Which Distribution is supported on which hardware?

A frequently asked question for Linux on System z is which distributions are supported with what hardware. There are two different sources for this:

1. IBM is publishing tested platforms
2. The distributors publish their hardware certifications
• On the Red Hat page select "s390x" as the platform and the distribution you are interested in
• On the SUSE page in the lower box select the distribution for zSeries that you are interested in and press search.

Interesting performance presentations at SHARE Orlando 2011

Unfortunately I haven't been able to attend the last SHARE conference. So I looked up the performance pitches in the proceedings for reference. Thanks to SHARE that they publish those. 

Linux: 

• Linux on System z Distribution Performance Update
• Linux Performance on IBM System z Enterprise 

IBM Java:

• Java SDK5, SDK6 and Beyond: A Performance Update 

z/VM:

• z/VM Performance Update 2011
• z/VM Performance Case Studies