z14 ZR1 / LinuxONE Rockhopper II

IBM has announced the new z14 ZR1 / LinuxONE Rockhopper II on April 10, 2018. The key new feature for me of this box is the form factor. Instead of the decades old 24″ rack a standard 19″ rack is … Read the rest
IBM has announced the new z14 ZR1 / LinuxONE Rockhopper II on April 10, 2018. The key new feature for me of this box is the form factor. Instead of the decades old 24″ rack a standard 19″ rack is … Read the rest
You might have heard IBM talking about “pervasive encryption”. In this post we take a look at what’s behind this. With every encryption scheme there is the problem of access to the keys. … Read the rest
This blog has been moved from Blogger to it’s own WordPress site. There is still work underway for design and better usability – so stay tuned. Also I plan to start a regular cadence of Blog posts once a week … Read the rest
A frequently question in the past was: which physical CPUs is my LPAR using right now? Since z14 the Hardware Management Console provides this for authorized users. The task is called “View partition Resource Assignments”.
The Washington System Center has … Read the rest
Today July 17th 2017 IBM announced the new mainframe called IBM z14. Planned availability date is September 13, 2017.
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IBM z14 glass model |
From a Linux perspective the IBM tested platforms has been updated to include z14. The following minimum … Read the rest