years, beginning October 1, 2014 and available through September 30, 2017.
• Going forward, when support for a z/OS release is withdrawn, IBM Software Support Services intends to provide service extension support for the given z/OS release for up to three years. The intention is to provide an accommodation where additional time is needed to migrate to a newer z/OS release within the service support period. This does not alter the z/OS coexistence, migration, fallback, or service policy.

Extending Business Continuity to Linux on z Systems
• GDPS Virtual Appliance for Linux on z clients (SOD)
• Fully integrated Continuous Availability and Disaster Recovery solution for Linux on z Systems
• GDPS helps customers avoid outages both planned, and unplanned due to single component failures or whole site failures
• Self contained and pre-configured virtual machine image
- - Contains an operating environment (little or no z/OS skills required), GDPS/PPRC, Tivoli® NetView® and Systems Automation, an appliance management layer, and APIs / UIs for customization, administration, and operation tailored to the appliance function
• Improves both consumability and time-to-value for customers
• GDPS/PPRC is capable of providing:
- - Near continuous disk availability
- - Highly automated D/R solution
- - Recovery Time Objective less than an hour
- - Recovery Point Objective of zero
- - Protection against localized area disasters

IBM zAware V2.0 delivers smarter message monitoring
• IT analytics to reduce service disruptions
• Leading-edge pattern recognition can intercept application and system problems before they cause future disruptions
• Real-time, self-learning solution accurately represents your environment – automatically
• Typical Client Use Cases:
- - Diagnose complex problems quickly and restore service faster
- - Extended to Linux on z Systems for enhanced management
- - Accelerate problem determination across IT functions
- - Real-time, self-learning solution accurately represents your environment – automatically
• Difficult or unusual z/OS problems can be found in 2 clicks - not hours
• Same GUI used for monitoring z/OS or Linux on z Systems
• Tivoli®NetView for z/OS and Tivoli OMEGAMON® XE can be used for automation and situation handling

zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC) Helps you keep more active data
• Capture new opportunities with lower cost of keeping data online
• Efficiently compress active data using a dedicated compression accelerator
• Industry standard compression for cross platform data distribution
• Typical Client Use Cases:
- - Disk savings with improved utilization of storage tiers with DFSMSdssTM use of compression
- - Compression for sequential files with less CPU costs
- - Shorten encryption time with hardware compression and IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS
- - Fast, secured data transfer across the enterprise with IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS Standard Edition V5.2
- - Transparent acceleration of Java compressed applications
• DFSMShsmTM*
- - Use up to 58% less disk space and up to 80% less CPU compared to using DFSMShsm with the COMPACT keyword
• BSAM/QSAM**
- - Compress data up to 4X, with up to 80% reduced CPU *
• Java 7***
- - Up to 90% reduction in CPU time with up to 74% reduction in elapsed time vs. using zlib software
• Connect:Direct for z/OS 5.2****
- - Up to 80% reduction in elapsed time for z/OS to z/OS file transfers

Notes:
Results vary by data set type and characteristics of the data
* Measurements for comparisons were completed as part of a formal performance evaluation on a dedicated, isolated test system.
** These results are based on projections and measurements completed in a controlled environment. Results may vary by customer based on individual workload, configuration and software levels
*** Exploited through standard Java APIs java.util.zip in the latest releases of Java 7.0.0, and Java V7R1
**** Achieve up to up 80% reduction in elapsed time for z/OS to z/OS file transfers with minimal CPU increase.

Flash Express cuts away at availability lapses
• Smarter availability for critical processing times
• Integrated in storage hierarchy to provide higher levels of availability and performance
• Slashes latency for critical application processing such as diagnostics collection
•Typical Client Use Cases:
 - - Improve availability and performance during workload transition and spikes
- - Faster, less disruptive diagnostics with faster first failure data capture time
- - Less paging with use of pageable large pages for Java or DB2
- - Cost effective, resilient solution for overflow of MQ shared queues in Coupling Facility
• SVC dump elapsed time ~25% less than with DASD
• 10x faster response time and 37% increase in throughput compared to disk for morning transition
• 28% improvement in DB2 throughput leveraging Flash Express with Pageable Large Pages (PLP)
• 19% reduction in total dump time for 36 GB standalone dump

Optimize server to server networking transparently
• Exploitation of RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• Designed to take advantage of high speed protocols and direct memory placement of data for faster communications
• Can be used for cross server and internal communications
• Typical Client Use Cases:
- - Helps to reduce both latency and CPU resource consumption over traditional TCP/IP for communications across z/OS systems
- - Any z/OS TCP sockets based workload can seamlessly use SMC-R without requiring any application changes
- - With z/VM 6.3 guest exploitation, you can understand the value for your z/OS workloads before going into production
• Up to 50% CPU savings for FTP file transfers across z/OS systems versus standard TCP/IP *
• Up to 48% reduction in response time and 10% CPU savings for a sample CICS® workload exploiting IPIC using SMC-R versus TCP/IP **
• Up to 40% reduction in overall transaction response time for WAS workload accessing z/OS DB2® ***
• Up to 3Xincrease in WebSphere® MQ messages delivered across z/OS systems ****
• New tool called SMC-AT is available to assist in gaining additional insight into the applicability of SMC-R for your environment

Notes:
* Based on internal IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment using z/OS V2R1 Communications Server FTP client and FTP server, transferring a 1.2GB binary file using SMC-R (10GbE RoCE Express feature) vs. standard TCP/IP (10GbE OSA Express4 feature). The actual CPU savings any user will experience may vary.
** Based on internal IBM benchmarks using a modeled CICS workload driving a CICS transaction that performs 5 DPL (Distributed Program Link) calls to a CICS region on a remote z/OS system via CICS IP interconnectivity (IPIC), using 32K input/output containers. Response times and CPU savings measured on z/OS system initiating the DPL calls. The actual response times and CPU savings any user will experience will vary.
*** Based on projections and measurements completed in a controlled environment. Results may vary by customer based on individual workload, configuration and software levels.
**** Based on internal IBM benchmarks using a modeled WebSphere MQ for z/OS workload driving non-persistent messages across z/OS systems in a request/response pattern. The benchmarks included various data sizes and number of channel pairs The actual throughput and CPU savings users will experience may vary based on the user workload and configuration.

Performance delivered through multiple dimensions
• Hardware/software integration leads to richer optimization
• 40% more total capacity
• 2X performance boost for cryptographic coprocessors
• 50-80% more bandwidth per I/O domain
• 2X increase in channel speed
• 3X increase in memory
• 2X increase in cache
• Lower cloud cost
• Faster fraud detection
• More scale for mobile transactions
• Faster data sharing between systems
• Less exposure to regulatory penalties
• Faster decision making with data-in-memory

The superscalar design allows the z13 to deliver a record level of capacity over the prior IBM z Systems servers.

zEC12:
• More than 111,000 millions of instructions per second (MIPS) compared to 78,426 MIPS on the largest zEC12
• z13 delivers up to 40% more total z/OS processing capacity than the zEC12.
• The z13 delivers up to 10% more capacity for z/OS per core compared to the zEC12.
• zIIPs have an average capacity improvement of 38% performance improvement compared to zEC12
• IFLs have an average capacity improvement of 32% performance improvement compared to zEC12
• The Central Processor Assist for Cryptographic Function (CPACF) has been optimized to deliver 100% performance improvement […or twice the performance improvement]more performance improvement over CPACF on the zEC12. Hashing functions in CPACF will deliver up to 250% more performance improvement over zEC12.
• Technology Update Pricing delivers on average 5% savings on MLC costs

z196:
• More than 111,000 millions of instructions per second (MIPS) compared to 52,286 MIPS on the largest z196
• z13 delivers up to 110% more total z/OS processing capacity than the z196.
• The z13 delivers up to 38% more capacity for z/OS per core compared to the z196.
• zIIPs have an average capacity improvement of 72% performance improvement compared to z196
• IFLs have an average capacity improvement of 65% performance improvement compared to z196
• The Central Processor Assist for Cryptographic Function (CPACF) has been optimized to deliver 100% performance improvement […or twice the performance improvement] over CPACF on the z196. Hashing functions in CPACF will deliver up to 250% performance improvement over z196.
• Technology Update Pricing delivering on average 10% savings on MLC costs

I/O:
• Using FICON Express16S on a z13, large data transfer I/O operations with zHPF (reads + writes) can achieve 2600 MB/sec a 63% increase in throughput over FICON Express8S on a zEC12.1
• Using FICON Express16S on a z13, large data transfer I/O operations with FCP (reads + writes) can achieve 2560 MB/sec a 60% increase in throughput over FICON Express8S on a zEC12.1
• Clients using multi-site business continuity solutions can experience improved I/O service times when writing data remotely allowing them to achieve service level agreements after a disaster or storage control unit failure causes a TPC-R or GDPS HyperSwap event to occur.

Notes: This performance data was measured in a controlled environment running an I/O driver program under z/OS. The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user's job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed.

The presentation ended about 8:05 PM and most all traveled to IBM's Building 500 to see a fully populated and running z13.

• Speaker Contact Information:
Garry Grandlienard, MBA
System z Client Architect
Mid-Atlantic Region / Carolinas EBU
Mobile: 919.608.1317
E-mail: glgrandl@us.ibm.com

Crystal D. Singleton
Client Technical Specialist
System z Mainframe Hardware
Systems & Technology Group
Phone: (704) 340-9019 | Mobile: (704) 533-6374
E-mail: cdsingle@us.ibm.com

• The presentation and computer room visit ended about 9:30 PM.