On the 40th anniversary of its revolutionary System/360 mainframe, IBM® introduced the zSeries® 890 mainframe for medium-sized customers. Using the technology of the z990, the z890 is 100 percent faster than the previous z800 server but also begins at a size that is more than 30 percent smaller. New scalability and pricing are designed to attract more medium sized businesses to zSeries technology.

The z890 is a single model with 28 capacity levels - allowing customers to more closely match server capacity with their individual business requirements. Models also start with 26 MIPS and range to 1300 MIPS. Like the z990, the z890 features On/Off Capacity on Demand.

IBM z890 - Datasheet

zSeries z890 2086 Characteristics

2086 MODEL	FIRST AVAIL	ACTIVE CPUS	APPROX MIPS	MSU	SW GROUP
110	2Q 04	1	26	4	zELC 110 / 35
120	2Q 04	1	46	7	EWLC A / 38
130	2Q 04	1	88	13	EWLC B / 40
140	2Q 04	1	110	17	EWLC C / 50
150	2Q 04	1	172	26	EWLC C / 60
160	2Q 04	1	210	32	EWLC C / 70
170	2Q 04	1	366	56	EWLC D / 80
210	2Q 04	2	50	8	EWLC A / 38
220	2Q 04	2	89	13	EWLC B / 40
230	2Q 04	2	170	26	EWLC C / 60
240	2Q 04	2	212	32	EWLC C / 70
250	2Q 04	2	332	50	EWLC D / 80
260	2Q 04	2	406	62	EWLC D / 80
270	2Q 04	2	707	107	EWLC E / IMLC
310	2Q 04	3	74	11	EWLC A / 40
320	2Q 04	3	131	20	EWLC C / 50
330	2Q 04	3	250	38	EWLC C / 80
340	2Q 04	3	313	47	EWLC D / 80
350	2Q 04	3	489	74	EWLC D / 90
360	2Q 04	3	597	91	EWLC E / IMLC
370	2Q 04	3	1040	158	EWLC E / IMLC
410	2Q 04	4	97	15	EWLC C / 50
420	2Q 04	4	172	26	EWLC C / 60
430	2Q 04	4	328	39	EWLC D / 80
440	2Q 04	4	410	62	EWLC D / 80
450	2Q 04	4	642	97	EWLC E / IMLC
460	2Q 04	4	783	119	EWLC E / IMLC
470	2Q 04	4	1365	208	EWLC E / IMLC