IBM z14 Model ZR1 Is Ready for Cloud, Pervasive Encryption and More
May 1, 2018
How can medium-sized businesses solve the conundrum of scaling for business growth with ease and confidence? The answer is the latest lean, mean and super fast player in the IBM Z* product line, the IBM z14* Model ZR1. It hits the field of play with a complete new physical system design. In a world where […]
ArticlesImproved Temporary Storage Tracking for IBM i (Part 9)
April 26, 2018
IBM continues to enhance temporary storage tracking and management, which was significantly improved beginning with IBM i 7.2.
ArticlesCopy Performance Data using ACS IFS Tasks
April 18, 2018
Considerations for moving performance data to a different partition.
ArticlesWhy It’s Important to Create a Library of Network Documentation
April 1, 2018
I’ve always been a strong advocate of documentation, because in my very first programming project, I got a profound lesson on why no project or assignment was complete until descriptive written information accompanied the work product. I was a graduate assistant in a business Master’s Degree program, and the associate dean offered me a summer […]
ArticlesICSF HCR77C1, the z14 and Pervasive Encryption
April 1, 2018
ICSF is a component of z/OS and IBM is touting HCR77C1 and the z14 to deliver pervasive encryption.
Distributed Network Testing: The Key to Productive Network Management Infrastructure
April 1, 2018
Network testing was a pretty straightforward process when IBM assigned me to network implementation and management in my job as a Systems Engineer. There weren’t many network components: Point-to-point or multipoint modems, a channel connection between mainframe and 3705 communication controllers with associated network interfaces (which was admittedly complex), the analog telecommunications link, a 3270 […]
ArticlesEstablishing a Network Management Infrastructure
March 1, 2018
When I first got involved in network design and implementation, network management infrastructure was unheard of—an organizational component awaiting definition. Getting a network functional was top priority, and while a manager oversaw us, she had a minimal grasp of the technology. Constructing an online, interactive, computer-based network—one that provides access to business applications the same […]
ArticlesThe Art and Science of AIX Performance: Intuition and Instinct
March 1, 2018
An article series dedicated to AIX and the methodology of attacking and resolving performance problems.
ArticlesWorkload Groups and Performance Considerations
February 21, 2018
How to understand possible performance implications when using workload groups.
ArticlesEstablishing an Infrastructure for Tuning a Distributed Network
February 1, 2018
Just as with system or application tuning on a computer, network tuning is a discipline involving hardware and software, but components and methodology differ significantly. There are also commonalities, like the need to collect performance data from various sources, the need to understand interdependence and interactions involved in changing software, hardware or both. Product knowledge […]