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Enterprise Linux consolidation

and optimization on IBM System z

Published April 2013

This IDC White Paper, sponsored by IBM, describes how and why enterprises deploy Linux applications on the IBM System z mainframe. Using the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) specialty engines and the z/VM virtualization platform for System z, customers are consolidating Linux applications into a mission critical environment that offers the manageability of System z, while providing the scalability, reliability, availability, and security required by such applications to ensure business continuity for such enterprise workloads. IDC interviewed three IBM customers with experience deploying Linux applications on IBM System z and the paper includes snapshots of their experiences.