This space contains information about the following releases of the Cost & Performance Optimization for System z solution:

• 3.0.00
• 2.1.00

The Cost & Performance Optimization for System z solution is made up of the following products:

• Cost Analyzer for zEnterprise
• Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise
• BMC Subsystem Optimizer for zEnterprise

The Cost & Performance Optimization for System z solution helps customers to optimize system monitoring and LPAR utilization, and subsequently, significantly reduce their Monthly License Charge (MLC) software costs. The solution gives you the tools needed to:

• Determine when capacity limits should be increased (to allow business critical workloads to process), and when capacity limits should be enforced (when discretionary workloads are present and can be delayed)
• Identify the factors that are driving MLC software costs, and the tradeoffs between cost and utilization, which enables more informed budget planning
• Identify software cost impact of adding, growing, and reducing workloads