Announcement Review and Overview Thomas Prokop Sr. Consulting IT Specialist, Power CTS

Announcement Review and Overview
Thomas Prokop
Sr. Consulting IT Specialist, Power CTS
IBM Power Systems
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Feb 2013
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Power System Portfolio 1Q 2013
Extending the portfolio to reach new clients and drive new workloads
PureApplication
System
Power 795
Power 780
Power 770
PureData System
for Operational Analytics
Flex System
PureFlex System
Power 760
Power 750
Power 740
TM
PowerLinux
7R2
TM
PowerLinux
© 2013 IBM Corporation
7R1
Power 730
Power 710
Power 720
#powersystems
Power System Portfolio 1Q 2013
Extending the portfolio to reach new clients and drive new workloads
PureApplication
System
Power 795
Power 780
Power 770
PureData System
for Operational Analytics
Flex System
PureFlex System
Power 760
Power 750
Power 740
TM
PowerLinux
7R2
TM
PowerLinux
© 2013 IBM Corporation
7R1
Power 730
Power 710
Power 720
#powersystems
PowerVM Editions are tailored to client needs
PowerVM Editions
PowerVM Editions
offer a unified
virtualization
solution for all
Power workloads
 PowerVM Express Edition
– Evaluations, pilots, PoCs
– Single-server projects
 PowerVM Standard Edition
– Production deployments
– Server consolidation
 PowerVM Enterprise Edition
Express
Standard
Enterprise
Concurrent VMs
2 per server
20 per core**
(up to 1000)
20 per core**
(up to 1000)
Virtual I/O Server



NPIV



Suspend/Resume


Shared Processor Pools


Shared Storage Pools


Thin Provisioning


Live Partition Mobility

Active Memory Sharing
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** FW7.6 required
– Multi-server deployments
– Cloud infrastructure
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
AIX Solution Edition For Cognos and SPSS
Leveraging IBM business and predictive analytics
software Optimization on IBM Power Systems
Delivering Faster Insights
• AIX Standard or Enterprise Edition
• PowerVM Standard or Enterprise Edition
• Cognos POWER7+ with 1-button ordering
• SPSS POWER7+
• Power 710, 720, 730, 740
Hardware incentives:
• ½ processor activations at no-charge
• 50% discount on AIX licenses
For more information:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/solutioneditions/aix/index.html
© 2013 IBM Corporation
40% better performance
with Cognos BI V10.1.1
on POWER7/AIX 7.1,
over Windows 2008 on x861
Predicting Outcomes Faster
22% better performance
with SPSS Collaboration and
Deployment Services V4.2
on POWER7/AIX 7.1,
over Windows 2008 on x862
1https://review.boulder.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.
do?source=stg-web&S_PKG=us-en-po-wp
cognosbi&test=Y
2 Based on IBM Internal tests. See speaker notes.
#powersystems
July 2013
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Linux supports all IBM Power System servers
Industry standard Linux
 Red Hat and SUSE versions consistent with x86 64
 Support available simultaneously with other platforms
Optimized by IBM to exploit workload advantages of
POWER7+ and PowerVM
 Virtualization, Performance, POWER7+ RAS
Broadest choice of Linux servers
 Linux supports Power 710 to 795 and Flex System
 Linux only one, two and four socket servers:
 PowerLinux 7R1, 7R2, 7R4
 Flex System p24L
Power 795
Power 780
Power 770
Statement
of
Direction
Power 760
New
Power7+
Power 750
PowerLinux
7R4
IBM Flex System
• p460, p260, p24L
TM
Power 740
PowerLinux
7R1 / 7R2
TM
Power
710 / 730
Power 720
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Linux Announcements:
More choice for clients by delivering next generation apps on an open platform
Next Gen Applications
Big Data & Analytics
Cognitive computing
Open Platform for
Choice
New Linux SWG and ISV Apps for Analytics, Database
 Cognos BI for Business Analytics
 EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server
 Open source-based database, enterprise performance, security
 Built-in Oracle compatibility and database migration toolkit
 Dramatically lower TCO (< 1/10th the cost of Oracle !)
New Linux System for data intense and Java workloads
 IBM PowerLinux 7R4
 Similar to Watson, built on 4-socket Power 750+ running Linux
 Java Application Workhorse with WebSphere
 Uncompromising Linux Database Server for Choice
 DB2 and Informix for clients standardizing on Linux
 Premier Analytics Engine for Linux
Statement of Direction
• Dedicated Linux workload capacity for Power 770, 780, 795
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Focus workloads for PowerLinux 7R4
Java and WebSphere Workhorse
Linux Database Server of Choice
Let us show you how you can break
free from Oracle and save $$$’s.
Not only the best Java performance on the
planet – but the most efficient virtualization.
We’ve done 1000’s of migrations to Power –
Support more demanding new Java apps for
your web and mobile devices per server than
Intel x86 and VMware
• Featuring IBM DB2 or Informix
• Additional databases support client preference
• EnterpriseDB
• Sybase
Premier Analytics Engine for Linux
WATSON
Cognos BI
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Linux Support and Expertise
 Loaners for Proof of Concepts
 IBM Lab Services JumpStart Services
 IBM Lab Services Experts
 Pre-sales technical support resources
 Domain expertise for next gen workloads
- WebSphere and Java
- DB2 or Informix and Database
- InfoSphere BigInsights and Big Data
- Cognos BI and Analytics
#powersystems
Leadership Java performance on Power
- 4-socket Power 7+ 39% better than best Westmere for non-virtualized Java workload
- 4-socket Power 7+ 36% better than best Sandy Bridge for non-virtualized Java workload
- 2-socket Power 7+ 18% better than best Sandy Bridge for non-virtualized Java Workload
SPECjbb2005
3,837,707
4,000,000
3,600,000
36%
39%
2,811,958
3,200,000
18%
2,760,858
2,800,000
1,877,264
2,400,000
2,000,000
1,584,567
1,600,000
1,200,000
800,000
400,000
0
4-socket
POWER7+
Sources: http://www.spec.org,
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© 2013 IBM Corporation
4-socket Sandy
4-socket
Bridge
Westmere-EX
2-socket
POWER7+
2-socket Sandy
Bridge
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html
#powersystems
August 2013
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Products: Build on momentum
2012 – 2013 PureFlex and Flex System launches
Integrated Infrastructure
Delivering Infrastructure
Services
Infrastructure Components
Beyond Blades
2012
2013
April
August
November
February
June
August
Expert
Integrated
Systems
IBM Flex
System
More Choice –
PureFlex &
Flex System
Solutions
Initial launch
PureFlex and
Flex System
Solutions
Flex System
Expanded
Portfolio
 PureFlex
 Flex System
 Flex system
 MSPs
 SAP,
 3 POWER
 PureApp.
(Blade to
Flex)
 Extensive
sales and
Partner
briefings
V7000
 Compute
 VDI
HANA
 Cloud
B/DR
 IBM i
Solution
Nodes
 1 x86
Node
 3 Network
options
 FSM 1.3
 Expert
Integrated
Systems
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
The Flex System Portfolio Continues to Grow
NEW v 1.3
NEW
x220
x222
x240
x440
Storage
Expansion
PCiE
Expansion
Flex System
Manager
Flex System
V7000
Storwize
V7000
FC5022
FC3171
NEW POWER 7+
p24L
p260
p270
p460
EN6131
CN4093
NEW
SI4093
14
EN4093R
© 2013 IBM Corporation
EN2092
#powersystems
August 2013
OpenPOWER Consortium
#OpenPOWER, #powersystems,
#powerlinux, #ibmcloud, #cloud
© 2013 IBM Corporation
The Power Systems brand identity
Next Gen Applications
Big Data & Analytics
Open Platform
for Choice
Cognitive computing
OpenPOWER Consortium
• Power + DB2 Blu + Flash
• Watson: Linux on Power
• Choice and flexibility
• New workloads
• Inspire to innovate
• Linux, AIX, IBM i
• Industry solutions
• Art of the possible
• Available on premise or
through the cloud
Leveraging 3rd Party ISVs and IBM SWG Ecosystem
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
The OpenPOWER Consortium
What is OpenPOWER?
OpenPOWER Consortium is an industry body comprised of passionate innovators who
come together to pool their resources around a single purpose to:

Innovate across a complete server stack based upon the IBM POWER architecture

Produce open hardware, software, firmware and tools through collaborative innovation

Innovate customized and highly advanced servers, subsystems, components

Leverage complementary skills and investment from the member companies

Become operational this year
Why did we form this consortium?
• To enable broader innovation in the industry
• Provide alternative architectures
• Enhance the ecosystem around POWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Providing Value & Choice to Clients
How will the OpenPOWER Consortium benefit clients?
• New Innovators on the Power platform will create more value
• OpenPOWER technology creates greater choice for our customers
• Innovation will increase adoption of the Power Systems platform
What does this mean to the industry?
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•
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Game changer on the competitive landscape of the server industry
Provide more choice in the industry
#powersystems
OpenPOWER media coverage
Highlights
Global press, analyst, and influencer coverage on IBM's new OpenPOWER consortium with stories in ChinaByte, Ghana
Web, INFO Online (Brazil), Times of India, PC World (Russia), LeMonde Informatique (France), Telecom Asia,
Oman Tribune, Linux.com, CIO, Scientific Computing, WSJ, Reuters, Iand Data Center Knowledge among others.
Highlights
• The team drove over 650 stories worldwide in key markets including the US, China, Africa, Brazil, India and Russia.
• 2,135 Tweets (including 599 retweets) reaching an estimated 3.1 million accounts and generating 4.7 million
impressions.
• Social media sentiment is 96% positive.
Quotes & Analyst Tweets
•The move could open up new designs and alternatives to the x86 architecture.....IBM's OpenPower Consortium
could get traction with hyperscale servers. – ZDNet
•Richard Doherty, research director at The Envisioneering Group, said Google, the world's largest server user, and
its support instantly give IBM Power's licensing plan a head start. "Google is going to be building more servers in
the next three years than it has in the past eight years," Doherty said. –CRN
•“Holy shot. Google, nvidia joined openpower. This is an epic win for IBM Power achitecture” --James
Governor@monkchips
© 2013 IBM Corporation
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#powersystems
4Q 2013
Solutions
IBM BLU Acceleration Solution: Power System Edition
Cloud / Virtualization
PowerVC
PowerVP, PowerVM, & PowerSC
SmartCloud Entry
Enhanced Infrastructure
IBM i
PowerHA SystemMirror
Power IFL
Power Enterprise Pools & Server Enhancements
© 2013 IBM Corporation
The Power Systems Brand Identity
Leadership and innovation to support today’s core business applications and next generation solutions with
strong financial benefits, industry leading support and a highly skilled and vibrant ecosystem
Next Gen Apps
Big Data & Analytics
Cognitive Computing
Open Platform for Choice
OpenPOWER
Consortium
Power Systems Solutions
enable organizations to gain
new levels of insight and
respond to new opportunities
faster and more efficiently by
delivering data driven insights
when it matters most.
IBM Watson running Linux on
Power delivers cognitive
computing solutions that
transform organizations with the
ability to think, act and respond
in new ways to pursue new
revenue models, improve client
outcomes and satisfaction, and
outperform competitors.
Power simplifies clients’ ability
to adapt to emerging business
needs at a lower cost with
greater choice and flexibility by
exploiting open source
technologies such as Linux and
OpenStack.
The Power Charter: Long term commitment to continuously enhancing traditional
client environments on AIX and IBM i, while driving innovative new solutions via Linux
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
IBM Power Systems Messages and Focus Offerings
Next Gen Applications
Big Data & Analytics
Cognitive Computing
Open Platform
for Choice
New Levels of Insight: Big Data & Analytics, Industry
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•
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New IBM BLU Acceleration Solution – Power Systems Edition
New Intelligent Operations Center – Power Systems Edition
Update IBM I 7.1 TR7 with added security controls for DB2 for i and free-format RPG
Greater Choice and Flexibility: Virtualization, Cloud, and Linux Solutions
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New PowerVC – Virtualization Center
New PowerVP - Virtualization Performance
New Power Integrated Facility for Linux
New Power Enterprise Pools
New Power Systems Solution Edition for Service Providers
Update PowerSC - Security and Compliance
Update SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems
Update PowerVM enhancements
Investment in the Future: Recent Announcements
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© 2013 IBM Corporation
OpenPOWER Consortium announced: Google, IBM, Mellanox, NVIDIA, and Tyan. POWER
hardware and software available to open development, providing innovation across the entire
server stack, a first in the industry. August
$1Billion investment in solutions for Linux and open source workloads next 5 years. Sept
Expansion of our PowerCloud for Developers to give Linux developers who want to prototype
applications easy access to Power Systems. Sept
Power Systems Linux Center in Europe. Montpellier, France joins the worldwide network of
centers in Beijing, New York, Austin dedicated to the success of Linux software on Power. Sept
#powersystems
September 2013
Power IFL Introduction
#powersystems, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
The Changing IT landscape
Most disruptive IT innovation taking place today
is built on open technologies, driving a new era
of computing.
Emerging Linux workloads are becoming
business critical.
As an extension of core business processing,
emerging workloads must seamlessly integrate
and deliver enterprise class qualities of service.
Open Platform
for Choice
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Clients need freedom of
choice and flexibility that
IBM Power Systems
provides to integrate
innovations quickly at the
lowest cost
#powersystems
Addressing Client Needs in the Changing Landscape
Private
Cloud
Power
IFL
Deploy enterprise-class, secure
private cloud for Linux consolidation
for Applications and Databases
CoLocation
QOS
Simplified
Ops
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Co-location of applications
with a secure affinity to data
Infrastructure services that
have high QOS needs
Simplify Operations by aligning
policy groups to the business
process
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Messaging
 ESB

Policy Group1
Security Services
 File Services

Policy Group 2
#powersystems
Integrated Facility for Linux on Power 770, 780 & 795 servers
Flexible, affordable high-performance capacity for Linux applications
•
Industry-leading scale and performance with improved
economics for Linux applications and infrastructure
•
Reduce complexity and points-of-failure associated with x86/VM
sprawl by consolidating disparate, redundant and/or
underutilized Linux & Windows servers
•
Streamline application access via virtual network connections,
and accelerate deployment of new applications and services
•
Co-exist applications and data confidently with PowerVM’s
proven and secure virtualization and RAS of enterprise-class
Power servers
•
Seamlessly add capacity without interruption and accelerate
response to changing priorities with Elastic Capacity on
Demand
•
Share bandwidth and dynamically rebalance and tune system
resources to maximize utilization and lower costs
•
Consolidate operations, reduce overhead and leverage existing
production and disaster recovery infrastructure to reduce costs,
simplify operations and improve energy efficiency
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Power IFL
on enterprise-class Power servers
Virtual stack consisting of :
4 x CUoD core activations
32 GB CUoD memory activations
4 x PowerVM Enterprise Edition
license entitlement
Scales in increments of 4 cores
70 PVUs for 7R1, 7R2, 7R4 POWER
IFL, p24L and any POWER System
core running Linux
#powersystems
Middleware, database and tools portfolio for Linux on Power
Partnering with thousands of open
source ISVs for optimal application
performance, resilience and security
Available for
Linux on Power
Systems
Power IFL
Leading performance
for processor and servers
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© 2013 IBM Corporation
Deep optimization of
IBM software
#powersystems
PowerCare: Power IFL
Power IFL Services
 Delivered onsite by experienced IBM Lab Services consultants
 Available on Power 770, 780 & 795
 One PowerCare engagement is included at no additional charge with the
purchase of Power 780 or 795 system
 Equivalent Power IFL services are available for a fee on Power 770
Linux on Power High Availability
 An IBM consultant will advise on high availability design options and configure high
availability services on Power IFLs
Linux on Power Hosted Infrastructure Services
 An IBM consultant will advise on best practices for migrating and optimizing
Linux hosted infrastructure services on Power IFLs
Linux on Power Performance
 An IBM consultant will assess server and software configuration on Power IFLs,
checking for overall system health and configuring for optimal performance
Linux on Power - PowerVM
 An IBM consultant will optimize PowerVM virtualization features for Linux on Power
IFLs, ensuring optimal dynamic resource sharing and utilization
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
October 1, 2013
IBM BLU Acceleration Solution:
Power System Edition
#powersystems, #powerlinux, #bigdata,
#IBMWatson, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Enable your clients to dramatically speed up analytics
IBM BLU Acceleration Solution - Power Systems Edition
8-25x faster reporting
and analytics1
more than 1000x seen
with some queries2
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
Simple to Acquire
- One order for all hardware and
software4
Simple to Deploy
- Pre-installed and optimized
server, storage & software5
Simple to Grow
- Scale to support <1 TB to 10 TB
data stores with no downtime
IBM Power ESE3
Learn more: BLU Acceleration on Power
Power ESE Statement of Direction to
enable two interconnected nodes
supporting up to 20 TB. -August 27, 2013
1-5 See speaker notes for detailed footnotes
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© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Example configurations with the New Power ESE Server
Small
Medium
Large
for department-sized
deployments up to a 1.2 TB
data warehouse
for cross-department,
multiple workgroup
deployments up to a 5 TB
data warehouse
for enterprise-wide
deployments up to a 10 TB
data warehouse
•Power ESE 8/32 cores
POWER7+
•128GB / 128GB
memory
•2.7TB internal HDD
•DB2 10.5 Advanced
Workgroup Server
Edition
•AIX Standard Edition
•PowerVM Standard
Edition
Hardware List: $125K*
Software List: $55K
•Power ESE 16/32 cores
POWER7+
•512GB / 1TB memory
•2.3TB internal FLASH
SSD
•DB2 10.5 Advanced
Workgroup Server
Edition
•AIX Standard Edition
•PowerVM Standard
Edition
Hardware List: $441K*
Software List: $55K
•Power ESE 32/32 cores
POWER7+
•1TB / 1TB memory
•2.3TB internal FLASH
SSD
•DB2 10.5 Advanced
Workgroup Server
Edition
•AIX Standard Edition
•PowerVM Standard
Edition
Hardware List: $630K*
Software List: $110K
* Examples only. Power ESE processor, memory and storage requirements and pricing will vary based on customer requirements.
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Activate dark cores and memory for BLU Acceleration offer
Allows clients with available memory and processor capacity
to get into DB2 BLU at a great price point
Implemented as a priced RPQ CUoD option on Power 770,
780 & 795
– Priced memory activation RPQs which reduce the
list price by 75%
– DB2 BLU Advanced Enterprise Edition list priced
reduced by 75%
– No change to processor pricing, and system software
pricing
– DB2 BLU Advanced Enterprise Edition must be
purchased with the memory RPQ
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Capacity Upgrade on Demand Scenarios for BLU Acceleration
Scenario 1: Client has a Power 770, 16/32 cores 3.8 GHz POWER7+, 128/256 GB,
and wants to support a 1 TB Data Warehouse for DB2 with BLU Acceleration
Hardware required:
– 8 cores: standard pricing
– 128 GB: RPQ deep discount pricing (75%)
– Resulting server hardware discount AFTER standard pricing delegation: 66%
AIX Standard Edition, PowerVM Enterprise Edition (8 cores): standard pricing
DB2 10.5 Advanced Enterprise: Deep discount pricing (75%)
Scenario 2: Client has a Power 780, 48/64 cores 3.7 GHz POWER7+, 512/1024 GB,
and wants to support a 5 TB Data Warehouse for DB2 with BLU Acceleration
Hardware list price:
– 16 cores: standard pricing
– 512 GB: RPQ deep discount pricing (75%)
– Resulting server hardware discount AFTER standard pricing delegation: 63%
AIX Standard Edition, PowerVM Enterprise Edition (16 cores): standard pricing
DB2 10.5 Advanced Enterprise: Deep discount pricing (75%)
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
October 1, 2013
PowerVC
#powersystems, #powerlinux, #bigdata,
#IBMWatson, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
OpenStack Provides Competitive Advantage over Proprietary Solutions
Open Interfaces
The significance of an Open Ecosystem
• Industry Driven
• Open Ecosystem
OpenStack API
Proprietary Interfaces
Proprietary Solution Server
• Proprietary Specific
• Closed Ecosystem
Workload-Aware
No Workload Awareness
Tops down; workload centric
optimization
Application Services
Bottoms up; resource centric
optimization
Extensible
IBM Differentiation for
Performance, Availability and
Security
Infrastructure
Services
IBM
Differentiation
Integrated Infrastructure
Integrated Server, Storage &
Network
Open Device APIs
Availability
Security
Scalability
Infrastructure Services
Cinder
Nova
Quantum
Compute
drivers
drivers
Storage
Network
drivers
Vendor led drivers for
server, storage and network
Limited Extensibility
• Stickiness
• Proprietary Value
Integrated Infrastructure
Integrated Server, Storage &
Network
Proprietary Device APIs
• Closed storage API
• Closed network API
OpenStack Provides and Open Ecosystem with very broad community support
Platinum Sponsors
• Rapid growth of community
• Apr 2012 – 150 orgs, 2600 individuals
• Jan 2013 – 850 orgs, 6600 individuals
• Today over 12,000 individuals
• Open alternative to proprietary cloud stacks
• Protects current investment with simple path to new technology
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Gold Sponsors
#powersystems
PowerVC: Advanced Server Virtualization
Feature
Benefits
Simple install and configuration ● Quick time to value
● No training required reduces implementation time and
cost
Intuitive user interface
● Activities can be performed by less skilled personnel,
saving the time of more skilled resources
Resource pooling and
Placement policies
● Improve resource utilization to save costs
● Reduced burden on IT staff to save costs
On-Going optimization
● Increase user productivity
Targeted VM placement for
deployment
● Reduces complexity
VM templates
© 2013 IBM Corporation
● Enables consistency to maintain standards and ease
support burden
#powersystems
PowerVC v1.2 – Virtualization Center
 Improve resource utilization to reduce capital expense and power
consumption
 Increase agility and execution to quickly respond to changing
business requirements
 Increase IT productivity and responsiveness
 Manage scalability without adding complexity
 Dynamically adjusts workloads to ease burden on systems
management
Announce – 10/7 GA - 11/22
Protects current
investment with
simple path to new
technology
Accelerates
development
Better hardware
support and an open
framework for
customers and ISVs
© 2013 IBM Corporation
• Express Edition manages thru IVM for small deployments
• Standard Edition manages thru HMC for larger deployments
• Virtual Image capture, deployment and management
• Resource Pooling and Dynamic VM Placement improves utilization
• On-going optimization and VM resilience increases productivity
• Targeted VM placement for deployment to reduce complexity
• VM Mobility with placement policies reduces burden of IT staff
• Simplification through configuration templates
• Health status to monitor environment
#powersystems
Packaging, Pricing and Reference Material
Packaging
•PowerVC express and standard editions are separate stand alone products
•PowerVC Standard Edition is packaged with SmartCloud Entry Bundle in Power (5765SB3)
•
SCE is bundled with AIX EE, therefore, PowerVC is bundled with AIX EE
•Clients currently entitled to VMControl will be entitled to PowerVC
Pricing
•PowerVC Express edition is $60 per core and available only on small tier machines
•PowerVC Standard Edition is $80/$120/$160 per core for small/medium/large machines
PowerVC
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization-management/
PowerVC on Service Management Connect
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/cvm/pvc/index.html
PowerVC Prototype Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug-OobzmSEQ
Power Systems Software
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/index.html
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
October 1, 2013
PowerVP, PowerVM, & PowerSC
#powersystems, #powerlinux, #bigdata,
#IBMWatson, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
PowerVM v2.2.3 – Virtualization without Limits
 Reduces IT infrastructure costs
Consolidate diverse workloads save operational costs
 Improves service levels
Virtualized resources can be applied dynamically to workloads as needed
 Manages risk
Unrivaled flexibility enables rapid response to business change minimizing risk
Announce – 10/7 GA - 11/15
Shared Storage Pool Enhancements
Performance,
Resiliency, and
Flexibility
Improvements for
PowerVM
Industrial Strength
Server Virtualization
• Mirrored pool – redundancy improvement
• Pool Shrinking Improvement - Elasticity
• Dynamic disk growth – Elasticity
• Scale improvements
Live Partition Mobility Performance Improvements
Simplified Redundant Shared Ethernet Setup
Improvements in VIOS Performance Advisor PowerVM
• New advice for Fiber channel, SEA & SSP
Enterprise Edition includes NEW PowerVP virtualization
performance monitor
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
PowerVP - Virtualization Performance Intelligence
 Provides performance information to help optimize
virtualized systems
 Understand the mapping of virtualized workloads to
physical hardware
 Accelerates identifying performance bottlenecks
 Operational health status
Announce - 10/7 GA - 11/15
Real time
performance
information which
identifies performance
bottlenecks
Graphical display
showing virtualized
workloads health
© 2013 IBM Corporation
• Real-time continuous graphical monitor
• Replay option similar to a dvr replay of saved performance
data
• Provides mapping of virtual workloads to the physical CPU &
Memory resources
• Customizable thresholds for normal, warning, problem &
inactive states
• System level Server information showing all running VMs
resources mapped to hardware
• VM level drill down showing performance information for all
VM types including AIX, Linux and IBM i
#powersystems
PowerVP Node View
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
PowerVP supported Power models and ITE’s
Power System models and ITE’s with 770 firmware support
 710-E1D, 720-E4D, 730-E2D, 740-E6D (also includes Linux D models)
• 750-E8D, 760-RMD
• 770-MMC, 780-MHC
• p260-22X, p260-23X, p460-42X, p460-43X, p270-24X, p470-44X, p24L-7FL
• 71R-L1S, 71R-L1C, 71R-L1D, 71R-L1T, 7R2-L2C, 7R2-L2S, 7R2-L2D, 7R2-L2T
Power System models with 780 firmware support (future plans)
 770-MMB, 780-MHB, and 795-FHB (4Q2013)
 770-MMD, 780-MHD (2014)
 For a deeper dive into PowerVP and the related DPO offering see the Oct 31 2013 VUG
session by Tracy Smith
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
PowerVP Offering Details
 Single Edition of PowerVP – PowerVP Standard Edition
 PowerVP is included in PowerVM Enterprise Edition
– Current and New PowerVM EE customers are entitled to PowerVP
 PowerVP can also be purchased separately for PowerVM Standard
Edition customers.
– PID 5765-SLE – Per core list prices
• Small - $50
• Medium -$60
• Large -$80
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
PowerSC v1.1.3 – Security and Compliance for Power Systems
 Simplifies management and measurement of security & compliance
 Reduces cost of security & compliance
 Improves detection and reporting of security exposures
 Improves the audit capability to satisfy reporting requirements
Announce - 10/7 GA - 12/6
Updated Payment Card Industry Compliance Profile v2
– Provides new support for version 2 of the PCI standard
New!! Support for
Power Linux
Compliance
Automation
Improvements in
Trusted Firewall and
TNC Patch
Management
Trusted Firewall Advisor
– Provides information to track effectiveness of the Trusted Firewall
– Generates commands to add network segments to the Trusted
Firewall
Trusted Network Connect and Patch Management ifix support
– Allows notification and management of ifixes
PowerLinux Compliance Automation
– Provides new command line to automate Power Linux compliance
automation
– New compliance automation support for Linux PCI & HIPAA
PowerSC Toolkit for IBM i – Lab Services Offering
– Helps IBM i clients maintain security and compliance
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
October 1, 2013
SmartCloud Entry
#powersystems, #powerlinux, #bigdata,
#IBMWatson, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
SmartCloud Entry 3.2 for Power Systems





Open alternative to
proprietary cloud
stacks
Leveraging
community to speed
innovation
Open APIs provide
flexibility and agility
Improve efficiency and lower Administration costs
Accelerate infrastructure delivery and improve quality
Enforce resource consumption oversight and accountability
Save time and resources on manual tasks with process automation
Improve return on investment with increased system utilization
October Announcement Content
• OpenStack integration for alignment with emerging cloud
standards, interoperability with OpenStack based offerings, enhanced
3rd party device support and flexible cloud delivery
• Enhancements for optimized Power Cloud including:
• Virtual server capture, deployment, and dynamic VM placement
• Intelligent and policy driven virtual server placement
• Optimization for server utilization and resilience
• Increased virtual server availability and resilience
• Enhanced platform support – PowerLinux (manage from), KVM
(from x86), FSM currency, VMware VCenter currency
• Optionally leverages advanced virtualization capabilities provided by
OpenStack based PowerVC
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
More new enhancements for SmartCloud Entry for Power
 Enhanced end-user Web portal for Cloud Management
– Live migration: Administrators can easily initiate live migration of workloads on OpenStack, using
SmartCloud Entry UI
 Virtual I/O Server Shared Storage Pool (VIOS SSP) Mirroring when using Flex
Systems Manager- Advanced
 Deployed as a pre-built virtual appliance for IBM PowerVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, and
VMware environments
Statement of Direction: Support for PowerVM virtualization through PowerVC technologies, which
provides cloud management through Openstack. Additional details will be available in the SmartCloud
Entry Administrator's Guide
IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power V3.2
offering options:
•
IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power standalone
•
IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power bundle (includes
IBM PowerVC Standard Edition, IBM Systems Director
Standard Edition, IBM Systems Director Storage Control,
and IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition)
•
IBM SmartCloud Entry for IBM Flex Systems
•
AIX Enterprise Edition
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Power Systems
Tiers
SmartCloud Entry
Small (includes
Blades)
$80 (inc $16
SWMA)
Medium
$200 (inc $40
SWMA)
Large
$400 (inc $80
SWMA)
#powersystems
October 1, 2013
IBM i
#powersystems, #powerlinux, #bigdata,
#IBMWatson, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 7 - Highlights
 Self-managing value proposition of DB2 for IBM i extended
with improvements for better performance and usability.
– Very Large DataBase - DB2 for i gets bigger and better
– Advanced Security controls using DB2 for i
– DB2 for i as a solution platform
 RPG IV now includes more free format options, providing
syntax similar to other modern languages such as Java and C++
 Latest Java 7.1 class libraries now available, running in faster runtime engine
 Enhancements to Application Runtime Expert
include more flexible scheduling options
 Ruby on Rails support through PowerRuby
 PowerSC ToolKit for IBM i extends the integrated
security of IBM i
 IBM i will support new and enhanced I/O hardware
options
© 2013 IBM Corporation
October 1, 2013
PowerHA
#powersystems, #powerlinux, #bigdata,
#IBMWatson, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
PowerHA SystemMirror V7.1.3
 Minimize planned and unplanned outages in the data center
 Provide multi-site solutions for disaster recover
 Tightly integrated with AIX for robust operations
 Fault tolerant storage configurations with HyperSwap
 Mulit- cast or Uni-cast for flexible network configurations
October Announcement Content
Eliminate Storage
outages
Eliminate partitioned
clusters
Minimize cost with
DLPAR
Imbedded low cost
mirroring with GLVM
PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1.3 GA 12/06/13
• Active-Active HyperSwap with DS8800 & DS8870
• Single-node HyperSwap for cross-campus fault tolerant storage
• Operator failover policy for multi-site topologies
• Cluster simulator, try your scenario before implementation
• Unicast Default communication option for data center deployments
• Smart Assist for SAP Netweaver environments
• Cluster cloning for fast deployment
• Cluster report facility
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
October 1, 2013
Power Enterprise Pools &
Server Enhancements
#powersystems, #powerlinux, #bigdata,
#IBMWatson, #OpenPOWER
© 2013 IBM Corporation
“The Only Thing That Is Constant
Is Change”
- Heraclitus
 Does your IT environment look different from your planning?
 Have requirements changed since you implemented applications?
 Looking for ways to enhance your cloud provisioning?
 Are you looking for time to do some system maintenance?
 Have you tested that backup system that’s been sitting idle?
 Concerned that your business might change in the future?
Enable your systems and your IT environment to change…
with the needs, with the business and with the technology
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The Path to High Availability
Power Enterprise Pools puts you in the drivers seat
on the road to continuous availability.
 Full redundancy has always been the best option for high availability
 Traditionally, this path has been out of reach for most clients
 Power Enterprise Pools is changing that notion
 Move your applications with Live Partition Mobility and move your
activations as well!
 Supports your cloud environment
Workloads
 Enables workload balancing
 Simplifies systems maintenance
Activations
 Works for disaster recovery
 User controlled, always available, no hassle
 Move everything back when complete, or leave them where they are
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Announcing Power Enterprise Pools
Power Enterprise Pools enable you to move processor and memory
activations within a defined pool of systems, at your convenience.
 New mobile activations for both processor and memory
 Mobile activations can be used for systems within the same pool
• One pool type accommodates POWER7+ 780 & Power 795 systems
• One pool type accommodates POWER7+ 770 systems
• Systems with different clock speeds can coexist in the same pool
• Activation assignment and movement is controlled by the HMC
 Activations can be moved at any time by the user without contacting IBM
 Movement of activations is instant, dynamic and non-disruptive
 No limit to the number of times activations can be moved
 Number of systems in a pool only limited by HMC attachment

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© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Power Enterprise Pools Order Fulfillment
PLAN
DEFINE
SIGN
REQUEST
Define participating systems by serial numbers within a pool
Sign Power Enterprise Pools contract and addendum
Submit addendum to IBM and request pool ID
ORDER
Order mobile enablement, processor and memory activations
INSTALL
Install new firmware for participating systems and HMC
DOWNLOAD
Download configuration file to HMC from IBM web site
USE
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Review Power Enterprise Pools offering and plan implementation
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Assign activations to systems
#powersystems
SSD drives included with every
Power 770 and 780 system
Buy POWER7+, get fast SSD technology at no additional cost
Enhanced
standard
configurations
 Staring October 25, 2013, all new shipments of Power 770 and 780
systems with POWER7+ processors will include SSD drives
(9117-MMD and 9179-MHD)
 These drives will be included at no additional charge to the client
 This action includes both new systems and system upgrades
 Power 770 systems will include two SSD drives
 Power 780 systems will include three SSD drives
Clients can now see for themselves how SSD technology
can enhance their performance and reliability
Fast, dense
and no charge
© 2013 IBM Corporation
SSD Technology
 SSD technology enables performance improvements for many
workload environments
 Drives are 387 GB and support AIX, IBM i, and Linux
 Drives can be placed in a system enclosure or an I/O drawer
#powersystems
Reduced pricing for system
upgrades to POWER7+
Upgrade to POWER7+
 Staring in October 2013, pricing has been reduced for all
system upgrades that convert older models of the Power 570,
770 or 780 into the POWER7+ configurations of those models
Reduced
Upgrade Pricing
 Upgrade prices have been reduced from 25–35% compared to
previous list prices.
 System upgrades are now priced at about 30% of the
comparable new system for “B” and “C” models
 In most cases, this is similar to the amount of rPerf
performance that would also be realized
POWER7+ Technology
 Increased performance
 Lower memory pricing
 Elastic CoD and Power Enterprise Pools
 POWER7+ systems will upgrade to POWER8
POWER7+
benefits
Pricing based on US list price at time of announcement and will vary based on specific configuration. Percentage calculated on model to model conversions of similar configuration.
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
IBM Power Systems October 8 Offerings Summary
Open Platform: Virtualization, Cloud, Linux
Big Data & Analytics, Industry, Next Gen Apps
NEW PowerVP - Virtualization Performance
• New offering that provides real time performance
information which identifies performance bottlenecks and a
graphical display showing virtualized workloads health
included in PowerVM EE.
NEW PowerVC – Virtualization Center
• New offering that delivers leadership advanced virtualization
management for Power leveraging OpenStack.
NEW Power Integrated Facility for Linux (Power IFL)
• New virtual server offering designed to enable clients to
better exploit the performance, reliability and scale of
enterprise-class Power servers to reduce the cost of
managing their Linux ecosystem.
Update PowerSC - Security and Compliance
• New support for Power Linux Compliance automation and
improvements in Trusted Firewall and TNC Patch
Management. Enhancements to help businesses comply
with industry-driven standards like PCI and HIPAA.
Update SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems
• OpenStack integration for alignment with emerging cloud
standards, interoperability with OpenStack based offerings &
enhanced 3rd party device support.
Update PowerVM - Virtualization without Limits
• Enhancements to Shared Storage Pools, improvements to
LPM performance and new advice from the VIOS
Performance Advisor for Fiber channel, SEA & SSP
NEW IBM BLU Acceleration Solution – Power Systems Edition
• Delivers speed of thought analytics driven by DB2 with BLU
acceleration optimized to exploit on POWER 7+ processor
technology, for faster insights from more data
NEW IBM Intelligent Operations Center – Power Systems Edition
• Designed to optimize the operational efficiencies of a city or other
complex infrastructure. Provides an executive dashboard to
depict the overall status of a city's operations.
Update IBM i 7.1 TR7
• Added advanced Security controls using DB2 for i and free format
RPG which helps to provide attractive modern development
environment & shortened learning curve.
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NEW Power Enterprise Pools
• Delivers new flexibility for clients to purchase virtual processor
and memory capacity (CUoD) resources that may be shared
within a defined pool of enterprise-class Power servers, reallocated as required to support clients’ dynamic priorities.
Update PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX
• Added support for active-active HyperSwap with DS8800 &
DS8870, Cluster simulator - try your scenario before
implementation & SAP HA certification.
Update AIX 7.1 TL3, 6.1 TL9
• Enhanced live system backup support, LDAP support with users
and groups & AIX versioned WPAR lifecycle mgmt.
#powersystems
Thank you.
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Q&A
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Additional Information
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Resources
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Technical Collateral
 For porting applications to PowerLinux, leverage Porting to PowerLinux
 For best practices of tuning Java, reference Java Performance on POWER7
 For performance tuning best practices, read the PowerLinux community wiki page
Best Practices for Performance
 To learn how to build Hadoop for PowerLinux, see the Build Open Hadoop for POWER
wiki page
 For documentation on how to leverage PowerVM effectively with SAP, see the SAP on
PowerLinux Reference Architecture or the IBM Blueprint SAP 2-tier Sales and
Distribution Tunings for Linux on POWER7.
 For a list of PowerLinux community experts and their contacts, see the Meet the
Experts wiki page
 For a step-by-step setup guide of virtualized solutions, see the IBM Open Source
Infrastructure Services Guides in the PowerLinux wiki.
 For information on PowerLinux applications, reference the HOWTO wiki page on
Locating Applications for PowerLinux.
 For details on HOWTO obtain evaluation copies of RHEL and SLES, see the new wiki
article Linux Evaluation Copies.
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Power IFL Lab Services Offerings
Power IFL Services
 Delivered onsite by experienced IBM Lab Services consultants
 Available on Power 770, 780 & 795
 One PowerCare engagement is included at no additional charge with the
purchase of Power 780 or 795 system
 Equivalent Power IFL services are available for a fee on Power 770
Linux on Power High Availability
 An IBM consultant will advise on high availability design options and configure high
availability services on Power IFLs
Linux on Power Hosted Infrastructure Services
 An IBM consultant will advise on best practices for migrating and optimizing
Linux hosted infrastructure services on Power IFLs
Linux on Power Performance
 An IBM consultant will assess server and software configuration on Power IFLs,
checking for overall system health and configuring for optimal performance
Linux on Power - PowerVM
 An IBM consultant will optimize PowerVM virtualization features for Linux on Power
IFLs, ensuring optimal dynamic resource sharing and utilization
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
Linux on Power Support Offering Overview: Term, Coverage, and
Subscription Options
Support and Subscription Terms
Standard contract lengths: 1 or 3 years
Standard coverage: 24x7 for Sev 1, work shift only for
other severities.
24x7 coverage for all severities available in
some geo’s.
Supported Distributions (support policy matches Red Hat
and SUSE)
RHEL 4, 5, 6
SUSE 10, 11
SUSE Enterprise Linux Server Options
SLES for System x (and other x86 based servers) – Priced
per server based on socket count and virtual guest
requirements
SLES for Power or Power IFL* – Priced per Socket in 1, 4, 8
socket increments
SLES for System z – Priced per IFL
SLES High Performance Computing for System x
Red Hat Enterprise Server Options
RHEL for System x (& other x86 based servers)
Priced based on server size (2, 4, or 8 sockets)
Priced based on # of virtual guests (1, 4, or unlimited)
RHEL for Power or Power IFL* – priced per Server in 1-2, 4, or 8
socket increments
RHEL for PowerLinux servers – Linux only, priced comparable to x86
based servers above
RHEL for System z – priced per IFL
RHEL High Performance Computing for System x and Power
RHEL for SAP Applications
RHEL Workstation
Red Hat Add on Options
High Availability, Load Balancer, Resilient Storage, Scalable File
System, Smart Mgmt., Extended Update Support, High Performance
Network
Not offered as orderable options for Power
Ordering Information:
Ordering of Support and Subscription is performed by Technical Support Services (TSS). TSS combines IBM Support Line for Linux on
Power with the Linux distributors subscription product. This combined service ensures the customer can access the distribution, it's
updates and fixes, as well as access IBM support for installation and ongoing operational assistance.
Contact your IBM Technical Support Services Sales representative for pricing and ordering assistance.
*Final pricing methodology still under discussion.
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
IBM Confidential until
Announced For IBM and Business Partner Use
Additional resources
Solutions
IBM BLU Acceleration Solution: Power System Edition
Cloud / Virtualization
PowerVC
PowerVP, PowerVM, & PowerSC
SmartCloud Entry
Solution Edition for Service Providers
 Enhanced Infrastructure
IBM i
PowerHA SystemMirror
Power IFL
Power Enterprise Pools & Server Enhancements
© 2013 IBM Corporation
#powersystems
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Notes on benchmarks and values
The IBM benchmarks results shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level and generally-available computer systems. Buyers should
consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering buying and should consider conducting application oriented testing. For
additional information about the benchmarks, values and systems tested, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller or access the Web site of the benchmark
consortium or benchmark vendor.
IBM benchmark results can be found in the IBM Power Systems Performance Report at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html .
All performance measurements were made with AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest
versions of AIX were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2006, LINPACK, and Technical Computing benchmarks were compiled using
IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX 5L and Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of these compilers were used: XL C for
AIX v11.1, XL C/C++ for AIX v11.1, XL FORTRAN for AIX v13.1, XL C/C++ for Linux v11.1, and XL FORTRAN for Linux v13.1.
For a definition/explanation of each benchmark and the full list of detailed results, visit the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.
TPC
http://www.tpc.org
SPEC
http://www.spec.org
LINPACK
http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf
Pro/E
http://www.proe.com
GPC
http://www.spec.org/gpc
VolanoMark
http://www.volano.com
STREAM
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
SAP
http://www.sap.com/benchmark/
Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft
http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/
Baan
http://www.ssaglobal.com
Fluent
http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm
TOP500 Supercomputers
http://www.top500.org/
Ideas International
http://www.ideasinternational.com/benchmark/bench.html
Storage Performance Council
http://www.storageperformance.org/results
© 2013 IBM Corporation
Revised December 2, 2010
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Notes on HPC benchmarks and values
The IBM benchmarks results shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level and generally-available computer systems. Buyers should consult other sources of
information to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering buying and should consider conducting application oriented testing. For additional information about the benchmarks,
values and systems tested, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller or access the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.
IBM benchmark results can be found in the IBM Power Systems Performance Report at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html .
All performance measurements were made with AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of AIX were
used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2006, LINPACK, and Technical Computing benchmarks were compiled using IBM's high performance C, C++, and
FORTRAN compilers for AIX 5L and Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of these compilers were used: XL C for AIX v11.1, XL C/C++ for AIX v11.1, XL FORTRAN for AIX
v13.1, XL C/C++ for Linux v11.1, and XL FORTRAN for Linux v13.1. Linpack HPC (Highly Parallel Computing) used the current versions of the IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine
Library (ESSL). For Power7 systems, IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) for AIX Version 5.1 and IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) for Linux
Version 5.1 were used.
For a definition/explanation of each benchmark and the full list of detailed results, visit the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.
SPEC
http://www.spec.org
LINPACK
http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf
Pro/E
http://www.proe.com
GPC
http://www.spec.org/gpc
STREAM
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
Fluent
http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm
TOP500 Supercomputers
http://www.top500.org/
AMBER
http://amber.scripps.edu/
FLUENT
http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/fl5bench/index.htm
GAMESS
http://www.msg.chem.iastate.edu/gamess
GAUSSIAN
http://www.gaussian.com
ANSYS
http://www.ansys.com/services/hardware-support-db.htm
ABAQUS
http://www.simulia.com/support/v68/v68_performance.php
ECLIPSE
http://www.sis.slb.com/content/software/simulation/index.asp?seg=geoquest&
MM5
http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/
Click on the "Benchmarks" icon on the left hand side frame to expand. Click on "Benchmark Results in a Table" icon for benchmark results.
MSC.NASTRAN http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/prod%5Fsupport/nastran/performance/v04_sngl.cfm
STAR-CD
www.cd-adapco.com/products/STAR-CD/performance/320/index/html
NAMD
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd
HMMER
http://hmmer.janelia.org/
http://powerdev.osuosl.org/project/hmmerAltivecGen2mod
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Notes on performance estimates
rPerf for AIX
rPerf (Relative Performance) is an estimate of commercial processing performance relative to other IBM UNIX
systems. It is derived from an IBM analytical model which uses characteristics from IBM internal workloads, TPC
and SPEC benchmarks. The rPerf model is not intended to represent any specific public benchmark results and
should not be reasonably used in that way. The model simulates some of the system operations such as CPU,
cache and memory. However, the model does not simulate disk or network I/O operations.
 rPerf estimates are calculated based on systems with the latest levels of AIX and other pertinent software at the
time of system announcement. Actual performance will vary based on application and configuration specifics. The
IBM eServer pSeries 640 is the baseline reference system and has a value of 1.0. Although rPerf may be used to
approximate relative IBM UNIX commercial processing performance, actual system performance may vary and is
dependent upon many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and configuration.
Note that the rPerf methodology used for the POWER6 systems is identical to that used for the POWER5 systems.
Variations in incremental system performance may be observed in commercial workloads due to changes in the
underlying system architecture.
All performance estimates are provided "AS IS" and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied by IBM.
Buyers should consult other sources of information, including system benchmarks, and application sizing guides to
evaluate the performance of a system they are considering buying. For additional information about rPerf, contact
your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller.
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CPW for IBM i
Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) is a relative measure of performance of processors running the IBM i
operating system. Performance in customer environments may vary. The value is based on maximumRevised April 2, 2007
configurations. More performance information is available in the Performance Capabilities Reference at:
www.ibm.com/systems/i/solutions/perfmgmt/resource.html
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