WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid

End-to-end Managed Batch processing on both Distributed and Mainframe platforms

IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid v8 drives operational efficiency through a controlled blend of Batch and On-line processing on a shared infrastructure

IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid provides a Multi-functional and multi-platform Java Batch solution that improves operational efficiency of business transaction processing.

• Process business transactions cost effectively by sharing resources and development skills between batch and on-line transactions (OLTP).
• Achieve operational efficiency by breaking massive batch jobs into manageable parallel tasks in a controlled fashion that helps you maintain service level agreements.
• Rely on a scalable, high quality of services batch transaction processing based on Mainframe capabilities, while leveraging widely available Java skills.
• Take advantage of a Cloud-based delivery model for your batch processing needs.
• Experience “Batch as a service” : Emerging service-paradigm for utilizing Java batch front-ended with web services.
• Increase re-use with Batch in an SOA transformation.
• Manage end-to-end batch jobs running across disparate execution environments such as WAS & CICS.

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• Manages Java batch applications: deploy to non-Java EE execution environments such as z/OS, CICS etc.

• Supports qualities of service of WebSphere Application Server for z/OS: security, thread pooling, connection pooling, scalability, checkpoint algorithms, restart mechanisms, multi-threading and threshold policies and z/OS integration

• Integrates workload-management for goals-oriented execution: batch jobs can be ad-hoc, event driven, batch throttled, paced and reprioritized to meet batch and OLTP service level agreements

• Programming model enhancements: calendar and clock scheduling of jobs, reuse of assets written in Java, COBOL, PL/I, C/C++, integration with enterprise scheduler, and increase throughput for collocating scenarios (Collocation = executing data and business logic on same LPAR for z/OS)

• Usage reporting with System Management Facilities (SMF) records

• Installation Manager based install support: compatible with distributed and mainframe platforms and cloud ready, WAS v7 and WAS v8 for distributed and z/OS platform

• Data sheet: WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid V8 (269KB)

• Redbook: Batch Processing with WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid - Delivering business value to the enterprise
• White paper: WebSphere Compute Grid Technical Introduction
• White paper: WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid Frequently Asked Questions