Top Performance Strategies for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other Peak Periods
Learn about performance strategies to handle your peak periods, like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so that your infrastructure is able to deliver the required availability.
How to Learn (Almost Anything) from RMF & SMF Data
Learn how to gain a vision for how rapidly you could leverage easy visibility into RMF and SMF data to expand your understanding of how the z/OS ecosystem operates.
Determining the cause of high I/O latency on your InfiniBox system
So you got a shiny new InfiniBox® system, and after a few months of loading it with migrated workloads you start to see some increases in response time. How do you figure out the root cause?
Controlling MLC with Capping
‘Soft capping’ is a common technique to control software costs based on the R4HA. IBM offers two ‘flavors’: Defined Capacity (DC) and Group Capacity (GC).
MLC Pricing 101: Tailored Fit, Sub-capacity, and Capping
With the recent IBM announcement about Tailored Fit Pricing, it seems an opportune time to discuss the current pricing methods. In this first blog I’ll cover sub-capacity pricing.
IntelliMagic at SHARE Pittsburgh
A look back at SHARE Pittsburgh with links to all of the presentations and sessions we hosted.
CPU – Just the Tip of the z/OS Iceberg
z/OS is now responsible for everything from online transactions, network traffic, replicated data, and so much more. The infrastructure to handle this complexity is no longer limited to ensuring CPU is going to be okay.
Monitor the Performance and Resource Usage of WebSphere Transactions
IntelliMagic's WebSphere transaction support lets you monitor the performance and resource usage of WebSphere transactions.
Understand IBM zERT (z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology) and Tracking Mainframe Network Traffic
As the mainframe assumes its role as the data hub in your network, it is important to make sure that the mainframe is well protected. Enter IBM zERT.