Data compression with GenWQE and zEDC Express
Generic Work Queue Engine (GenWQE) supports hardware-accelerated data compression and decompression through zEDC Express, a PCIe-attached Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) acceleration adapter.
zEDC Express is available on IBM® Z and LinuxONE hardware up to z14 and LinuxONE II. As of z15™ and LinuxONE III, zEDC hardware acceleration is available through on-chip compression and decompression, see Data compression with the Integrated Accelerator for zEDC.
zEDC hardware-acceleration is available for both Linux® and z/OS®. For more information about zEDC on z/OS and about setting up zEDC Express, see Reduce Storage Occupancy and Increase Operations Efficiency with IBM zEnterprise® Data Compression, SG24-8259. You can obtain this publication from the IBM Redbooks® website at www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248259.html.