IBM System Optimization
When IBM systems go down, they take everything with them. Keep the systems AI depends on fast, available, and secure.
AI depends on IBM systems
The stakes have never been higher
IBM mainframe and IBM Power Systems run the most consequential transactions in global enterprise. Keep your systems fast, protected, and available with Precisely solutions, so the data they hold never becomes a liability for your AI or business operations.
“The biggest benefit of Assure MIMIX is that if there is a problem, we can be up and running again within five minutes.”
George Gallant, System Manager
The All England Lawn Tennis Club
How Precisely optimizes IBM systems
Cut costs and keep performance
Stop failures and defer hardware purchases. Optimize sort workloads, offload to zIIP engines, and automate storage management.
Close security and compliance gaps
Protect your sensitive data and avoid audit crises by closing existing gaps, even in secure IBM i environments.
Prevent downtime and data loss
Keep your business running even when infrastructure is down with high availability products that ensure recovery in minutes.
Catch issues before they happen
Catch and fix issues before they reach your AI and analytics by surfacing mainframe and IBM i machine and log data in real time.
Mission-critical results, across industries
Increased efficiency through IBM i migration
Adventist Health cut a 20+ hour server migration down to just one seventh of the estimated time, with no impact to staff.
Enhanced compliance
Campbell County, Wyoming cut audit prep from hours to under 30 minutes and IBM i disk usage from 66% to 48%, generating compliance-ready reports on demand.
Greater operational and cost efficiency
A bank running IBM Z cut sort CPU time by roughly 40% by offloading to IBM zIIP specialty engines, reducing annual charges from roughly $1M to $785K — with no JCL changes.
What’s new in IBM i HA/DR — and why it matters now
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Frequently asked questions
Why do I need high availability for IBM i systems?
IBM i systems run business-critical workloads around the clock. Without high availability, planned maintenance means hours of downtime and unplanned failures can mean days of recovery. Assure MIMIX enables failover in minutes, reduces planned maintenance windows from weeks to hours, and — with Continuous Data Protection — lets you roll back to a point in time before ransomware or corruption hit.
What is mainframe sort optimization, and how does it improve performance?
Sort, copy, and merge operations are among the most CPU-intensive steps in mainframe batch processing. Sort optimization with Syncsort MFX offloads up to 90% of this work to IBM zIIP specialty processors, cutting CPU time by up to 40% and monthly software charges by around 20% — with no changes to existing JCL or workflows.
How does mainframe storage management improve performance and control costs?
IBM Z storage mismanagement causes job failures, wasted disk space, and costly reruns. Syncsort Allocation Control Center (ACC) enforces storage standards automatically — validating dataset creation, optimizing I/O buffering, and managing deletion safely — without requiring JCL changes. One financial services firm cut batch processing time by 20% and saved thousands in monthly CPU costs after deploying ACC.
How can IBM systems be monitored in enterprise IT platforms?
Specialized tools like Precisely Ironstream automatically forward IBM Z and IBM i machine data – including logs, events, security telemetry, and operational metrics – into enterprise IT platforms in real time. Ironstream delivers IBM machine data to Splunk, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, Elastic, Datadog, and Google SecOps – and the list is growing. By normalizing complex IBM data formats and streaming them into existing IT operations, security, and observability tools, Ironstream eliminates IBM data blind spots and helps teams achieve enterprise-wide visibility without requiring deep IBM system expertise.
What's the difference between IBM i high availability and disaster recovery — and do I need both?
High availability keeps IBM i systems running through any disruption — planned or unplanned — by maintaining a synchronized replica ready for instant failover. Disaster recovery goes further: it protects against large-scale events like regional outages or ransomware, enabling recovery at distance and rollback to before an attack. Most organizations need both. Assure MIMIX delivers HA and DR in a single solution.