Operating System meets on-demand processing requirements.
Press Release Summary:
Run on eServer zSeries® servers, z/Transaction Processing Facility Enterprise Edition v1.1 provides high availability for high-volume, real-time transaction processing in e-business applications. It can process tens of thousands of transactions per second from hundreds of thousands of end users. Developed on architecture of TPF v4.1, software supports 64-bit z/Architecture(TM) with use of 64-bit real addresses and 64-bit virtual addresses.
Original Press Release:
IBM z/Transaction Processing Facility Enterprise Edition V1.1 - The Future of High Availability Transaction Processing
Overview
z/Transaction Processing Facility Enterprise Edition (z/TPF) V1.1 (5748-T15) is a high-performance operating system specifically designed to provide high availability for demanding high-volume, real-time transaction processing for mission critical e-business applications. z/TPF runs on and exploits IBM eServer zSeries® servers, an infrastructure offering for transaction processing with high quality of service demands.
As the next generation of on demand transaction processing systems, z/TPF has been developed on the architecture of IBM TPF V4.1. TPF V4.1, widely used in the Travel, Banking/Finance, and Public Sector industry segments, is well suited to business computing environments requiring:
· Management of extreme transaction volumes - z/TPF can process tens of thousands of transactions per second from hundreds of thousands of end users. Additionally, a z/TPF loosely coupled complex can scale to as many as 32 zSeries servers.
· High reliability/availability - For mission critical applications, downtime can effect losses of millions of dollars an hour, not only from revenue loss, but also from bad publicity and dissatisfied customers.
· Fast response time - When response time is critical to help lower call center costs or enhance customer satisfaction, z/TPF is designed to provide fast and consistent response across predictable and unpredictable peaks.
· Low cost - z/TPF offers a low cost per transaction for high-volume real-time transactions. This capability alone represents a competitive advantage for delivery of business services in the marketplace.
· Efficiency - z/TPF supports the IBM 64-bit z/Architecture(TM) with the use of 64-bit real addresses and 64-bit virtual addresses enabling large-scale memory spaces permitting large applications and large memory tables.
· Open development environment - z/TPF also uses the GNU tool chain. z/TPF can share applications, tooling, and development infrastructure with the most common open system available, Linux(TM).
The z/Transaction Processing Facility Database Facility (z/TPFDF) V1.1 (5748-F15), provides database management functions to z/TPF:
· Can help increase programmer productivity by providing centralized database handling routines so that application programmers only need to understand the logical relationships of data, not the physical characteristics.
· Helps simplify the application programmer's job by allowing high speed access to persistent data on z/TPF while providing a simple application interface.
z/TPFDF also provides the database administrator with the tools to manage the database without necessarily affecting application programs.
At a glance
Benefits for z/Transaction Processing Facility Enterprise Edition (z/TPF) V1.1 and z/Transaction Processing Facility Database Facility (z/TPFDF) V1.1 include:
· Ability to handle tens of thousands of transactional messages per second
· High reliability and availability as integral parts of the product
· Fast response times for transactions
· Low cost per transaction
· 64-bit support on zSeries servers to provide for large address space capability
· Large redundant single database capable of addressing up to 32K addressable storage units per system
· C/C++ programs built on Linux using the GNU toolchain
· Support for common, reliable open communications protocols and formats
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: LE001
Key prerequisites
z/TPF runs on the following zSeries servers:
· z990
· z900
· z890
· z800
Planned availability date
September 30, 2005
