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With IBM's Parallel Sysplex technology, you can harness the
power of up to 32 z/OS systems, yet make these systems behave like a single,
logical computing facility. What's more, the underlying structure of the
Parallel Sysplex remains virtually transparent to users, networks,
applications, and even operations.
To accomplish all this, the z/OS Parallel Sysplex combines
two critical capabilities: The first is parallel processing, and the second is
enabling read/write data sharing across multiple systems with full data
integrity.
This combination makes the z/OS Parallel Sysplex unique
among every other system, solution, or architecture available today. And, it
results in a scalable growth path that extends beyond billions of instructions
per second.
IBM Parallel Sysplex
Parallel Sysplex for z/OS Getting Started Library
What is a Parallel Sysplex?
What is a Parallel Sysplex? A sysplex is a collection of
z/OS systems that cooperate, using certain hardware and software products, to
process work. It is a clustering technology that can provide near-continuous
availability.
A conventional large computer system also uses hardware and
software products that cooperate to process work. A major difference between a
sysplex and a conventional large computer system is the improved growth
potential and level of availability in a sysplex. The sysplex increases the
number of processing units and z/OS operating systems that can cooperate, which
in turn increases the amount of work that can be processed. To facilitate this
cooperation, new products were developed and old products were enhanced.
A Parallel Sysplex is a sysplex that uses multisystem
data-sharing technology. It allows direct, concurrent read/write access to
shared data from all processing
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