Please Santa bring us a new IBM Z196 mainframe (Server) at work this 2011
The old girl just keep getting better.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247833.pdf
Wonder if we can trade up from our 2 current Z10 mainframes.
Book concept (Hardware Processor)
The central processor complex (CPC) uses a packaging concept for its processors based on
books. A book contains a multi-chip module (MCM), memory, and connectors to I/O cages
and other servers. Books are located in the CPC cage in frame A. The z196 has from one
book to four books installed.
Each book contains:
* One multi-chip module (MCM) with six quad-core microprocessor chips, having either 20
or 24 processor units (PUs), depending on the model, and two storage control chips with
192 MB of Level 4 cache.
* Memory DIMMs plugged into 30 available slots, providing from 60 GB to 960 GB of
physical memory installed in a book.
*Maximum of 3.0 TB of user configurable memory with a maximum of 3840 GB of physical
memory (with a maximum of 1 TB configurable to a single logical partition)
The old girl just keep getting better.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247833.pdf
Wonder if we can trade up from our 2 current Z10 mainframes.
Book concept (Hardware Processor)
The central processor complex (CPC) uses a packaging concept for its processors based on
books. A book contains a multi-chip module (MCM), memory, and connectors to I/O cages
and other servers. Books are located in the CPC cage in frame A. The z196 has from one
book to four books installed.
Each book contains:
* One multi-chip module (MCM) with six quad-core microprocessor chips, having either 20
or 24 processor units (PUs), depending on the model, and two storage control chips with
192 MB of Level 4 cache.
* Memory DIMMs plugged into 30 available slots, providing from 60 GB to 960 GB of
physical memory installed in a book.
*Maximum of 3.0 TB of user configurable memory with a maximum of 3840 GB of physical
memory (with a maximum of 1 TB configurable to a single logical partition)
