19.2. Example for an integrated environment

The following example describes an integrated environment where several servers are functionally interacting. This environment is consolidated onto a single zSeries machine. As part of the consolidation, the functional relationship between the servers with the required inter-server communications is implemented with the virtual communication methods of the zSeries environment.

One of ISPCompany's outsourcing clients has been running four small servers that made up the environment for their static Web serving. The machines were located in one of the cages that ISPCompany maintains for its clients' hardware. When an increasing workload necessitated an upgrade of the client's infrastructure, a TCO analysis ...

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