The leading transaction processor for high-volume transactions in a real-time environment
Secure, resilient and cost-effective
The IBM z/Transaction Processing Facility (z/TPF) system is a high availability operating system designed to provide quick response times to high volumes of messages from large networks of terminals and workstations.
A typical z/TPF system handles several hundred messages per second. A typical network varies from several hundred terminals and workstations to tens of thousands.
The response time of the z/TPF system within a network is typically less than three seconds from the time that the user sends a message to the time the user receives a response to that message. High availability is enhanced by the ability to quickly restart the system; restarting after a system failure takes between 30 seconds and two minutes.
Delivers fast, consistent response times even during unpredictable transaction peaks, supported by a centralized, secure, and highly available database architecture designed for uninterrupted 24×7 operations.
z/TPF connects to other parts of your hybrid multi-cloud architecture by using industry-standard methods for both core services and data, including REST, HTTP, IBM MQ, MongoDB and Kafka.
Allows for coupling as many as 32 multiprocessor z/Architecture® configurations with only a minimal increase in system overhead and expandable database capacity by adding DASD.
z/TPF supports pervasive encryption, allowing you to protect data flowing across the network, stored on disk and cached in memory, by using hardware-accelerated strong cipher suites.
z/TPF product family
IBM z/TPF product family consists of an operating system, foundational software, a PC-based automation application, and a toolkit for the development of IBM z/TPF applications.
IBM z/TPF Enterprise Edition is an operating system designed to provide availability for high-volume, near real-time transaction processing for mission-critical applications.
z/TPFDF is a database manager that increases programmer productivity by providing centralized database routines and high-speed access to persistent data with a simple application interface.
TPF Operations Server is an automation application that you can use to monitor multiple IBM z/TPF systems from a single workstation, automate operational tasks, and diagnose problems quickly and accurately.
TPF Toolkit is an Eclipse-based environment for developing IBM z/TPF applications that provides a GUI with integrated, easy-to-use, customizable tools and wizards.
Technical details
z/TPF system and z/TPFDF
The z/TPF system and z/TPFDF product are corequisite products and therefore you must install both products. Review the operating environment requirements and planning information to help you get started with z/TPF system and z/TPFDF.
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