IBM has posted an announcement that teases the introduction of rack mounted and single frame versions of its z17 mainframes. Big Blues documentation for the z17 mentions only a model called the ME1 that scales from single rack to four rack systems. The Tuesday announcement mentions bundles called the z17 ME2 and IBM z17 MER, respectively a single frame and rack mounted affair. The announcement doesnt offer any specs but says they “complete the IBM z17 product family.” IBM asserts that a z17...
