Zetaly Automated Capacity​ 

Strike the Balance: Reduce Costs While Enhancing Performance

Zetaly Automated Capacity

Zetaly Automated Capacity (ZAC) is a FinOps-focused software solution that optimizes mainframe capacity utilization. By utilizing user-defined management rules, ZAC dynamically allocates resources in real time based on LPAR activities and specified billing objectives. This results in improved performance and cost reduction by efficiently distributing resources.​

 

ZAC's robust decision algorithm considers various factors, including:

• your current activity and resource requirements

​• your service level expectations

​• Your production profiles​

• your production structure and workload prioritization as defined in WLM

​• your pricing model configuration

​• and the unpredictable nature of loads.​

5-18%

Cost reductions without compromising service quality

5-15%​

Performance increase depending on cost reduction objectives

ZAC, the simple, lightweight, and reliable solution, empowers over 60 customers to efficiently manage their production and costs. With a quick and seamless deployment that takes only one week, its benefits become evident right from day one.​

ZAC Simulator

Do you know how much you could save on your mainframe software costs? Our ZAC Simulator makes it easy to find out! With just a few steps, receive a personalized report showing the potential savings and efficiencies Zetaly Automated Capacity (ZAC) can deliver for your company.

ZAC in Action​

ZAC revolutionizes capacity management for optimal performance and cost control. It enables you to set up a flexible defined capacity based on consumption, allowing you to dynamically modify the defined capacity without any performance slowdown. Experience how resources are intelligently optimized between LPARs ensuring efficient utilization while maintaining top-notch performance.

Streamline & Secure Your Production Workloads

With ZAC, you can have peace of mind knowing that your critical LPARs are safeguarded against capping risks. ZAC incorporates several mechanisms to mitigate the risk of capping on critical LPARs:​

Prioritizing production LPARs with high priority to ensure they receive optimal resource allocation.

Utilizing the "Protected" tag on specific LPARs to prevent any capping restrictions on them.

Implementing a safety margin to handle unexpected load spikes and accommodate peak demands.

Providing alerts to promptly notify users when the solution detects a potential risk of capping.

Flexibility to automatically increase limits when capping becomes unavoidable, based on the user's decision and discretion.

Monitoring Tailor Fit Pricing Consumption: Stay in Control of Your Usage Levels​

TFP (Tailor Fit Pricing) introduces preferential rates for specific activities like development and new applications. These activities are associated with dedicated containers that adhere to a specific pricing system, requiring specialized management. With ZAC, these containers are identified and subjected to dedicated control strategies. ZAC also simplifies consumption monitoring for each container through dedicated reporting. Real-time tracking of cumulative MSU consumption for TFP Enterprise Consumption is available to ensure contractual commitments are met.​

Streamline Capacity Management and Billing with ZAC's CMP and AWLC Integration​

With a CMP (Country Multiplex Pricing) contract, multiple data centers within the same country are consolidated into a single billing unit. However, the challenge lies in defining capacity management parameters for each individual machine. ZAC resolves this complexity by consolidating the entire CMP structure and efficiently distributing capacity across machines. Moreover, ZAC simplifies real-time tracking of CMP billing, ensuring seamless management of your consolidated data center resources. With the integration of AWLC (Advanced Workload License Charges), you can further enhance the accuracy and efficiency of your billing process.​

IBM Tailored Fit Pricing, Considerations & Strategies

Whether you are transitioning or optimizing, this guide is tailored to your pricing model.
AWLC users will learn how to prepare and cut costs before moving to TFP. CMP users can discover strategies to maximize savings while managing capacity efficiently. For current TFP users, the ebook covers advanced optimization techniques to make the most of your contract.
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Achieve Real-Time Insights into Mainframe Activity and Cost Optimization​

Traditionally, analyzing mainframe activity has been limited to day+1 basis, resulting in reduced reactivity. However, with ZAC, you gain a competitive edge through real-time reports that are refreshed at each decision interval. The user-friendly web interface provides comprehensive visibility into key metrics such as R4HA, IMSU, DC, and capping percentages across various layers including CPC, LPAR, Groups, Sysplex, CMP, and Pricing Containers. Additionally, ZAC empowers you with drill-down capabilities, enabling in-depth analysis down to the Service Class level. Gain valuable insights into different pricing models, including mobile, container, and enterprise consumption, through a range of insightful reports.​

With Zetaly Automated Capacity, Orange has found a game-changing solution. We can now navigate the price increases of our software portfolio for the next two years without any impact on performance. Not only that, but our mainframe activity runs more smoothly than ever before and we have become more responsive, ensuring optimal operations and improved customer experiences.

Stéphane Rousset​Mainframe Manager, Orange​

Orange Empowers Mainframe Software Optimization with ZAC

As a prominent global telco provider offering comprehensive B2C and B2B services across numerous countries, Orange understands the significance of keeping mainframe software costs in check. That's why they rely on Zetaly Automated Capacity, a powerful solution that optimizes mainframe resources and enhances cost efficiency. With ZAC, Orange can effectively manage their mainframe operations while delivering seamless connectivity, diverse content offerings, and reliable financial services to their valued customers.​

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