This section provides information on how to create customization definitions for creating or augmenting WebSphere for z/OS runtime environments.
WebSphere Extended Deployment Version 6.1 offers three components: Compute Grid, Operations Optimization, and Data Grid. You can customize an existing WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 6.1 environment with any combination of these components. It is recommended that you begin with Compute Grid, then evaluate whether you need either of the two other components in the future.