Ensuring the speed and security of Enterprise data while working remotely poses challenges that require innovative solutions.
Storage remains one of the largest line items in the modern data centre. Modern mainframe hardware is now guaranteed with seven nines availability (99.99999%). While seven nines, is a manufacturer guarantee, the data centre remains responsible for storage performance management. Performance drifts happen with daily changes in hardware and software configuration. This creates availability risks which, if unattended, jeopardize SLAs of revenue generating applications.
Fortunately, you are sitting on a gold mine with your Enterprise RMF / CMF data. RMF (IBM) and CMF (BMC) reports are very rich in information on I/O performance and z/OS configuration.