New IBM mainframe for Linux released
The IBM LinuxONE Emperor II was released at The Linux Foundation’ s Open Source Summit in Los Angeles. This is the latest in IBM’ s Linux only mainframe line.
This mainframe is built on IBM Z13 mainframe and its CPU. The Emperor II which replaced the original Emperor mainframe comes with 170 Z14 cores which run at 5.2 Ghz and runs 30% faster than the Z13. Comparatively, it is 1,000 times higher than x86 cores. It also contains 640 processors to improve the I/O performance. The programs can be run up to 32 TB and supports 96 network ports.
It is very flexible and can run any Linux server distribution like Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu. This mainframe comes with a new software feature such as IBM Secure Service Container. It is the new logical partition type and enables secure deployment of software applications
By using this software, the developers can put any application in normal Docker container for Secure Service Container deployment. The application can also be managed using Docker and Kubernetes tools to more easily use the Secure Service Container environments.
The IBM mainframes are rapidly evolving to survive in the field and to meet new demands of the users.
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