Introduction
This chapter provides background information about the topics that are covered in this paper and the reasons that make the IBM DS8880 storage system and IBM Z servers an ideal combination.
Although most of the synergy items that are described here apply when the DS8880 storage system is combined with a comprehensive z/OS software level, some of the items also apply to other operating systems that use IBM Z, including Linux on IBM Z, z/TPF, z/VM, and z/VSE®.
This chapter includes the following topics:

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