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IBM z/VM V6.3 extends the mainframe virtualization platform to help you
reshape and derive more value from your experiences. With the
introduction of new functionality to increase scalability
limits, z/VM V6.3 is unique in its capability to
scale both horizontally and vertically, supporting the growth of our
largest clients. This
preview announcement highlights major
new capabilities of z/VM V6.3 that are designed to offer:
Improved economies of scale with z/VM support for 1 TB of real memory
- better performance for larger virtual machines
Quadruples memory scalability while continuing to maintain
nearly 100% resource utilization -
reduced LPAR sprawl for additional horizontal scalabililty
Considerably more virtual machines in a single LPAR, depending
on workload characteristics -
reduced administrative expense for managing of a smaller number of
large capacity z/VM host servers
Improved performance with HiperDispatch -
more efficient utilization of CPU hardware resources underneath
multiple layers of virtualization running multiple and diverse workloads
Preview, Announcements, and News
February 5, 2013 - z/VM 6.3 Preview Announcement -
IBM z/VM V6.3 Smarter Computing with Efficiency at Scale
