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Mainframes

Mainframes. What is Mainframe?. P owerful computers supporting thousands of applications, input/output devices and supporting thousands of users simultaneously. Mainframe Workloads. Batch Processing: a running mainframe process that does not need user interaction

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Mainframes

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  1. Mainframes

  2. What is Mainframe? • Powerful computers supporting thousands of applications, input/output devices and supporting thousands of users simultaneously.

  3. Mainframe Workloads • Batch Processing: a running mainframe process that does not need userinteraction • Online Transaction Processing (OLTP): a running transaction process that occurs interactively with the end user

  4. Mainframe Operating systems • z/OS • z/VM • z/VSE • Linux for zSeries • z/TPF Mainframes can run multiple combinations of operating system in the same platform. Popular mainframes operating system include

  5. Who uses mainframes? • Most Fortune 500 companies use a mainframe environment. • 60% of all data available on the Internet is stored on mainframe computers.

  6. Why mainframes? • Large-scale transaction processing. Thousands of transactions per second • Support thousands of users and application programs. • Simultaneously accessing resources. • Terabytes of information in databases.

  7. Factors contributing to mainframe use • RAS -- reliability, availability, serviceability • Security • Scalability • Centralizedcontrol • Workload management • Partitioning / virtualization • Continuing compatibility • Evolving architecture • Application enablement, complexity, variety • Potential for thousands of users

  8. Advantages • Concurrent users • High Processing Speed • Storage • Multiprogramming • Multiprocessing • Security • Reliable • Batch Processing

  9. Domains • Banking • Finance • Insurance • Market Research (Retail) • Telecom

  10. So far • Mainframes is a very stable environment • It has been there in the Software Industry for more than 40 years • No new technology can totally replace Mainframes because of its architecture and efficiency

  11. Current trend • Around 80% of Mainframes projects are maintenance projects • Only 20% or less are development projects • The reason being the costfactor. The hardware maintenance cost and the initial investment required is too high.

  12. Current trend • Migration projects are the current trend in the market. • Reasons: Maintenance cost

  13. Future • A survey to determine the current demand for mainframes found that more than half of the respondents still have major applications running on mainframes.

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  17. References • Wikipedia.(2010, April 28). Mainframe computer [Online]. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer • Mike Ebbers, Bill Ogden and Wayne O’Brien, “Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics,” International Technical Support Organization, Vol.1, pp.5–710, July 2006. • IBM Systems Software Information Center. z/VM Center concepts [Online].Available:http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/index.jsp?topic=/diricinfo/vsd0_c_zvm.html • Mike Ebbers, Wolfgang Bosch, Hans Joachim Ebert, Helmut Hellner, Jerry Johnston, Wilhelm Mild et.al.,“Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics,” International Technical Support Organization, Vol.1, pp.5–460, March 2007. • IBM TPF Product Information Center. Introduction to the z/TPF system [Online].Available:http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tpfhelp/current/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.ztpfztpfdf.doc_put.cur/gtpc3/c3sysov.html • IBM, “z/Architecture Principles of Operation,” International Technical Support Organization, Vol.7, pp.20–1100, February 2008.

  18. References • Competition in mainframe and associated services in India.

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