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Optimize mainframe workloads with AI/ML and the world's most secure and energy efficient storage

PowerMax 2500 and 8500 for Mainframe and mixed workloads

AI-driven performance optimization
APEX AIOps natural language queries for fast infrastructure optimization
Industry’s first cyber intrusion detection for mainframe based on data collected from PowerMax
Industry’s first 3:1 mainframe data reduction, guaranteed
Most granular cyber recovery at scale

Disk Library for mainframe (DLm) release 7.0

New models 2700 and 8700 with new Virtual Tape Engines (VTEs), 32Gb FICON, faster storage connections.

Attach up to two PowerMax storage arrays
Attach up to four PowerProtect DD or PowerScale series storage arrays
New VTEs have 60% more cores, 32Gb FICON (fastest available), 25GbE storage connection

Dell Mainframe Services and Solutions

Dell offers a comprehensive suite of mainframe solutions and services to provide cyber resiliency, data protection, automated recovery and connectivity for your business backed by over 30 years of expertise.

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Cyber Intrusion Detection and Protection for Mainframe

Dell zCID, zDP, zCPA and SnapVX technologies enable businesses to detect mainframe cyber intrusions and restore DASD and virtual tape in the event of a cyber-attack while minimizing the amount of space required to do so.

Dell SnapVX and zDP technologies provides users with immediate access to point-in-time copies of data in the event of a cyber attack
PowerMax DASD allows users to choose scheduling frequencies that match recovery requirements; as granular as every five minutes with an option to make snapshots secure
DLm virtual tape with Power Protect storage enables recovery of tape data following a cyber attack, undetected data corruption or human error. Retention lock technology secures tape volume snapshots
Save time and expense by creating virtual cyber vaults as well as physical cyber vaults at the primary site, disaster recovery site, or a dedicated cyber recovery location
Time to recover from a cyber event is minimized. Data snapshots are pointer-based and do not require data be copied, moved, or rebuilt using journals

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Disk Library mainframe (DLm)

Dell release 7.0 combines a new, faster, Virtual tape engine, faster host and storage connections, plus new storage options with enterprise class data protection and security for all mainframe workloads.

Attach up to two Powermax storage arrays, including PowerMax 2500 and PowerMax 8500
Attach up to four PowerProtect DD or Data Domain storage arrays, up to four PowerScale or Isilon systems for up to 6PB of virtual tape
GDDR Tape automated fail-over supports multiple DLm sites and enables control of multi-tenant environments
PowerProtect DD deduplication provides market-leading capacity and replication bandwidth savings

PowerMax DASD for Mainframe

I/O Processing optimization increases IOPs and reduces latency
Leverage IBM System Recovery Boost to potentially reduce Recovery Time Objectives
Rackmount model 2500 and model 8500 (standalone) provide up to 3.8 and 10 petabytes effective capacity
32Gb FICON connectivity
IBM zHyperlink Read Connectivity is the fastest data transfer protocol available for mainframe storage
Up to 2.8x more performance per watt, $207K in electricity cost savings enables Mainframe and open systems capacity allocation on demand, improving storage footprint efficiency

Connectrix FICON Directors for Mainframe

Provide built-in high availability, maximum scalability and unmatched reliability.

Delivers high performance to keep pace with all-flash storage environments
32 to 768 mission-critical ports
Supports Control Unit Port (CUP)
FICON Cascading

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Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) R6.1

GDDR - Your emergency business continuity button.

Automates disaster recovery protection for both DASD and tape
Active monitoring of Dell zDP for improved Cyber Security awareness
Failover automation preview provides a descriptive view of execution steps in response to planned or unplanned events
Automates SRDF/A auto recovery

Resources for Mainframe Solutions

DLm Transforms Mainframe Tape

Read about the business value and technical benefits of replacing existing tape with Dell DLm.

DLm Data Sheet

Read about the features of this virtual library for all mainframe tape use cases.

DLm Spec Sheet

Review the technical specifications for the Dell Disk Library for mainframe.

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