## Preface 

This IBMfi Redbooksfi publication describes the new member of the IBM Zfi $^{ }$family, IBM z14™ Model ZR1 (Machine Type 3907). It includes information about the Z environment and how it helps integrate data and transactions more securely, and can infuse insight for faster and more accurate business decisions. 

The z14 ZR1 is a state-of-the-art data and transaction system that delivers advanced capabilities, which are vital to any digital transformation. The z14 ZR1 is designed for enhanced modularity, in an industry standard footprint. 

A data-centric infrastructure must always be available with a 99.999% or better availability, have flawless data integrity, and be secured from misuse. It also must be an integrated infrastructure that can support new applications. Finally, it must have integrated capabilities that can provide new mobile capabilities with real-time analytics that are delivered by a secure cloud infrastructure. 

IBM z14 ZR1 servers are designed with improved scalability, performance, security, resiliency, availability, and virtualization. The superscalar design allows z14 ZR1 servers to deliver a record level of capacity over the previous IBM Z platforms. In its maximum configuration, z14 ZR1 is powered by up to 30 client characterizable microprocessors (cores) running at 4.5 GHz. This configuration can run more than 29,000 million instructions per second and up to 8 TB of client memory. The IBM z14 Model ZR1 is estimated to provide up to 54% more total system capacity than the IBM z13sfi Model N20. 

This Redbooks publication provides information about IBM z14 ZR1 and its functions, features, and associated software support. More information is offered in areas that are relevant to technical planning. It is intended for systems engineers, consultants, planners, and anyone who wants to understand the IBM Z servers functions and plan for their usage. It is not  intended as an introduction to mainframes. Readers are expected to be generally familiar with IBM Z technology and terminology. 

## Authors 

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center. 

Octavian Lascu  is a Senior IT Consultant for IBM Romania with over 25 years of experience. He specializes in designing, implementing, and supporting complex IT infrastructure environments (systems, storage, and networking), including high availability and disaster recovery solutions and high-performance computing deployments. He has developed materials for and taught workshops for technical audiences around the world for the past 18 years. He has written several IBM publications. 

Hervey Kamga  is an IBM Z Product Engineer with the EMEA I/O Connectivity Team in Montpellier, France. Before serving in his current role, he was a Support Engineer and Engineer On Site for 13 years with Sun MicroSystems and Oracle in EMEA. Hervey’s areas of expertise include Oracle Solaris (Operating System and hardware products), virtualization (VMware, virtualBox), Linux (Ubuntu), and IBM Z I/O features and protocols (IBM FICONfi and OSA). 

