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According to the EPA, computing data centres alone accounted for about 1.5 percent of all electricity used in the US in 2006. IBM’s newest mainframe computer, the System z10, offers a step up in processing, but also a big step forward in reducing power and cooling costs.
The new machine is designed to be up to 50 percent faster than its predecessor, the z9, and it has as much as 70 percent more capacity. That gives z10 the computing power of nearly 1,500 x86 servers. And, it takes up 85 percent less space and uses about 85 percent less energy.
The z10 is built from the start to be shared, offering greater performance over “virtual” servers to support hundreds to hundreds of millions of users. That alone helps reduce energy consumption.
But those sharing the machine don’t necessarily share the same information. Built-in features allow System z10 administrators to set multiple layers of security and security clearance. That means, for example, that an employee with entry-level clearance to search employee records for histories of volunteer work for a corporate report might not be able to access salary, promotion, and human resources information for those same employees.
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IBM launches “System z10” Mainframe (press release) (US)
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