Case Study

A More Reliable, Easier to Manage TS7700 Grid Network

Stephen R. Guendert,      Brocade Communications, Gahanna, OH

Introduction

One of the key components in a resilient IT architecture for IBM zEnterprise mainframe customers is the IBM TS7700 Virtualization Engine with its multicluster grid configuration. For high availability and disaster recovery (DR), the IBM TS7700 can be deployed in a number of networked, multisite grid configurations. Each grid configuration is optimized to help eliminate downtime from planned and unplanned outages, upgrades, and maintenance. In other words, the TS7700 grid enhances the resilience of your IT architecture. The TS7700 Virtualization Engine grid configuration is a series of clusters connected by a ...

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