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Linux on POWER8 - Gaining the Competitive Edge
Gary Andrews - [email protected]
Competitive Project Office
June 02, 2016AIX VUG
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Linux on POWER8 - Gaining the Competitive Edge
1. IBM Strategy (AIX and Linux)
2. Generalizations to help position AIX / Linux on POWER8
3. Architecture Matters for best price / performance
4. New workloads types and OpenPOWER innovation
5. Additional thoughts
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AIX still leads in the Unix market share
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Gartner February 2016 ID: G00274915Which Vendor Will Blink First in the Battle to Keep Unix Viable?
Source: https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-31W7GUZ&ct=160325&st=sg&cm_mc_uid=28888874148614616306762&cm_mc_sid_50200000=1463940229
© 2016 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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Key fact at the end of 2015
Over 90 – 95% of all Power System installs were running AIX or IBM i
Less that 5% of all Power System installs
were running Linux
Takeaway message:
The majority of Power System customers are running AIX or IBM i
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Another key fact: Linux is growing at 8% while Windows is growing at 3%
Source: IDC 2015 Forecast
Server market by Operating System:Linux grows to be 38% of market by 2019
Linux server market:8% growth versus Windows at 3%
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Market Shifts are introducing new classes of workloads
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AIX Linux
Traditional workloads New workloads
- Business Applications OLTP, ERP, Web Applications
- Large Data warehouse
- Data Store
- Open source Relational DB & NoSQL- In-memory Analytics, Big Data, HPC- Social and Mobile Applications- Cognitive Computing- OpenPOWER - Cloud
Integration foroptimal
business value
- Scale-up or scale-out- Enterprise focused- Highest security and RAS- Cost efficiencies through massive virtualization and high utilizations
- Massive scale and rapid pace focus- Open Source heavily featured- “Hyper-converged” systems- Cost efficiencies through rapid innovation
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IBM Strategy for AIX and Linux on POWER8
POWER8 and beyond
TraditionalAIX, IBM i, PowerVM
Enterprise QualitiesMature
Most demanding applicationsScales up and out
Large implementationsSecurity, RAS
InnovativeLinux
PowerKVM, PowerVM
Open Ecosystem QualitiesCollaborative, growing exponentiallyWrist watches to super computers
Scales out, Large clustersFlexible
CAPI, OpenPOWER
AIX Systems of Record
Linux Systems of Engagement
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IBM grows investment in Linux on POWER8
Scale Out Systems
Dual Chip Module6 Cores per Chip
Enterprise Systems
Single Chip Module12 Cores per Chip
LC Systems
OpenPOWER Design12 Cores per Chip
$1BIn Power Linux ecosystem and
open technologies
$3BFuture Power chip research
Current POWER8 systems for LinuxCurrent POWER8 systems for LinuxCurrent POWER8 systems for LinuxCurrent POWER8 systems for Linux
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IBM PartnerWorld Technical Support� IBM Innovation Centers
� Free access to Power Hardware
� Free porting assistance
� Free Eclipse-based development environment
Linux resources for ISVs and developerscontinues to grow
IBM Power Development Cloud
Provide free access to Power hardware to ISVs for Porting
SuperVessel : Cloud running on OpenPOWER
Free Linux VM Service for Students, Clients, Partners and ISVs
www.ptopenlab.com
www.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/stg_com_sys_power-development-platform
www.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/pw_com_pwp_partnerworld-program
IBM DeveloperWorksTechnical resources, community, blogs, toolkits, How to articles, beta code
IBM Watson Developer’s CloudAccess to IBM Watson for developing cognitive computing applications
www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/
https://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercloud/
IBM Migration FactoryPremier migration services for large applicationshttp://www.ibm.com/systems/power/migratetoibm/index.html
Site OxFree On-demand cloud-based development platform using Linux on POWER8 for 2 weeks
www.siteox.com
� 50+ centers worldwide now support Linux on Power
� One-stop for ISVs, developers
� HW access, technical support, demos, toolkits, Hands-on labs
IBM Innovation Centers
www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/linux/centers
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The entire POWER8 family runs Linux
Enterprise Servers (AIX, IBM i, Linux)- Highest Performance, Scalability and Consolidation
- Extreme virtualization, utilization, security, RAS
E850, E870, E880
POWER8
Scale-out Servers for AIX, IBM i, Linux- High Performance, Scalability and Consolidation- Good virtualization, utilization, security, RAS
Scale-out Servers for Linux- High Performance, Scalability and Consolidation
- Good virtualization, utilization, security, RAS
S824S814 S822
* With or without
NVIDIA GPU
PurePowerAIX / LinuxS822S822L S824L*S812L S822L
Scale-out Servers for Linux Clusters- Innovative, fit for purpose solutions- Volume and lowest cost - Can purchase on-line
S812LC S822LC*- GTA
- GCA
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POWER8 Linux Scale-out servers - L and LC
S822LS812L S824L
“L”Server line
PowerVM or PowerKVM PowerVM or PowerKVMPowerVM or PowerKVM
These servers also come as a “bare metal” option. *SLES is supported on LC servers only as guest on PowerKVM, not available on bare metal.
S822LC-GCAS812LC
“LC”Server line
PowerKVM
For Big Data For Commercial Computing
S822LC-GTA
For High Performance ComputingNew
PowerKVM PowerKVM
More info: Supported OS and Hypervisors Bare Metal: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htmVirtualized: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamvirtoptions.htm
* * *
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� Built from the same source as x86� Delivered on same schedule as x86� Supported at the same time as x86
Industry standard Linux Distributions supported on Power
Community Supported Linux Distributions on Power
Latest Linux versions supporting POWER8 are posted here: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htm
Linux on Power runs the same Linux as x86
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All emerging technologies and workloads are supported on POWER8
SAP HANABig Data and
AnalyticsSolutions
CloudComputing
High Performance Computing and Elastic
Storage
Redis
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The growth for Linux on POWER is all about open innovation (NEW)
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Linux on POWER8 - Gaining the Competitive Edge
1. IBM Strategy (AIX and Linux)
2. Generalizations to help position AIX / Linux on POWER8
3. Architecture Matters for best price / performance
4. New workloads types and OpenPOWER innovation
5. Additional thoughts
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AIX or Linux – Two different WorldsAIX – System of record Linux – System of engagement
Enterprise Workloads:1. Relational DB (OLTP)2. Large Web Applications / e-commerce3. Large Data Warehouse4. Analytics (Cognos, SPSS)5. Data Store
Small to Enterprise Open Source based Workloads:1. OS Relational DB (OLTP) and OS NoSQL2. Big Data (Hadoop, SPARK)3. Analytics (SAP HANA, In-memory)4. High Performance Computing (HPC)5. Cloud6. Cognitive7. Large clusters or Hyper-converged systems8. New innovative workloads9. FPGA based workloads
Structure and predictability are important Innovation and Open Source are expected
Scale Up / Consolidation / High Utilization Scale out
Security is designed in and is critical Security is “good enough”
RAS is designed in and expected to be the best RAS is “good enough” in large clusters
High level of support is expected Support is “good enough”; in some cases FREE
Cost is perceived to be higher Cost is perceived to be the lowest
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POWER8 wins price / performance over x86*
�For all types of workloads– Virtualization, Java, Application Server, OLTP, Analytics, Big Data,
High Performance Computing, Engineering Scientific (Floating point)
�For every type of POWER8 system– Scale up Enterprise servers (E850, E870, E880)– Scale out AIX or Linux servers– Scale out LC servers
�Regardless if AIX, or Linux is the operating system* * * * As measured by over 15 published Industry standard tests and over 20 IBM CPO internal tests
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Linux Hypervisor use – x86 and POWER8
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1. VMWare2. HyperV3. KVM4. “Bare Metal”5. RHEV (RHEL)6. Citrix
x86 running Linux*
* In order of popularity
POWER8 running Linux**
PowerVM RHELSUSE
PowerKVM Ubuntu
“Bare Metal” Ubuntu
** NOT in order of priority
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Performance (General – depends on workload type)
LinuxVMWare
x86
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2x+(depends on workload type)
POWER8S814, S822, S824, E850, E870, E880
AIXPowerVM
LinuxPowerVM
POWER8S812L, S822L, S824L
E850, E870, E880
LinuxPowerKVM
POWER8S812L, S822L, S824L
Linux (LC)PowerKVM
POWER8S812LC, S822LC-GCA
LinuxKVM
x86
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2x+(depends on workload type)
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Security (General)
Secu
rity
Featu
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LinuxKVM/VMWare
x86
LinuxPowerVM
POWER8S812L, S822L, S824L
E850, E870, E880
LinuxPowerKVM
POWER8S812L, S822L, S824L Linux (LC)
PowerKVM
POWER8*S812LC, S822LC-GCA
POWER8S814, S822, S824, E850, E870, E880
AIXPowerVM
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*Lower security is because the LC systems have the IPMI protocol for BMC service processor
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Availability (General)
Avail
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2x
LinuxKVM/VMWare
x86
Source: 2x availability is from last 5 years of ITIC customer data: http://itic-corp.com/
LinuxPowerVM
POWER8S812L, S822L, S824L
E850, E870, E880Linux
PowerKVM
POWER8S812L, S822L, S824L
Linux (LC)PowerKVM
POWER8*S812LC, S822LC-GCA
POWER8S814, S822, S824, E850, E870, E880
AIXPowerVM
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*Lower availability is because the LC systems have the BMC service processor
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x86 Service Processor vs POWER Service Processor(BMC processor is in the POWER8 LC systems)
BMC FSP
- Intel based open standard- Cheap- Uses IPMI protocol (Developed by Intel)- (Intelligent Platform Management Interface)
- Usually limited to monitoring the “baseboard” components
Baseboard Management Controller Flexible Service Processor
- IBM designed for Power Systems- More expensive than BMC- Uses HMC / TCP/IP / RSA Certificate- Integrated into entire POWER system
- Based on “mainframe” methodology-FFDC
- NO security issues ever reported- Managed via the Advanced System
Management Interface (ASMI)
BMC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface#Baseboard_management_controllerIPMI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_InterfaceIPMI Security Issue: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-207A
USUSUSUS----CERT Security warning:CERT Security warning:CERT Security warning:CERT Security warning:https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-207A
Attackers can use IPMI v 2.0 to essentially gain physical-level access to the server. An attacker can reboot the system, install a new operating system, or compromise data, bypassing any operating system controls
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RAS differences – PowerVM vs PowerKVM
1. PowerVM and PowerKVM are implemented differently
- PowerVM is implemented in the firmware / Hardware
- PowerKVM is implemented above the HW (in software)
Point: PowerKVM will never have the full support of RAS function that PowerVM has
2. Generally speaking, “Hardware takes care of Hardware” RAS functions such as memory error detection, fault isolation, sparing will be handled regardless of the hypervisor being used
- Generally, this would cover the MAJORITY of possible HW failures
3. Certain functions that require notification of the hypervisor but do not require interaction with Operating System will work with PowerKVM
4. Functions that require Operating System interaction are NOT supported in the PowerKVM environment
Never assume that PowerKVM supports
the same RAS features as PowerVM
See the POWER8 RAS White Paper “Appendix A” for the detail on PowerVM and PowerKVM support!
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=SA&subtype=WH&htmlfid=POW03133USEN
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$1.2MFaster
2 hour processes now running in 10 minutes
12x
Allegiant Air runs their business faster and with lower costs with Linux on POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7SBNQuB16s
Built their business on Power / AIX
Decided to switch to Linux on x86 to save costs (UCS)
2
1
3 Business grew but x86 solution would not scale fast enough and availability issues began to increase
4 Four hour outage, $2 million USD loss from 250 flights cancelled
5 Decided to switch back to POWER8 with Linux
- 6 x S822L with IBM FlashSystem 840- Running DB2 on RHEL- Deployed across two datacenters in Las Vegas & New Jersey
6
Lower software costs75% less POWER8 cores
NO more outages!
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Linux on POWER8 - Gaining the Competitive Edge
1. IBM Strategy (AIX and Linux)
2. Generalizations to help position AIX / Linux on POWER8
3. Architecture Matters for best price / performance
4. New workloads types and OpenPOWER innovation
5. Additional thoughts
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SMT=Simultaneous Multi-Threading OLTP = On-Line Transaction Processing HPC=High Performance Computing
These design decisions result in best performance for all types of workloads such as: Analytics, Big Data, Java, OLTP, Cognitive, HPC
How is POWER8 optimized for big workloads?POWER8 compared to Haswell EX and Broadwell EP
Sources: Haswell EX: http://ark.intel.com/products/family/78585/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7-v3-Family#@Server
Broadwell EP: http://ark.intel.com/products/family/91287/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-v4-Family#@Server
POWER8: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=BR&infotype=PM&appname=STGE_PO_PO_USEN&htmlfid=POB03046USEN
x86POWER8
1.4 – 2.3X Clock Frequency
Haswell EX
6XCache per core
POWER8
x86
Broadwell EP
4X Memory Bandwidth
POWER8pipe
Data flow
x86 pipe
Haswell EX
4XThreads per core
POWER8SMT8
x86SMT2
Haswell EXBroadwell EP
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POWER8 compared to the latest x86 architecture
Performance
Feature
Haswell EP
E5-26xx v3
Haswell EX
E7-88xx v3
Broadwell EP
E5-26xx v4POWER8
Clock rates (GHz) 1.6-3.5 2.0-3.2 1.7 – 3.6 3.0-4.35
Threads per core 1, 2 1,2 1,2 1, 2, 4, 8
Max L1 Cache 64 KB 64 KB 64 KB 96 KB
Max L2 Cache 256 KB 256 KB 256 KB 512 KB
Max L3 Cache 45 MB 45 MB 55 MB 96 MB
Max L4 Cache 0 0 0 128 MB
Memory Bandwidth 51-68 GB/s 102 GB/s 76.8 GB/s 230 - 410 GB/s
1 Intel’s “Processor based frequency”, NOT “Turbo Max” 2 Power frequency is also “base rate” NOT the Turbo rate. 3 Intel calls this Hyper-Threading Technology
4 64K L1 cache for Intel is 32K Data and 32K Instruction. 96K L1 cache for P8 is 64K Data and 32K Instruction.
5 Memory bandwidth is dependent on where you measure it and how many memory controllers / channels you have. The measurements shown here represent maximum.
6 All POWER8 2 and 4 socket systems except the LC models 7 Only one processor out of 27 (E5-2699 v4) has the higher L3 Cache (55 MB) and higher cores (22)
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The last six generations of x86 architecture: Performance per core has remained flat
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24Cores
Ivy Bridge EX2.8 GHz
30Cores
Haswell EP2.3 GHz
36CoresR
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The servers shown are best in each category (sockets and number of cores)
**Gartner RPE2 Details:http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/RPE2-methodology-details.jsp
RPE2** numbers are derived from the following six benchmark inputs:
SAP SD Two-Tier, TPC-C, TPC-H, SPECjbb2006 and two SPEC CPU2006 components
The data on this chart is derived from RPE2 from Gartner, Inc’s Competitive Profile tool. © 2016 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Xeon E5-2690 Octo Core 2.9GHz
Xeon E5-2697v2 12-Core 2.7GHz
Xeon E7-4890v2 15-Core 2.8GHz
Xeon E5-2699v3 18-Core 2.3GHz
Haswell EX2.5 GHz
36Cores
Xeon E7-8890v3 18-Core 2.5GHz
Announced March 31, 2016
Broadwell EP
2.2 GHz44
Cores
Xeon E5-2699v4 22-Core 2.2GHz
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Power 730+4.20 GHz2 sockets
Power S8243.52 GHz2 sockets
**Gartner RPE2 Details:http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/RPE2-methodology-details.jsp
RPE2** numbers are derived from the following six benchmark inputs:
SAP SD Two-Tier, TPC-C, TPC-H, SPECjbb2006 and two SPEC CPU2006 components
The data on this chart is derived from RPE2 from Gartner, Inc.'s Competitive Profile tool. © 2014 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
This is a POWER8 design goal
POWER architecture: Performance per core is increasing!
The servers shown are best in each category (sockets and number of cores)
IncreasingPerformance
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Why is this important?
- More threads- More memory bandwidth- More cache - Higher clock frequencies
---- Fastest performance for all types of workloads
- Ready to address larger workloads (Analytics, Big Data)
Higher Performance per core- Lower software costs and Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA)- Fewer servers, lower support costs
POWER8 design focus and results
- More sockets and cores per server- Faster overall SERVER performance- Higher cost per server
Performance per core remains the same - Overall solution cost is higher
x86 Design Focus and Results
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SAP S&D industry benchmark demonstrates POWER8 core performance leadership
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Certification # 2014033Date: 09/10/2014Dell PowerEdge R73036 Cores & 72 threads E5-2699 v3 at 2.3 Ghz256 GB MemoryUsers: 16,500, SAPS: 90,120RHEL 7.0SAP ASE 16
Certification # 2014018Date: 05/05/2014Cisco UCS B260 M430 Cores & 60 threads E7-4890 v2 at 2.80 GHz512 GB MemoryUsers: 12,280, SAPS: 67,020Windows Server 2012SQL Server 2012
Certification # 2014017Date: 05/05/2014Dell PowerEdge R72024 Cores & 48 Threads E5-2697 v2 at 2.70 GHz256 GB MemoryUsers: 10,253, SAPS: 55,970RHEL 6.5SAP ASE 16
Certification # 2013039Date: 12/10/2013Cisco UCS C420 M332 Cores & 64 Threads E5-4650 at 2.70 GHz256 GB MemoryUsers: 13,010, SAPS: 71,170Windows Server 2012SQL Server 2012
Certification # 2015012Date: 05/05/2015Dell PowerEdge R93072 Cores & 144 threads E7-8890 v3 at 2.5 GHz1 TB MemoryUsers: 31,000, SAPS: 170,030RHEL 7.1SAP ASE 16
Certification # 2016006Date: 03/31/2016Cisco UCS C240 M444 Cores & 88 Threads E5-2699 v4 at 2.20 GHz512 GB MemoryUsers: 21,210, SAPS: 115,820Windows Server 2012 R2DB2 10.1
Source: http://global.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
Sandy Bridge EP Ivy Bridge EP Ivy Bridge EX Haswell EP Haswell EX Broadwell-EP POWER8Certification # 2014034Date: 10/3/2014IBM Power E87080 Cores & 640 Threads POWER8 at 4.19 GHz2 TB MemoryUsers: 79,750, SAPS: 436,100AIX 7.1, DB2 10.5
2.0x
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DEMO: On-line transaction throughput test
POWER8 vs x86
1. Access bank home page2. Logon3. Check account balances4. Transfer funds (1) transaction5. Transfer funds (2) transaction6. View transaction history7. View profile 8. Logoff
100 simulated users repeatedly doing the following eight
interactions:
Servers under Load24 cores @ 3.52GHz256 GB memoryRHEL 7.1PowerVMWAS 8.5.5 & DB2 9.7JDK 7.0 FP1
x86 Haswell-EP
POWER8
Heavy consistent
load saturates a single core
on both servers
24 cores @ 2.5GHz256 GB memoryRHEL 7.1Competitive HypervisorWAS 8.5.5 & DB2 9.7JDK 7.0 FP1
Application: On-line banking
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DEMO RESULTS: POWER8 SMT delivers more performance per core
WebSphere Online Banking Workload
2x
POWER8
SMT2
x86 Haswell EP (Hyper-Threading enabled)
SMT8
Time in Seconds
2 threads
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POWER8 demonstrates better SMT throughput
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This is an IBM internal study designed to replicate a typical IBM customer workload usage in the marketplace. It consists of a POWER8 S824 with 24 cores, 3.52 GHz, RHEL LE 7.2, WAS 8.5.5.7, DB2 9.7, JDK 7.0 FP1 compared to a Haswell EP 24 cores, 2.5 GHz, RHEL 7.0, WAS 8.5.5.2, DB2 9.7, JDK 7.0 FP1 and competitive hypervisor v6.0. The results were obtained under laboratory conditions, and not in an actual customer environment. IBM's internal workload studies are not benchmark applications, nor are they based on any benchmark standard. As such, customer applications, differences in the stack deployed, and other systems variations or testing conditions may produce different results and may vary based on actual configuration, applications, specific queries and other variables in a production environment.
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POWER8 with Linux delivers TWICE the throughput of Haswell EP at 49% lower cost
195,612 User Interactions per second
WebSphere on platformDatabase off platform
$2.93 per UI per sec
DB2
Power S824L
RHEL
WAS
2S/24 Core POWER8 (3.52 GHz)
PowerVM
DB2
2S/24 Core Haswell EP (2.5 GHz)
96,715
WebSphere on platformDatabase off platform
$5.70Competitive Hypervisor v6.0
User Interactions per secondper UI per sec
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL LE…..
…..
2.0xFaster
49%Lower cost per UI per sec
Web Application
Online Banking Workload v3.6
Haswell EP CompetitorSignificant fact:POWER8 can deliver information at a lower cost than x86
This is an IBM internal study designed to replicate a typical IBM customer workload usage in the marketplace. It consists of a POWER8 S824 with 24 cores, 3.52 GHz, RHEL LE 7.2, WAS 8.5.5.7, DB2 9.7, JDK 7.0 FP1 compared to a Haswell EP 24 cores, 2.5 GHz, RHEL 7.0, WAS 8.5.5.2, DB2 9.7, JDK 7.0 FP1. The results were obtained under laboratory conditions, and not in an actual customer environment. IBM's internal workload studies are not benchmark applications, nor are they based on any benchmark standard. As such, customer applications, differences in the stack deployed, and other systems variations or testing conditions may produce different results and may vary based on actual configuration, applications, specific queries and other variables in a production environment. Prices, where applicable, are based on published US list prices for both IBM and competitor, and the Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA) includes the list HW and SW prices and 3 years of service & support which is then divided by the number of transactions to get $ per user interaction per second.
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POWER8 vs x86 Haswell EP POWER8 vs x86 Haswell EP POWER8 vs x86 Haswell EP POWER8 vs x86 Haswell EP
Cost to Deliver 96,715 User Interactions per secondCost to Deliver 96,715 User Interactions per secondCost to Deliver 96,715 User Interactions per secondCost to Deliver 96,715 User Interactions per second
Hardware + Hypervisor Software
A different view: POWER8 with Linux delivers x86 performance with half the cores
$290,007
$551,425
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Comparison of mobile application performance
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MobileFirst
Platform
RHEL 7.1Single core virtual machine
Drive Mobile Applications
x86 Haswell EP
Load Generator
Client Tier
Data Exchange
RSS Feed
Backend Cloud Source
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Mobile application on POWER8 delivers 1.8x throughput compared to Haswell EP at 39% lower cost
4,920 Mobile Interactions per second
MobileFirst Server on platform
$63 per MI per sec
Power S824L
2S/24 Core POWER8 (3.52 GHz)
PowerVM
2S/24 Core Haswell EP (2.5 GHz)
2,784
MobileFirst Server on platform
$104 Competitive Hypervisor
Mobile Interactions per second
per MI per sec
1.8x Faster
39% lower cost per MI per sec
MobileFirst Application
RSS Feed from a public website
x86 Haswell EP Competitor
This is an IBM internal study designed to replicate a typical IBM customer workload usage in the marketplace. It consists of a POWER8 S824 3.52 GHz, RHEL LE 7.1 with 24 cores, 256 GB Memory running MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 compared to a Haswell EP 2.5 GHz, RHEL 7.1 with 24 cores and 384 GB Memory running MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1. The test simulates the interaction of mobile users with a backend data source on a public internet site via a hybrid mobile application. The application retrieves the RSS feed from engadget.com and displays it using http adapters. The results were obtained under laboratory conditions, and not in an actual customer environment. IBM's internal workload studies are not benchmark applications, nor are they based on any benchmark standard. As such, customer applications, differences in the stack deployed, and other systems variations or testing conditions may produce different results and may vary based on actual configuration, applications, specific queries and other variables in a production environment. Prices, where applicable, are based on published US list prices for both IBM and competitor, and the Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA) includes the list HW and SW prices and 3 years of service & support which is then divided by the number of Mobile Interactions to get $ per mobile interactions per second.
RHEL 7.1
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72 Workloads
$21,321 per WorkloadDB2
Power E870
RHEL
WAS
4S/40 Core POWER8 (4.19 GHz)
PowerVM
Ivy Bridge EX Competitor
DB2
4S/60 Core Ivy Bridge EX (2.8 GHz)
31 Workloads
WebSphere on platform, Database off platform for both tests
$62,889 per Workload Competitive Hypervisor
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
RHEL
WAS
…..
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Online Banking Workloads each running
1960 User Interactions/Sec
E870 with PowerVM supports 2.3x more workloads with ⅓ fewer cores than competitive hypervisor
2.3x More Workloads
66% Lower cost per
Workload
Web Application
Linux
T10.5, JDK 7.0 FP1 and a Competitive hypervisor. The results were obtained under laboratory conditions, and not in an actual customer environment. IBM's internal workload studies are not benchmark applications, nor are they based on any benchmark standard. As such, customer applications, differences in the stack deployed, and other systems variations or testing conditions may produce different results and may vary based on actual configuration, applications, specific queries and other variables in a production environment. This is an IBM internal study designed to replicate a typical IBM customer workload usage in the marketplace. It consists of a POWER8 E870 with 40 cores, 4.19 GHz, RHEL 7, WAS 8.5.5.2, DB2 10.5, JDK 7.0 FP1. compared to an Ivy Bridge EX 60 cores 2.8 GHz, RHEL 7, WAS 8.5.5.2, DB2
1/3 less cores
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x86 servers require more hardware and software to deliver the same number of workloads
40 cores
IBM Power E870
Hypervisor
…
72 workloads
� Java-based web workloads� WebSphere ND
Competitor Ivy Bridge EX Servers require:
2.3x
3x
3.75xhigher total cost
moreservers
morecores
…to deliver what a single E870 server can handle!
This is an IBM internal study designed to replicate a typical IBM customer workload usage in the marketplace. It consists of a POWER8 E870 with 40 cores, 4.19 GHz, RHEL 7, WAS 8.5.5.2, DB2 10.5, JDK 7.0 FP1. compared to an Ivy Bridge EX 60 cores 2.8 GHz, RHEL 7, WAS 8.5.5.2, DB2 10.5, JDK 7.0 FP1 and a Competitive hypervisor. The results were obtained under laboratory conditions, and not in an actual customer environment. IBM's internal workload studies are not benchmark applications, nor are they based on any benchmark standard. As such, customer applications, differences in the stack deployed, and other systems variations or testing conditions may produce different results and may vary based on actual configuration, applications, specific queries and other variables in a production environment.
60 cores
60 cores
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Linux on POWER8 - Gaining the Competitive Edge
1. IBM Strategy (AIX and Linux)
2. Generalizations to help position AIX / Linux on POWER8
3. Architecture Matters for best price / performance
4. New workloads types and OpenPOWER innovation
5. Additional thoughts
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US Department of Energy contract is an IBM and OpenPOWER win
� Multi-year contract awarded (High Performance Computing)• First systems will deliver end of 2015, POWER9 systems expected 2017
� Analytic application focused “ExaScale”• 5-10 times the current analytics performance expected
� POWER won the bid over Intel and Cray for two labs• Oak Ridge National Labs & Lawrence Livermore National Labs
� IBM and OpenPOWER solution• IBM POWER8, NVLink, POWER9
• NVIDIA (GPUs) and Mellanox (networking)
� S822LC for commercial use (Big Data or HPC) announced Oct 5, 2015
$325 Million US Department of Energy contract is awarded for
POWER8, POWER8 with NVLink and POWER9
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Cloud(SoftLayer)
Linux on POWER8 is positioned for scale out in many opportunities and workload types
Scale Out
HPC: NVIDIA,STAC, US Dept. of Energy
MobileSocial
Cognitive
SAP HANA
Existing AIX small to mid-size customers
Oracle DB customers looking for open source equivalent
HyperConvergedOpportunities “Google
like”Rackspace /Open Compute
Open Source NoSQL
Open Source Relational DB
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= some interest
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Leadership performance versus x86– 2.3X the performance of the best-performing 2-
socket solution using x86 CPUs2
– 1.7X times the performance of the best-performing solution using two x86 CPUs and one Xeon Phi co-processor3
1. All IBM Data is found in STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/IBM150305
2. Based on STAC-A2.β2.GREEKS.TIME.WARM. STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/INTC140814
3. Based on STAC-A2.β2.GREEKS.TIME_WARM. STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT https://stacresearch.com/INTC150130
IBM 2-socket Linux on Power runningSTAC-A2™ BENCHMARKS1
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IBM Delivers more than 2X
the Performance
POWER8 delivers over 2.3x performance in Financial Industry benchmark (HPC)Linux on POWER8 – ideal for analyzing
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Adding 2 NVIDIA GPUs to S822LC delivers up to 6.7X better performance for 55% lower cost
� Accelerate performance and reduce operating costs in biomolecular research
� Running NAMD code with integrated
NVIDIA Tesla K80 GPUs delivers
– Up to 6.7X better performanceUp to 6.7X better performanceUp to 6.7X better performanceUp to 6.7X better performance
– Up to 55% better priceUp to 55% better priceUp to 55% better priceUp to 55% better price----performance performance performance performance
• NAMD is a parallel molecular dynamics code designed for high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems. More info: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/.• Results are based on IBM internal testing of systems running NAMD version 2.10 APOA1, F1ATPASE, STMV code benchmarked on POWER8 systems installed each with 2
NVIDIA Tesla K80 GPUs.. Individual results will vary depending on individual workloads, configurations and conditions.
• IBM Power System S822LC; 16 cores / 128 threads, POWER8; 3.3GHz, 128 GB memory
• IBM Power System S822LC; 16 cores / 128 threads, POWER8; 3.3GHz, 128 GB memory, 2 NVIDIA K80 GPUs
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MariaDB with LAMP on POWER8 delivers up to 2.0x performance per core and 40% better price-performance
� POWER8 delivers leadership performance vs Haswell EP server
– 2.07X Read transactions/min per core
– 1.87X Read/Write transactions/min per core
� Reduce operating costs running MariaDB with Power S822L vs Haswell EP based system
– Up to 40% better Price-Performance
READ90/10
Read/Write
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2015. Performance figures are based on running a 32 million record workload . Individual results will vary depending on individual workloads,
configurations and conditions. IBM Power System S822L; 20 cores / 160 threads, POWER8; 3.4GHz, 128 GB memory, MariaDB 10.1, RHEL 7.1,
RHEV. Competitive stack: HP DL380 Gen9; 28 cores / 40 threads; Intel E5-2660 v3; 2.6 GHz; 128 GB; , MariaDB 10.1, RHEL 7.1, RHEV
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LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL / MariaDB, Php / Perl / Python
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Docker takes advantage of POWER8
� Announced in February 2015
� Part of Ubuntu 15.04 release onwards
� Binaries also available for RHEL 7.1 LE
� Provides very high density on Provides very high density on Provides very high density on Provides very high density on POWER8POWER8POWER8POWER8
Components of Docker
10,000 docker containers created on a single 20-core POWER8
https://developer.ibm.com/bluemix/2015/11/13/docker-insane-scale-on-ibm-power-systems/ Docker Primer on IBM Systems magazine
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/AIXchange/June-2015/A-Docker-Primer/
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Traditional and emerging database paradigms
NoSQL Databases Hadoop or
SPARK Implementations
2:1 Core Performance,
Memory Bandwidth &Memory Capacity
IBM DB2Oracle DB
3x Lower Storage requirements
3-4x faster SPARK performance on
POWER8 vs x86High performance, data centric design
with GPFS & Compression
IBM BigInsights or IBM Open Platform
Reduced complexity, space
(24x) and cost
with CAPI attached Flash
Redis, Cloudant, Mongo DB, Cassandra
OLTP Relational
Databases
In-memory
Databases
2:1 Core Performance,
Memory Bandwidth &Memory Capacity
IBM DB2 BLUOracle In-memory
SAP HANA
AIX Linux Linux Linux
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Core for Core, SAP HANA runs faster on POWER8 compared to the latest x86 processors
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1.8X1.8X1.8X1.8X
Xeon E7-4880 v2
60 cores
1024 GB memory
HP DL580 Gen8
Cert # 2014009
Xeon E7-4890 v2
60 cores
1024 GB memory
Dell PowerEdge R910
Cert # 2014044
Xeon E7-8890 v3
72 cores
1024 GB memory
Dell PowerEdge R930
Cert # 2015039
POWER8 E870
40 cores
1024 GB memory
E870
Cert # 2015024
BW= Business Warehouse
EML= Enhanced Mixed Loadhttp://global.sap.com/campaigns/benchmark/appbm_bweml.epx
Xeon E7-4880 v2
60 cores
1024 GB memory
HP DL580 Gen8
Cert # 2014021
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Use Apache Spark on POWER8 interactively and run queries faster than x86
DATA
POWER8Spark
Zeppelin
New Insights
Query millions of rows in memory with no waitingQuery millions of rows in memory with no waitingQuery millions of rows in memory with no waitingQuery millions of rows in memory with no waiting
POWER8 S824 24 Core 3.52 GHz• 256 GB RAM• RHEL 7.1• Spark 1.4.1
Haswell EP E5-2680 v3 24 core 2.5 GHz• 256GB RAM• RHEL 7.1• Spark 1.4.1
3.7x faster
than x86
See this demo on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnotfpROhdQ
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Implementation, HPC and Research
Software
System Integration
I/O, Storage and Acceleration
Boards an Systems
Chips and Systems on a Chip
200* OpenPOWER members represent all sections of Industry and Academia *200 as of 04/16/16
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Google’s announcements at OpenPOWER Summit – April 2016
� Google has now enabled the “majority” of their infrastructure and production applications on POWER8 servers
– Maps, Search, Gmail, youtube, Cloud– Taking advantage of massive POWER8 memory and I/O bandwidths and CAPI technology
� Google developers are developing on POWER8 and it is a simple configuration switch to go from x86 to POWER8
� Google announced a new server based on Open Compute Project and POWER9: – Google + Rackspace + Open Compute Project + OpenPOWER (POWER9)
Source: Source: Source: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ca-Ur_ZSYY
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OpenPOWER delivers rapid innovation across the entire solution stack
OpenPOWERPOWER8
ChipsBoards and ServersAccelerator Cards (FPGA & CAPI)
System Integration
Software
HPC & Research
+
IBM
200+ Innovative Members
Intelx86Innovation occurs at
chip level only by one company
Open ecosystem
across entire solution stack drives rapid innovation
Vibrant ecosystem through open development
Amplified capabilities driving industry
performance leadership
OpenPOWER Foundation Strategy
Accelerated innovation through collaboration of
partners openpowerfoundation.org
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Many OpenPOWER members are working on FPGA accelerators
Workload Accelerator (FPGA)FPGA= Field Programmable Gate Arrays
MemoryMemoryMemoryMemoryMemoryMemoryMemoryMemory
FPGA
Cost of moving work
off-processor vs. vs. vs. vs. benefit
Lower latency and higher bandwidth
increases use cases
POWER8 NVIDIA workload accelerator solutions exist on various L and LC models
- Hardware enabled- Can run tasks in parallel- PCI-e card based- Programmed to do different tasks
POWER8POWER8POWER8POWER8
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Workload accelerators can run even faster with CAPICoherent Accelerator Processor Interface
NonNonNonNon----CAPICAPICAPICAPI
Off-ChipAccelerator
P8
Core
MemoryMemoryMemoryMemory
PC
IP
CI
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FPGAw/CAPI
Accelerator
P8
Core
MemoryMemoryMemoryMemory
PC
IP
CI
Many OpenPOWER members are working on unique CAPI solutionsThe first IBM CAPI solution is available as flash memory to work in conjunction with the NoSQL Redis DB
20,000Instructions < 500
Instructions
CAPI does not use traditional device drivers but instead has
direct access to the POWER8 processor
Nallatech CAPI Developer Kit available: www.nallatech.com/solutions/openpower-capi-developer-kit-for-power-8/
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� Financial / Analytics: Financial / Analytics: Financial / Analytics: Financial / Analytics: Monte Carlo analysis (RiskWatch and IBM Research Zurich)
– 1 to 250x performance improvement
� Big Data Video Analytics: Big Data Video Analytics: Big Data Video Analytics: Big Data Video Analytics: Vision algorithm from SiliconScapesSiliconScapesSiliconScapesSiliconScapes
– New applications; not possible with current x86 technologies
– Up to 1000x faster depending on application
� Text Analytics:Text Analytics:Text Analytics:Text Analytics: IBM Zurich
� Medical research: Medical research: Medical research: Medical research: Light Activated Cancer Therapy from the University of Toronto
– New cancer therapy applications at a fraction of the current patient costs
� FastFastFastFast----Fourier Transform: Fourier Transform: Fourier Transform: Fourier Transform: IBM Research Zurich
� Full Order Book: Full Order Book: Full Order Book: Full Order Book: IBM, Altera, Algo-Logic (Already available)(Already available)(Already available)(Already available)– http://algo-logic.com/CAPIorderbook
Preview of innovative FPGA / CAPI OpenPOWER solutions
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Opportunity:
“Big Data Video” –
- Limitless opportunities
- Military and commercial
POWER8
Big Data Video Analytics; Breakthrough technologyCapture live video, digitize and store to Flash storage and then quickly do analytics Capture live video, digitize and store to Flash storage and then quickly do analytics Capture live video, digitize and store to Flash storage and then quickly do analytics Capture live video, digitize and store to Flash storage and then quickly do analytics
CAPI
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Linux on POWER8 - Gaining the Competitive Edge
1. IBM Strategy (AIX and Linux)
2. Generalizations to help position AIX / Linux on POWER8
3. Architecture Matters for best price / performance
4. New workloads types and OpenPOWER innovation
5. Additional thoughts
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Integrate both AIX and Linux workloads on POWER8
AIX Systems of Record (SOR) Linux Systems of Engagement
Critical, traditional workloads that need Security, RAS, support
Private Cloud
1. NoSQL and In-memory analysis on SOR2. Hadoop/SPARK analysis on SOR3. Mobile Application access to SOR4. OpenPOWER FPGA / CAPI access to SOR
- Big Data Video- Monte Carlo Analysis- Fraud detection
1. Hybrid Cloud2. Public Cloud (SoftLayer)
Oracle DB(and customer wants to move to Linux)
Move to MySQL or PostgreSQL, Apache Cassandra, MongoDB on POWER8
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POWER8 supports both LE and BE Linux Distros
IBM 70 PVU pricing on licensed software products for ALL Power cores running Linux
Big Endian: RHEL 6, RHEL 7, RHEL 7.1+
Little Endian: RHEL 7.1+
Big Endian: SLES 10, SLES 11
Little Endian: SLES 12+
Little Endian: 14.04+
Bare Metal: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htmVirtualized: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamvirtoptions.htmLatest version support:
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PowerVM
BE BE BEApril 2014
PowerKVM
BE BE BE
PowerKVM
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PowerVMV 2.2.3.50
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PowerVM
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PowerKVM
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Note:� AIX and IBM i are BE� PowerKVM supports Linux VMs only� PowerVM supports all 3 Operating Systems
� (Linux, AIX, IBM i)
Now you can mix AIX, IBM i and Linux on the same POWER8 Server
PowerVM LE Support: RHEL 7.1SUSE (SLES) 12Ubuntu 15.04
POWER8 also supports mixed endianness
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AIX and Linux Resources1. IBM Executive Guide for strategy and roadmap for AIX:http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=WH&infotype=SA&htmlfid=POW03169USEN&attachment=POW03169USEN.PDF
2. IBM AIX “From Strength to Strength http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-
bin/ssialias?infotype=PM&subtype=RG&appname=STGE_PO_PO_USEN&htmlfid=POO03022USEN&attachment=POO03022USEN.PDF
3. Gartner February 2016 report: Which Vendor Will Blink First in the Battle to Keep Unix Viable?https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-31W7GUZ&ct=160325&st=sg&cm_mc_uid=28888874148614616306762&cm_mc_sid_50200000=1463940229
4. IBM POWER8 System Facts and Features:http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/factsfeatures.html
5. IBM POWER8 systems Quick Reference Guidehttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/quick-reference.html
6. Linux on Power Systemshttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/linux/https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32
7. IBM Power Scale-out advantagehttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/advantages/whypower/scale-out-advantage.html
8. Infrastructure Matters: POWER8 vs Xeon x86http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/advantages/whypower/infrastructure-matters.html
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IBM CPO Power Systems ResourcesIBM Competitive Project Office
Our mission is to perform hands-on competitive research that will help customers make solution decisions related to POWER8 with either AIX or Linux.
� CPO Customer Briefings (no charge)
� Bringing to life the results of IBM's lab-based, hands-on competitive research in face-to-face events
� CPO Total Cost of Ownership Studies (no charge)� Detailed TCA or TCO study of customer environment that examines and compares
alternatives to determine the most cost-effective solution � Examines Hardware, Software, Labor, Networking, Facilities, Storage, energy costs etc.
Contact:Sally Touscany – [email protected]
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Example of typical TCO study: Global Services Provider chooses Power Systems for impending merger
Client SituationClient SituationClient SituationClient Situation
U.S based Global Services Provider using Power Systems was merging with another services company using an x86 based IT
infrastructure. To simplify operations, the organizations planned to converge to a single platform. IBM was asked to help quantify
costs and technical benefits of three scenarios.
5 Year TCO of POWER8, POWER7 and x86 solutionSolution Solution Solution Solution • Use POWER7 or POWER8 for reduced
TCO and lower risks to business.
• Use POWER8 for greatest savings.
Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
• Savings of $10.3M$10.3M$10.3M$10.3M over five years
with deployment of POWER8 for ISV
and IBM workloads
• Fewer cores on Power means less SW
and infrastructure costs.
• Reliability advantages of POWER
reduces business risk
POWER8 POWER7 x86
P8 E870P7 P780
x86
POWER7 and POWER8 = AIX x86 = Linux
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Today’s Speaker: Gary Andrews - [email protected]
Questions?
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