Central Electronic Complex

With Central Electronic Complex ( CEC ) all of the hardware is called, from a mainframe (mainframe, host) is. This includes the CPUs , main memory, channels, controllers and power supply. Some CECs, such as IBM's Multiprise 2000 and 3000, also contain persistent data stores (hard drives).

Web links

• ICB-Ressearch Report No. 16 - "Using G / G / m-Models for Multi-Server and Mainframe Capacity Planning" (slides 7, 9 and 19; PDF file; 452 kB)