IBM®
PowerLinux™
and Solutions
Empowering Next Gen Business Innovation, Leadership
Contents
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POWER advantage
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PowerVM benefits
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PowerLinux comparisons
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IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux
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PowerLinux Portfolio at a glance
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Advantages at a glance
02
PowerLinux
Increase resiliency and
reduce downtime
Mainframe-inspired RAS
Platform Resiliency
(% of additional workload)
PowerLinux 35%
Windows®
10%
40
30
20
10
0
PowerLinux 2%
Windows 3%
Downtime Summary
(%)
4
3
2
1
0
03
PowerLinux
POWER advantage
Inspire new service levels, improve business agility, elevate performance and
drastically reduce costs when you run Linux on IBM Power Systems, together
with reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) that only mainframes used to
offer.
Processors
• Dynamic Deallocation
• Packaging
• Instruction Retry
• Alternate Processor Recovery
• New Power On Reset Engine (PORE)
• Processor core re-initialization
(on running system)
• L3 Cache self-healing capability
• New Fabric Bus Dynamic Lane Repair
POWER7+ added Features
RAS Feature POWER7+ Intel
System RAS
OS independent First Failure
Data Capture Yes No
Processor RAS
Processor Instruction Retry Yes No
Alternate Processor
Recovery Yes No
Dynamic Processor
Deallocation Yes No
Dynamic Processor Sparing Yes No
New Power On Reset Engine Yes No
Processor running core
re-initialization Yes No
L3 Cache self-healing
capability Yes No
Memory RAS
Chipkill Yes Yes
Active Memory Mirroring for
Hypervisor Yes No
Memory Sparing Yes Yes
I/O RAS
Extended Error Handling Yes No
I/O Adapter Isolation
(PCI-Bus and TCEs) Yes No
* PowerLinux versus Windows for Network Infrastructure Deployment" by Solitaire Interglobal -
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/pol03122usen/POL03122USEN.PDF
1
“A Comparison of PowerVM and VMware vSphere (4.1&5.0)
Virtualization Performance”, Edison Group, January 2012,
http://www-07.ibm.com/sg/manufacturing/pdf/STG/poweroffer/PowerVM.pdf
PowerVM benefits
04
PowerLinux
Scale-up, boost performance better than VMware vSphere
More secure than VMware
Robust security and massive consolidation can be yours with PowerVM, which
comes part of the Power Linux offerings.
• IBM is the only vendor who designs the virtualized
environment from bare metal through the hypervisor.
Security is embedded in Power Systems firmware and
protected by secure access controls and encryption
• PowerVM is certified at an Evaluated Assurance Level 4+
• Zero vulnerabilities reported against PowerVM by US
CERT or by MITRE Corporation
vSphere5
vSphere4.1
JOBS/MIN
(’000)
600
500
400
300
200
100
PowerVM
1 2 4 8 16 32
+
131%
+
103%
600
700
500
400
300
200
100
VMware PowerVM
633
0
1
“A Comparison of PowerVM and VMware vSphere (4.1&5.0)
Virtualization Performance”, Edison Group, January 2012,
http://www-07.ibm.com/sg/manufacturing/pdf/STG/poweroffer/PowerVM.pdf
*
National Vulnerability Database - http://nvd.nist.gov
Reduce risks, performance constraints with
better VM density than rivals
05
PowerLinux
PowerVM on PowerLinux
7R2, running Linux
delivers superior
scale-out performance,
outperforming vSphere
5.1 by up to
126%
71% 90% 114% 122% 126%
IBM PowerLinux 7R2 vs. HP Proliant
DL 380p Benchmark Results
(TPoX-Transaction Processing over XML)
120 VMs across 16 cores
PowerVM on IBM PowerLinux 7R2* vSphere 5.1 on HP Proliant DL 380p
vSphere 5.1.
HP ProLiant DL380p & RamSan-810
IBM PowerVM
on PowerLinux 7R2 & Ramsan-810
vs
15000
12000
9000
6000
3000
0
no. of virtual
machines
TPoX
Transaction
per
second
(TTPS)
15 30 60 90 120
KVM
KVM
OVM Sparc
OVM Sparc
VM Count
18.0
15.0
12.0
9.0
6.0
3.0
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
PowerVM
OVM
OVM
vSphere5
vSphere5
Xen
Xen
Other
Other
VM Density Summary
Medium Large
Organization Size
Very large
* http://www.theedison.com/pdf/2013_Samples_IBM_PowerVM_Linux_TCO.pdf
*
"Does your server virtualization platform matter?" by Solitaire Interglobal
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/assets/platformmatters.html
06
PowerLinux
Blinding performance for supercharging your business
Enjoy lower TCO with powerful virtualization
Virtualization
PowerVM for IBM
PowerLinux2
VMware vSphere 5.1
– Enterprise3
Supported server platform PowerLinux 7R1 or 7R2 HP Proliant DL380p G8
Supported Operating Systems Linux Linux, Windows, Solaris and
others
CPU threads 4 per core 2 per core
Virtual CPUs – dynamically
add or remove
Yes Add – Yes
Remove – No OS support
Memory – dynamically add or remove Yes Add – Yes
Remove – No
Secure hypervisor (zero reported
vulnerabilities)
Yes (hardware-based) No (software-based)
License and 3 years support costs $7,8404
(2-sockets / 16 cores)
$10,0645
(2-socket / 64 vCPU license)
2
PowerVM for PowerLinux is functionally equivalent to PowerVM Enterprise Edition & is only available for Linux only, PowerLinux servers.
3
VMware edition comparisons: www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compare-editions.html
4
Based on US pricing for PowerVM for PowerLinux as of 01/23/2013
5
VMware pricing: www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/pricing.html
PowerLinux comparisons
Performance, Big Data and TCO—these are topmost concerns that Linux on
Power is engineered to solve.
18% better at non-virtualized Java
workloads compared to x86
SPECjbb 2005
18%
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
1,877,284 1,584,575
23% better for non-virtualized integer
workload compared to x86
SPECint rate
23%
800
600
400
200
0
852 673
* http://www.spec.org
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html
07
PowerLinux
Crunch Big Data and gain new insights
* Based on results from publicly available sources to sort 1 terabyte per the Sort Benchmark ‘rulebook’: http://sortbenchmark.org/Yahoo2009.pdf
IBM source: http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/papers/BCB226F47ACD98AC85257B27005F09DD/$File/rc25281revised.pdf
Cloudera source: http://www.slideshare.net/cloudera/hadoop-world-2011-hadoop-and-performance-todd-lipcon-yanpei-chen-cloudera
58% faster
than commodity
x86 hardware
<9 minutes vs.
24 minutes
to sort 1TB data
on equivalent
x86 cluster
Tuned to Big Data and Big Business Tasks
High-performance
intelligent threads
POWER7+ features four threads
per core vs. two threads per core
for x86 Intel®
Xeon™ processors
Higher throughput
POWER7+ provides extreme
memory and I/O bandwidth
Optimized for
Java applications
Latest IBM JVM optimized
for POWER7+
Exploit parallel file systems
across multiple servers
Optimized for HDFS or IBM GPFS
Perfect match for Apache
Hadoop and MapReduce
framework
Exploit massively parallel processing
across Linux clusters
1
2
3
4
5
Source: IBM lab tests using a BigInsights v1.3 and 10-node
7R2+ PowerLinux cluster
IBM PowerLinux Servers
InfoSphere
BigInsights
IBM
InfoSphere
Streams
IBM Installation Toolkit
for PowerLinux
08
PowerLinux
OPTION 1:
PowerLinux pre-load improves
the out-of-box experience
OPTION 2:
IBM Installation Toolkit
simplifies Linux installation
on POWER
6
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/installtools/home.html
7
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=a7bb94a3-b351-4483-bc8d-5d69da2a605e
Use of this tool eliminates the manual installation of the
recommended Power Service and Productive Tooling
PRE-INSTALL
Boot IBM Installation
Toolkit (IBMIT) and
configure install
parameters
1
INSTALL
Reboot into
installed system
3
INSTALL
IBMIT will automatically
drive installation, using
desired Linux source
2
POST-INSTALL
Access IBM added
value software
4
FINAL STEP
IBM added value software assists with
server RAS management, workload
configuration and much more
Machine
boots Linux
1
Accept
License
Agreements
2
Installation
runs
automatically
3
RESTART
4
FINAL STEP
Use your web browser to access
the Simplified Setup Tool (SST)
and install open source workloads
(web server, mail server, file
and print server, etc)
Free download 6
Free support 7
Use the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux to install Linux and other value
added software on your PowerLinux server
09
PowerLinux
PowerLinux Product Family
PowerLinux Portfolio at a glance
Whether you are managing a small business or need to power up your enterprise,
PowerLinux is the right solution for you.
4-core 3.6GHz or 6/8-core 4.2GHz POWER7+
Up to 256GB memory
Up to 243TB internal storage
Up to 5 PCIe
2U form factor
Operating Systems:
SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.4 or later
Virtualization Hypervisor:
PowerVM up to 160 logical partitions
Two 8-core 3.6 or 4.2GHz POWER7+
Up to 512GB memory
Up to 340TB internal storage
Up to 25 PCIe
2U form factor
Operating Systems:
SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.4 or later
Virtualization Hypervisor:
PowerVM up to 320 logical partitions
Two or Four 8-core 3.5 or 4.0GHz POWER7+
Up to 1TB DDR3 memory
Up to 1,171TB internal storage
Up to 46 PCIe
4U form factor
Operating Systems:
SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.4 or later
Virtualization Hypervisor:
PowerVM up to 640 logical partitions
Two 6-core 3.7 or 8-core 3.2/3.55GHz POWER7
Up to 512GB memory
Up to two 2.5” HD or 1.8” SSD
Up to 2 PCIe
One slot in PureFlex Chassis
Operating Systems:
SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.2 or later
Virtualization Hypervisor:
PowerVM up to 160 logical partitions
PowerLinux 7R1
PowerLinux 7R2
PowerLinux 7R4
Flex System p24L
10
PowerLinux
Advantages at a glance
Business agility and rapid time-to-value
Unparalleled
Virtualization
Performance
Reliability
Availability
Serviceability
(RAS)
■ Dedicated / Shared CPUs and I/O
■ Micro-Partitioning®
with up to 20
virtual machines per processor core
■ Dynamic Logical Partitioning (LPAR)
◆
move processor, memory and I/O
resources between VMs
■ Firmware dynamic virtual resource
optimization
■ Shared Storage Pools for the Virtual
I/O Server (VIOS)
◆
Virtual SCSI
◆
Virtual CD
◆
Virtual Tape
◆
Virtual LAN
■ N-port ID virtualization (NPIV)
■ Active memory sharing (memory
overcommit)
■ Live partition mobility
■ Partition suspend / resume feature
■ POWER7+™ processor
◆
Up to 8 cores at 4.2GHz clock speed
◆
4-way simultaneous multi-threading
(SMT)
◆
Embedded 80MB L3 cache
◆
Outstanding performance at 16 SP
FLOP per cycle
◆
Built-in hardware encryption
accelerator
◆
Built-in random number generator
■ Outstanding Linux benchmarks
■ Capacity Upgrade on Demand
◆
Try-and-buy
◆
Processor / Memory
◆
Dynamic activation
■ Solid state disk
■ Flexible large pages for applications
■ Advanced Toolchain from IBM
■ Enterprise-class hardware RAS
◆
Redundant fans, blowers, power
supplies, regulators, service
processors, system clocks
◆
Hot-swap fans, blowers, regulators,
disk, I/O adapters
◆
Dynamic processor sparing
◆
Memory DRAM sparing
◆
Chipkill™ memory with dynamic
bit steering
■ Explain IBM Reliability, Availability,
Servicability (RAS) qualities. Relate
to System, Processor, Memory,
and I/O
■ Concurrent firmware upgrades
■ PCI bus Enhanced Error Handling
(EEH)
■ Self-healing capability for L3 cache
functions
■ Service Focal Point Software
■ NVRAM-based error logging
Solution
Guide
IBM PowerLinux is more than
just a box. The following
pages offer a selection of
solutions that solve today’s
business problems and
improve overall efficiency.
12
PowerLinux
Configuration
SugarCRM Pro Edition 20 users per annum
5 day implementation services including user / admin training, configuration and minor enhancements
IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies
Price: HK$ 179,400
SugarCRM:
Next-gen Customer, Operations Management
SugarCRM’s open architecture is designed to give your customer and
operation-related processes a much needed boost. With our CRM-based
operations platform, it can ease your business challenges, including management
monitoring, salesforce productivity, service followup, and provide ERP data and
document integrations.
Key benefits:
• Designed with best practices
• Easy to enhance and fit your business needs
• Enhancement components readily available
• Gain 20%+ performance advantage on Power servers
• IBM Global support
CRM
Base functions
Sales
Team
Customer
Mgmt
Sales Force
Automation
Ower
Profiles
Projects
Sales
Transactions
Shipment
Bonus
Points
Events
Account
Balances
Central CRM
Workflow
Document
Mgmt
Document
Capture
Data
Integration
Logic Egine
Members Portal
Customers
Self Service
- profile update
- help desk request
- orders inquiry
- events registrations
Telephony
- call center
- mobile connect
- call recording
Maketing
Compaigns
Support
Case
Management
Reporting
Marketing
Team
Support
Team
CRM
Enhancements Documents
Workflow
Data
Scan
Index
Form
processing
ERP
POS
Accounts
Doc
Source
Data
Source
13
PowerLinux
Hosts and
Applications
Storage
System
Virtualization Big Data and Cloud
Bloombase
Bloombase
Bloombase
Bloombase
Bloombase StoreSafe
Future-proof Data Security
Bloombase StoreSafe offers the future of data security today. The agentless,
non-disruptive, application-transparent encryption software appliance ensures
your data—from Big Data to the Cloud—is safe from prying eyes. No more
worries about complex heterogeneous storage infrastructure, multiple protocols
or stringent compliance; it safeguards all your data assets easily and
cost-efficiently.
Key benefits:
• Wire-speed real-time encryption protection of enterprise at-rest data
• Protection of business critical and sensitive at-rest data from unauthorized leakage,
intentional exposure, theft and various outbound threats
• Raid and secure retrieval of secret data from various trusted enterprise applications,
including ERP, CRM, DMS, CMS, BI, VDI, etc., with minimal impact to performance
• Zero workflow change and impact to end users
• All-in-one single solution to deliver block-based, share-based, file-based and
object-based storage encryption in-a-box
Configuration
Bloombase StoreSafe 4Core licenses with 1yr maintenance
IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies
Price: HK$ 458,200
14
PowerLinux
Clustertech Parallel Environment
Cost effective answer for compute-intensive problems
Compute-intensive programs need not be expensive and complex. ClusterTech
Parallel Environment (CPE) simplifies the development, deployment and
execution of parallel applications. It is particularly useful for Banks, Insurance, and
Financial Institutions to distribute workload for derivative pricing and risk
management to a computation grid. The software suite also makes parallelization
code development easier and more cost efficient.
Key benefits:
• Simplifies parallel software development in C/C++ and reduces parallelization code
development cycle by 50%
• Increases computational speed by more than 20 times
• Enhances data transfer efficiency between machines
• Automates distribution of batch jobs
• Fulfills Basel Capital Accord and regulatory requirements
Program
trading
system
Quotations
Quants
Clients
Exchanges
Other
Investment
banks
Exchange
Connectivity
Order
Mgmt
System
Sales
Structurers
Traders
Middle
office
Quant Pricing
Libraries
Quotation Work Flow
(e.g. Contract, Legal, Approval, etc.)
Pricing Tools
Structured
Instrument Builder
- Portfolio Management
- Hedging
- Sensitivity Management
- Bookings
- Trade Lifecycle Event
Management
Pricing and Risk Computing Grid
Core
Trading
System
Market
Risk Mgmt
System
Market Risk Mgr
Back Office Systems
(e.g. Clearing, Settlement,
Accounting, etc.)
Counterparty,
Issuer &
Settlement
risk Mgmt
System
Credit Risk Mgr
Over-the-counter
Trading Network
Model
development
tools
Primary
Data Centre
DR
Data Centre
... ...
Configuration
Clustertech Application pricing, including license, service, and/or training
Price: Starting from HK$ 300,000
15
PowerLinux
IBM Connections
Enabling social collaboration on PowerLinux
Want to engage the right people, accelerate innovation and deliver results
immediately within your organization? Try IBM Connections. This integrated,
security-rich platform helps people engage with networks of experts for solving
critical business issues. Now everyone can act with confidence and anticipate
and respond to emerging opportunities.
Key benefits:
• Go social by integrating into your business processes throughout your entire customer
experience
• Eliminate guesswork by providing full-featured social analytics and metrics to foster vital
networks and communities
• Integrate with IBM software and third-party applications to extend your enterprise social
business platform
• Integrate with Microsoft applications including Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows
Explorer, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office.
Configuration
IBM Connections - 50 Users IBM Connection Licence
Plus Power Linux &Processional Service
IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies
IBM Connections
Training
Document
Management
Employee
Social
Network
Customer
Social
Network
File
Sharing
Membership
Portal
Public
Education
CRM
Price: HK$ 276,000
16
PowerLinux
EnterpriseDB
Enterprise-class, PostgreSQL database server for lower TCO
Deploying your own enterprise database is now easier or more cost-effective.
EnterpriseDB, based on PostgreSQL, is an advanced and independent open
source database that features a wide range of enterprise-class features at a
dramatically lower total cost of ownership. Seamless migration from Oracle is also
easier, saving you up to 90% of the cost of typical migrations. It is backed up by
unparalleled 24x7 support, targeted training and more PostgreSQL open source
community experts than employed by any other organization in the market.
Key benefits:
• Proven performance
• Strong security and data protection
• High availability and scalability
• Oracle compatibility and replication
• Exceptional total cost of ownership.
The Merit to migrate from Oracle Database
Postgres Plus Advanced Server get rid of high license fee and annual maintenance fee from Oracle and realize huge cost reduction.
Major Advances in Core Technology
• Greater scalability
• JSON support
• Index-only scans
• Reduced power consumption
• Cascading replication
• Streaming replication
• Synchronous replication
• Range type support
• More enterprise features
on the way
TPS (’000)
325
375
275
225
175
125
75
12 16 32
Clients
48 64 88
1CPU (8 Core) Cost
Oracle Database
Enterprise Edition
(x86)
Postgres Plus
Advanced Server
(Linux on Power)
Cost Reduction
5 Year Sum
HKD$3,294,525
HKD$166,608
-95%
License
HKD$1,568,814
HKD$0
-100%
Anuual maintenance
vs Subscription
HKD$345,150
HKD$34,047
-90%
PG 9.2 Current
PG 9.1
Configuration
EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL per socket Premium license; 1yr subscription; 7 x 24 on-site support
IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies
Price: HK$ 133,800
ISS Project Management
Simplifying project management online
Project management is now smarter with ISS Project Management. The easy,
online project management tool for monitoring projects from strategic planning,
process to completion ensures that you are always in control of your projects. It
offers a virtual workspace, accessible from anywhere, and a host of project
management features for management, project managers, core team members,
external stake holders and customers, that reduces time and effort spent on
laborious project administration tasks.
Key benefits:
• Real time supervision of all projects
• Easy, centralized data storage and security
• Optimization of human resources planning simplified
• Reduces managers' time spent on project administration by around 25%
• Automates reports to help management make informed decisions
ISS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SOLUTION MAP
Browser-based Interface
Admin, Data Entry and End User
ISS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IBM Websphere
IBM PowerLinux
Database
Java
Users in
Travel
Users in
Branch Office
Users in
Head Office
Cyber Highway
Configuration
ISS Project Management, 5 users, warranty 1 year, 3-day training
IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies
Price: HK$ 191,800
17
PowerLinux
18
PowerLinux
MbackU
Scalable appliances for tomorrow’s communication management
Don’t get caught out by legal compliance or regulators requesting emails. MbackU
lets you store, retrieve and safely distribute emails easily. Searches can be done
within seconds with the Quick Search & Easy Management and expanding
capacity is a matter of just plug & play. Designed for organizations of all sizes, the
appliance does not require IT knowledge to use.
Key benefits:
• Online Archiving
• Quick Searching
• De-duplication
• Scalability
• High Security
MbackU scalable appliance Email Server
Giga LAN speed
Configuration
MBackU - PowerLinux 7R1 (4w 3.6GHz, 32G Memory, 6x900G HDD,1x4Port NIC, Display)
Redhat + MBackU Email Archiving System
3yrs Warranty
Implementation included
Price: HK$ 217,800
19
PowerLinux
IBM Worklight
Native, web or hybrid mobile-app development
Mobile app development has gotten simpler with IBM Worklight. The open,
comprehensive and advanced mobile application platform builds, runs and
manages mobile applications across multiple mobile platforms. That means
significant savings in development, time-to-market, app governance and security.
By avoiding the use of code translation, proprietary interpreters and unpopular
scripting languages, the solution also keeps true to its industry standards roots.
Key benefits:
• Supports multiple mobile operating environments and devices with the simplicity of a single,
shared code base
• Easily connects and synchronizes with enterprise data, applications and cloud services
• Safeguards mobile security at the device, application, and network layers
• Governs their mobile app portfolio from one central interface.
Souce Code
Repository
Configuration
IBM WORKLIGHT ENTERPRISE EDITION CLIENT DEVICE (10 lic)
IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies
Price: HK$ 372,400
For more information:
Visit www-03.ibm.com/systems/hk/power/software/linux/powerlinux/
Talk to an IBM representative:
(852) 2825 7878

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Ibpstc30951 wdg ib_mbooklet

  • 1. IBM® PowerLinux™ and Solutions Empowering Next Gen Business Innovation, Leadership
  • 2. Contents { 03 } POWER advantage { 04 } PowerVM benefits { 06 } PowerLinux comparisons { 08 } IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux { 09 } PowerLinux Portfolio at a glance { 010 } Advantages at a glance 02 PowerLinux
  • 3. Increase resiliency and reduce downtime Mainframe-inspired RAS Platform Resiliency (% of additional workload) PowerLinux 35% Windows® 10% 40 30 20 10 0 PowerLinux 2% Windows 3% Downtime Summary (%) 4 3 2 1 0 03 PowerLinux POWER advantage Inspire new service levels, improve business agility, elevate performance and drastically reduce costs when you run Linux on IBM Power Systems, together with reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) that only mainframes used to offer. Processors • Dynamic Deallocation • Packaging • Instruction Retry • Alternate Processor Recovery • New Power On Reset Engine (PORE) • Processor core re-initialization (on running system) • L3 Cache self-healing capability • New Fabric Bus Dynamic Lane Repair POWER7+ added Features RAS Feature POWER7+ Intel System RAS OS independent First Failure Data Capture Yes No Processor RAS Processor Instruction Retry Yes No Alternate Processor Recovery Yes No Dynamic Processor Deallocation Yes No Dynamic Processor Sparing Yes No New Power On Reset Engine Yes No Processor running core re-initialization Yes No L3 Cache self-healing capability Yes No Memory RAS Chipkill Yes Yes Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor Yes No Memory Sparing Yes Yes I/O RAS Extended Error Handling Yes No I/O Adapter Isolation (PCI-Bus and TCEs) Yes No * PowerLinux versus Windows for Network Infrastructure Deployment" by Solitaire Interglobal - http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/pol03122usen/POL03122USEN.PDF 1 “A Comparison of PowerVM and VMware vSphere (4.1&5.0) Virtualization Performance”, Edison Group, January 2012, http://www-07.ibm.com/sg/manufacturing/pdf/STG/poweroffer/PowerVM.pdf
  • 4. PowerVM benefits 04 PowerLinux Scale-up, boost performance better than VMware vSphere More secure than VMware Robust security and massive consolidation can be yours with PowerVM, which comes part of the Power Linux offerings. • IBM is the only vendor who designs the virtualized environment from bare metal through the hypervisor. Security is embedded in Power Systems firmware and protected by secure access controls and encryption • PowerVM is certified at an Evaluated Assurance Level 4+ • Zero vulnerabilities reported against PowerVM by US CERT or by MITRE Corporation vSphere5 vSphere4.1 JOBS/MIN (’000) 600 500 400 300 200 100 PowerVM 1 2 4 8 16 32 + 131% + 103% 600 700 500 400 300 200 100 VMware PowerVM 633 0 1 “A Comparison of PowerVM and VMware vSphere (4.1&5.0) Virtualization Performance”, Edison Group, January 2012, http://www-07.ibm.com/sg/manufacturing/pdf/STG/poweroffer/PowerVM.pdf * National Vulnerability Database - http://nvd.nist.gov
  • 5. Reduce risks, performance constraints with better VM density than rivals 05 PowerLinux PowerVM on PowerLinux 7R2, running Linux delivers superior scale-out performance, outperforming vSphere 5.1 by up to 126% 71% 90% 114% 122% 126% IBM PowerLinux 7R2 vs. HP Proliant DL 380p Benchmark Results (TPoX-Transaction Processing over XML) 120 VMs across 16 cores PowerVM on IBM PowerLinux 7R2* vSphere 5.1 on HP Proliant DL 380p vSphere 5.1. HP ProLiant DL380p & RamSan-810 IBM PowerVM on PowerLinux 7R2 & Ramsan-810 vs 15000 12000 9000 6000 3000 0 no. of virtual machines TPoX Transaction per second (TTPS) 15 30 60 90 120 KVM KVM OVM Sparc OVM Sparc VM Count 18.0 15.0 12.0 9.0 6.0 3.0 Hyper-V Hyper-V PowerVM OVM OVM vSphere5 vSphere5 Xen Xen Other Other VM Density Summary Medium Large Organization Size Very large * http://www.theedison.com/pdf/2013_Samples_IBM_PowerVM_Linux_TCO.pdf * "Does your server virtualization platform matter?" by Solitaire Interglobal http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/assets/platformmatters.html
  • 6. 06 PowerLinux Blinding performance for supercharging your business Enjoy lower TCO with powerful virtualization Virtualization PowerVM for IBM PowerLinux2 VMware vSphere 5.1 – Enterprise3 Supported server platform PowerLinux 7R1 or 7R2 HP Proliant DL380p G8 Supported Operating Systems Linux Linux, Windows, Solaris and others CPU threads 4 per core 2 per core Virtual CPUs – dynamically add or remove Yes Add – Yes Remove – No OS support Memory – dynamically add or remove Yes Add – Yes Remove – No Secure hypervisor (zero reported vulnerabilities) Yes (hardware-based) No (software-based) License and 3 years support costs $7,8404 (2-sockets / 16 cores) $10,0645 (2-socket / 64 vCPU license) 2 PowerVM for PowerLinux is functionally equivalent to PowerVM Enterprise Edition & is only available for Linux only, PowerLinux servers. 3 VMware edition comparisons: www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compare-editions.html 4 Based on US pricing for PowerVM for PowerLinux as of 01/23/2013 5 VMware pricing: www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/pricing.html PowerLinux comparisons Performance, Big Data and TCO—these are topmost concerns that Linux on Power is engineered to solve. 18% better at non-virtualized Java workloads compared to x86 SPECjbb 2005 18% 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 1,877,284 1,584,575 23% better for non-virtualized integer workload compared to x86 SPECint rate 23% 800 600 400 200 0 852 673 * http://www.spec.org http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html
  • 7. 07 PowerLinux Crunch Big Data and gain new insights * Based on results from publicly available sources to sort 1 terabyte per the Sort Benchmark ‘rulebook’: http://sortbenchmark.org/Yahoo2009.pdf IBM source: http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/papers/BCB226F47ACD98AC85257B27005F09DD/$File/rc25281revised.pdf Cloudera source: http://www.slideshare.net/cloudera/hadoop-world-2011-hadoop-and-performance-todd-lipcon-yanpei-chen-cloudera 58% faster than commodity x86 hardware <9 minutes vs. 24 minutes to sort 1TB data on equivalent x86 cluster Tuned to Big Data and Big Business Tasks High-performance intelligent threads POWER7+ features four threads per core vs. two threads per core for x86 Intel® Xeon™ processors Higher throughput POWER7+ provides extreme memory and I/O bandwidth Optimized for Java applications Latest IBM JVM optimized for POWER7+ Exploit parallel file systems across multiple servers Optimized for HDFS or IBM GPFS Perfect match for Apache Hadoop and MapReduce framework Exploit massively parallel processing across Linux clusters 1 2 3 4 5 Source: IBM lab tests using a BigInsights v1.3 and 10-node 7R2+ PowerLinux cluster IBM PowerLinux Servers InfoSphere BigInsights IBM InfoSphere Streams
  • 8. IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux 08 PowerLinux OPTION 1: PowerLinux pre-load improves the out-of-box experience OPTION 2: IBM Installation Toolkit simplifies Linux installation on POWER 6 https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/installtools/home.html 7 https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=a7bb94a3-b351-4483-bc8d-5d69da2a605e Use of this tool eliminates the manual installation of the recommended Power Service and Productive Tooling PRE-INSTALL Boot IBM Installation Toolkit (IBMIT) and configure install parameters 1 INSTALL Reboot into installed system 3 INSTALL IBMIT will automatically drive installation, using desired Linux source 2 POST-INSTALL Access IBM added value software 4 FINAL STEP IBM added value software assists with server RAS management, workload configuration and much more Machine boots Linux 1 Accept License Agreements 2 Installation runs automatically 3 RESTART 4 FINAL STEP Use your web browser to access the Simplified Setup Tool (SST) and install open source workloads (web server, mail server, file and print server, etc) Free download 6 Free support 7 Use the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux to install Linux and other value added software on your PowerLinux server
  • 9. 09 PowerLinux PowerLinux Product Family PowerLinux Portfolio at a glance Whether you are managing a small business or need to power up your enterprise, PowerLinux is the right solution for you. 4-core 3.6GHz or 6/8-core 4.2GHz POWER7+ Up to 256GB memory Up to 243TB internal storage Up to 5 PCIe 2U form factor Operating Systems: SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.4 or later Virtualization Hypervisor: PowerVM up to 160 logical partitions Two 8-core 3.6 or 4.2GHz POWER7+ Up to 512GB memory Up to 340TB internal storage Up to 25 PCIe 2U form factor Operating Systems: SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.4 or later Virtualization Hypervisor: PowerVM up to 320 logical partitions Two or Four 8-core 3.5 or 4.0GHz POWER7+ Up to 1TB DDR3 memory Up to 1,171TB internal storage Up to 46 PCIe 4U form factor Operating Systems: SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.4 or later Virtualization Hypervisor: PowerVM up to 640 logical partitions Two 6-core 3.7 or 8-core 3.2/3.55GHz POWER7 Up to 512GB memory Up to two 2.5” HD or 1.8” SSD Up to 2 PCIe One slot in PureFlex Chassis Operating Systems: SLES 11 SP2 or RHEL 6.2 or later Virtualization Hypervisor: PowerVM up to 160 logical partitions PowerLinux 7R1 PowerLinux 7R2 PowerLinux 7R4 Flex System p24L
  • 10. 10 PowerLinux Advantages at a glance Business agility and rapid time-to-value Unparalleled Virtualization Performance Reliability Availability Serviceability (RAS) ■ Dedicated / Shared CPUs and I/O ■ Micro-Partitioning® with up to 20 virtual machines per processor core ■ Dynamic Logical Partitioning (LPAR) ◆ move processor, memory and I/O resources between VMs ■ Firmware dynamic virtual resource optimization ■ Shared Storage Pools for the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) ◆ Virtual SCSI ◆ Virtual CD ◆ Virtual Tape ◆ Virtual LAN ■ N-port ID virtualization (NPIV) ■ Active memory sharing (memory overcommit) ■ Live partition mobility ■ Partition suspend / resume feature ■ POWER7+™ processor ◆ Up to 8 cores at 4.2GHz clock speed ◆ 4-way simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) ◆ Embedded 80MB L3 cache ◆ Outstanding performance at 16 SP FLOP per cycle ◆ Built-in hardware encryption accelerator ◆ Built-in random number generator ■ Outstanding Linux benchmarks ■ Capacity Upgrade on Demand ◆ Try-and-buy ◆ Processor / Memory ◆ Dynamic activation ■ Solid state disk ■ Flexible large pages for applications ■ Advanced Toolchain from IBM ■ Enterprise-class hardware RAS ◆ Redundant fans, blowers, power supplies, regulators, service processors, system clocks ◆ Hot-swap fans, blowers, regulators, disk, I/O adapters ◆ Dynamic processor sparing ◆ Memory DRAM sparing ◆ Chipkill™ memory with dynamic bit steering ■ Explain IBM Reliability, Availability, Servicability (RAS) qualities. Relate to System, Processor, Memory, and I/O ■ Concurrent firmware upgrades ■ PCI bus Enhanced Error Handling (EEH) ■ Self-healing capability for L3 cache functions ■ Service Focal Point Software ■ NVRAM-based error logging
  • 11. Solution Guide IBM PowerLinux is more than just a box. The following pages offer a selection of solutions that solve today’s business problems and improve overall efficiency.
  • 12. 12 PowerLinux Configuration SugarCRM Pro Edition 20 users per annum 5 day implementation services including user / admin training, configuration and minor enhancements IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies Price: HK$ 179,400 SugarCRM: Next-gen Customer, Operations Management SugarCRM’s open architecture is designed to give your customer and operation-related processes a much needed boost. With our CRM-based operations platform, it can ease your business challenges, including management monitoring, salesforce productivity, service followup, and provide ERP data and document integrations. Key benefits: • Designed with best practices • Easy to enhance and fit your business needs • Enhancement components readily available • Gain 20%+ performance advantage on Power servers • IBM Global support CRM Base functions Sales Team Customer Mgmt Sales Force Automation Ower Profiles Projects Sales Transactions Shipment Bonus Points Events Account Balances Central CRM Workflow Document Mgmt Document Capture Data Integration Logic Egine Members Portal Customers Self Service - profile update - help desk request - orders inquiry - events registrations Telephony - call center - mobile connect - call recording Maketing Compaigns Support Case Management Reporting Marketing Team Support Team CRM Enhancements Documents Workflow Data Scan Index Form processing ERP POS Accounts Doc Source Data Source
  • 13. 13 PowerLinux Hosts and Applications Storage System Virtualization Big Data and Cloud Bloombase Bloombase Bloombase Bloombase Bloombase StoreSafe Future-proof Data Security Bloombase StoreSafe offers the future of data security today. The agentless, non-disruptive, application-transparent encryption software appliance ensures your data—from Big Data to the Cloud—is safe from prying eyes. No more worries about complex heterogeneous storage infrastructure, multiple protocols or stringent compliance; it safeguards all your data assets easily and cost-efficiently. Key benefits: • Wire-speed real-time encryption protection of enterprise at-rest data • Protection of business critical and sensitive at-rest data from unauthorized leakage, intentional exposure, theft and various outbound threats • Raid and secure retrieval of secret data from various trusted enterprise applications, including ERP, CRM, DMS, CMS, BI, VDI, etc., with minimal impact to performance • Zero workflow change and impact to end users • All-in-one single solution to deliver block-based, share-based, file-based and object-based storage encryption in-a-box Configuration Bloombase StoreSafe 4Core licenses with 1yr maintenance IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies Price: HK$ 458,200
  • 14. 14 PowerLinux Clustertech Parallel Environment Cost effective answer for compute-intensive problems Compute-intensive programs need not be expensive and complex. ClusterTech Parallel Environment (CPE) simplifies the development, deployment and execution of parallel applications. It is particularly useful for Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions to distribute workload for derivative pricing and risk management to a computation grid. The software suite also makes parallelization code development easier and more cost efficient. Key benefits: • Simplifies parallel software development in C/C++ and reduces parallelization code development cycle by 50% • Increases computational speed by more than 20 times • Enhances data transfer efficiency between machines • Automates distribution of batch jobs • Fulfills Basel Capital Accord and regulatory requirements Program trading system Quotations Quants Clients Exchanges Other Investment banks Exchange Connectivity Order Mgmt System Sales Structurers Traders Middle office Quant Pricing Libraries Quotation Work Flow (e.g. Contract, Legal, Approval, etc.) Pricing Tools Structured Instrument Builder - Portfolio Management - Hedging - Sensitivity Management - Bookings - Trade Lifecycle Event Management Pricing and Risk Computing Grid Core Trading System Market Risk Mgmt System Market Risk Mgr Back Office Systems (e.g. Clearing, Settlement, Accounting, etc.) Counterparty, Issuer & Settlement risk Mgmt System Credit Risk Mgr Over-the-counter Trading Network Model development tools Primary Data Centre DR Data Centre ... ... Configuration Clustertech Application pricing, including license, service, and/or training Price: Starting from HK$ 300,000
  • 15. 15 PowerLinux IBM Connections Enabling social collaboration on PowerLinux Want to engage the right people, accelerate innovation and deliver results immediately within your organization? Try IBM Connections. This integrated, security-rich platform helps people engage with networks of experts for solving critical business issues. Now everyone can act with confidence and anticipate and respond to emerging opportunities. Key benefits: • Go social by integrating into your business processes throughout your entire customer experience • Eliminate guesswork by providing full-featured social analytics and metrics to foster vital networks and communities • Integrate with IBM software and third-party applications to extend your enterprise social business platform • Integrate with Microsoft applications including Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows Explorer, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office. Configuration IBM Connections - 50 Users IBM Connection Licence Plus Power Linux &Processional Service IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies IBM Connections Training Document Management Employee Social Network Customer Social Network File Sharing Membership Portal Public Education CRM Price: HK$ 276,000
  • 16. 16 PowerLinux EnterpriseDB Enterprise-class, PostgreSQL database server for lower TCO Deploying your own enterprise database is now easier or more cost-effective. EnterpriseDB, based on PostgreSQL, is an advanced and independent open source database that features a wide range of enterprise-class features at a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. Seamless migration from Oracle is also easier, saving you up to 90% of the cost of typical migrations. It is backed up by unparalleled 24x7 support, targeted training and more PostgreSQL open source community experts than employed by any other organization in the market. Key benefits: • Proven performance • Strong security and data protection • High availability and scalability • Oracle compatibility and replication • Exceptional total cost of ownership. The Merit to migrate from Oracle Database Postgres Plus Advanced Server get rid of high license fee and annual maintenance fee from Oracle and realize huge cost reduction. Major Advances in Core Technology • Greater scalability • JSON support • Index-only scans • Reduced power consumption • Cascading replication • Streaming replication • Synchronous replication • Range type support • More enterprise features on the way TPS (’000) 325 375 275 225 175 125 75 12 16 32 Clients 48 64 88 1CPU (8 Core) Cost Oracle Database Enterprise Edition (x86) Postgres Plus Advanced Server (Linux on Power) Cost Reduction 5 Year Sum HKD$3,294,525 HKD$166,608 -95% License HKD$1,568,814 HKD$0 -100% Anuual maintenance vs Subscription HKD$345,150 HKD$34,047 -90% PG 9.2 Current PG 9.1 Configuration EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL per socket Premium license; 1yr subscription; 7 x 24 on-site support IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies Price: HK$ 133,800
  • 17. ISS Project Management Simplifying project management online Project management is now smarter with ISS Project Management. The easy, online project management tool for monitoring projects from strategic planning, process to completion ensures that you are always in control of your projects. It offers a virtual workspace, accessible from anywhere, and a host of project management features for management, project managers, core team members, external stake holders and customers, that reduces time and effort spent on laborious project administration tasks. Key benefits: • Real time supervision of all projects • Easy, centralized data storage and security • Optimization of human resources planning simplified • Reduces managers' time spent on project administration by around 25% • Automates reports to help management make informed decisions ISS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION MAP Browser-based Interface Admin, Data Entry and End User ISS PROJECT MANAGEMENT IBM Websphere IBM PowerLinux Database Java Users in Travel Users in Branch Office Users in Head Office Cyber Highway Configuration ISS Project Management, 5 users, warranty 1 year, 3-day training IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies Price: HK$ 191,800 17 PowerLinux
  • 18. 18 PowerLinux MbackU Scalable appliances for tomorrow’s communication management Don’t get caught out by legal compliance or regulators requesting emails. MbackU lets you store, retrieve and safely distribute emails easily. Searches can be done within seconds with the Quick Search & Easy Management and expanding capacity is a matter of just plug & play. Designed for organizations of all sizes, the appliance does not require IT knowledge to use. Key benefits: • Online Archiving • Quick Searching • De-duplication • Scalability • High Security MbackU scalable appliance Email Server Giga LAN speed Configuration MBackU - PowerLinux 7R1 (4w 3.6GHz, 32G Memory, 6x900G HDD,1x4Port NIC, Display) Redhat + MBackU Email Archiving System 3yrs Warranty Implementation included Price: HK$ 217,800
  • 19. 19 PowerLinux IBM Worklight Native, web or hybrid mobile-app development Mobile app development has gotten simpler with IBM Worklight. The open, comprehensive and advanced mobile application platform builds, runs and manages mobile applications across multiple mobile platforms. That means significant savings in development, time-to-market, app governance and security. By avoiding the use of code translation, proprietary interpreters and unpopular scripting languages, the solution also keeps true to its industry standards roots. Key benefits: • Supports multiple mobile operating environments and devices with the simplicity of a single, shared code base • Easily connects and synchronizes with enterprise data, applications and cloud services • Safeguards mobile security at the device, application, and network layers • Governs their mobile app portfolio from one central interface. Souce Code Repository Configuration IBM WORKLIGHT ENTERPRISE EDITION CLIENT DEVICE (10 lic) IBM PowerLinux 7R1, POWER7+ 4-core 3.6GHz 32GB 2x300GB DVD 2xPower Supplies Price: HK$ 372,400
  • 20. For more information: Visit www-03.ibm.com/systems/hk/power/software/linux/powerlinux/ Talk to an IBM representative: (852) 2825 7878