IBM eX5 Workload Optimized x86 Servers

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eX5 Workload Optimized Customer Presentation


System x and BladeCenter

04/10/232

A smarter planet demands smarter systems

Management costs now represent 70 percent of IT budget.1

It’s time for new thinking

1 Clabby Analytics, The Data Center ‘Implosion Explosion’ … and the Need to Move to a New Enterprise Data Center Model, February 2008

The next generation x86 architectures must

be able to keep up with the proliferation of

workloads and explosion of data of a smarter,

more interconnected planet.

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DATAWorkloads

Underutilization&

High OPEX

Reactive vs

Proactive

Memory bottleneck

Are optimized for workloads.

Scale quickly and efficiently.

Remove memory bottlenecks.

Maximize utilization.

Provide rapid access to data.

Clients need systems that:



04/10/233

IBM will lead the wayIBM will deliver a full set of offerings based on customer Integration needs

– From standalone system sales for self integrating customers– To pre-configured workload optimized systems– All the way to fully integrated customer installation ready solutions

Different offerings for different customer markets, with individual market deliveries

eX5 Systems

eX5 Workload Optimized Systems

Workload Optimized Solutions

Self Integrating Customers OEM Integrated for Customers



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IBM Full Spectrum of Implementation Integration

eX5 Systems

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Database Optimized SystemIBM Smart Analytics

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eX5 Workload Optimized Brand Value

x3850 X5

x3690 X5

HX5

Database Optimized Systems

Virtualization Optimized Systems

MAX5 Systems

Express Systems

Smart Analytics 2050

IBM pureScale Solution

Smart Grid Solutions (Itron,

Trilliant)

Integrated solutions and workload optimized Systems enhance the eX5 brand value

Healthcare Solutions

(McKesson)

SAP Business Intelligence

Solution

eX5 Systems eX5 Workload Optimized Systems

Workload Optimized Solutions*

* Future targeted offerings



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eX5 Workload Optimized Customer Value Example

x3850 X5

Database Optimized

System

Smart Analytics 2050

Spectrum of offerings adding incremental value with each offeringeX5 Systems eX5 Workload

Optimized Systems


x3850 X5 SystemBase 4 Socket System Maximize memory with large

memory capacity & MAX5 Memory Expansion

Minimize cost by consolidating on most powerful System x platform ever

Simplify Deployment with IBM Systems Director

Database Optimized Systemx3950 X5 with eXFlash technology Up to 200x faster local database

performance over spinning disks 97% storage cost savings over

equal IOPs spinning storage 99% power savings over

equivalent eight racks of storage Maximum reliability with RAID 5/6

and hot-swap components

Smart Analytics 2050 SolutionDB2 Integrated Analytics Solution Intelligent cost reduction with

improved decision making Faster time to value with

pretested, easy-to-install solutions Optimized for top performance by

IBM experts that deliver results in days rather than months

Improve performance and 50% less floor space than competition



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Service Management

Systems, Image, Virtualization Management & Tools

Hypervisor

Operating System

Storage

Network

x86 Servers

Middleware

Over 8000 client assessments show that they use multiple platforms to optimize IT and

they assemble the components largely by themselves

x86 Stack

Traditional Implementations are long, expensive processes

size, select, order, install, debug,test, optimize, cut-over, support …

Preconfigured solutions can reduce a 6 month Installation to 15 days, saving up to $137,500

in installation and setup costs

Implementation



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eX5 is Purpose Built for WorkloadsIBM MAX5 for Enhanced Memory Capacity Technology Increasing the total addressable memory for in memory database Highly reliable memory mirroring, without capacity tradeoffs Delivering greater memory capacity and bandwidth for enhanced performance

IBM eXFlash for High IOPS Database performance Maximum internal IOPS for high performance local and tiered databases IBM unique High IOPS drive in high density form factor for 2x the SSDs Up to 24 Hot Swappable SSDs per system for simplified maintenance RAID 5/6 and high speed non-raided designs to fit different database

architectures Blade side-car for up to 6x the flash capacity in a blade form factor

Integration, ease of implementation Single part number machine models for easy reference and purchase Tiered and local database models Available in four socket rack, two socket rack and scalable blade form factors

Available in multiple Workload Optimized Solutions IBM Smart Analytics Systems 2050 SAP Business Intelligence Solution IBM pureScale Solution

100 to 1 drive reduction



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Simplifying Deployment for Targeted Customer Workloads

I need a solution for my workload. I need…the right balance of processing, memory and IO …

that is pre-configured for the performance I need…that is tested with industry leading ISV software…

that utilizes industry leading technology innovations …

that reduces my capital and operating expenses …with no trade-off in business productivity…

that gives me the flexibility to grow with my business…

that will stay running, and won’t go down…that is easy to setup, manage, & service…

available in blades and racks to fit my datacenter…

Implemented on the highest performance x86 platform.

Wow… we can do all of that…

Let me tell you about eX5 Workload Optimized Systems.


eX5 Database Systems



04/10/2311

The World is Changing and Becoming More…

Instrumented

Interconnected

Intelligent



04/10/2312

With This Change Comes an Explosion in Information …

Source: IBM Institute for Business Value

Variety of Information

Volume of Digital Data

Velocity of Decision Making



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With this change comes an explosion in information …

… Yet organizations are operating with blind spots

Variety of Information

Volume of Digital Data

Velocity of Decision Making

Source: IBM Institute for Business Value13

Inefficient Access1 in 2 don’t have access to the information across their organization needed to do their jobs

Lack of Insight1 in 3 managers frequently make critical decisions without the information they need

Inability to Predict3 in 4 business leaders say more predictive information would drive better decisions



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DRAMDRAM Add lots of

DRAM Store the

working set in DRAM to avoid disk latency

Traditional storage optimizations are not enough

The Bottom LineThe Bottom Line

Power And

Energy Costs

Add DRAM & Spindles to address bottlenecks in the server storage hierarchy Add DRAM & Spindles to address bottlenecks in the server storage hierarchy

using traditional high performance hard disk drives

HDDHDD Lots of

Spindles Reduce Seeks,

Increase IOPS

Costs & TCO

IOPS



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To replace spinning boot disks to improve power consumption and boot performance – Boot disks – Low cost SSD - better reliability, good read performance– Note: All Flash/SSD is not created equal! Consumer flash technology is cheap but lacks enterprise

class durability, reliability, data protection – write cache protection, wear data leveling, etc.

To replace spinning disks in High IOPs cache systems for improved performance of high transaction applications

– High performance databases, web/e-Mail servers – An SSD can replace many HDDs– Internally deliver the same IOPs performance as hundreds of traditional spinning disks– Reduction in storage acquisition cost and lower ongoing power & cooling cost – Improved application performance for local database and IOPs constrained environments

As a fast virtual memory paging device to reduce need for expensive main memory– Possible reduction in server acquisition costs and lowering ongoing power and cooling costs.– Big reduction in server cost with small reduction in application performance. Results are

application/workload dependent

More usages will come as enterprise offerings continue to improve

Flash technology delivers new usage opportunities



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High performance flash is ideal for a broad set of applications

Digital Content

Medical Imaging

Cloud Computing

Financial Analysis

Web 2.0

Energy Exploration

Design/Simulate

Datacenter Refresh

Target applications

•Database (indexes, logs, journals)•Data Warehousing•Business Intelligence•Business Analytics/Data Mining•Decision Support

•Transaction processing/OLTP•FSI Analytics

•CAE/CAD, simulation•Seismic•Visualization•Weather Forecast

• IPTV, IPDC, video delivery / editing

•Virtualization•Product Lifecycle Management•Sales force Automation•Messaging•ERP•CRM•Search Video•Social Networking



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The new standard in storage performance eXFlash delivers integrated solid-state disk technology and a high-speed controller architecture.

800spinning

disks

Same performance as

97%less

expensive

For same 1,000 userdatabase

performance

1%of spinning

disks

Power reduced to



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eX5 eXFlash — Feature rich with high I/O performance

Maximize performanceMaximize performance- Up to 200x performance increase for local

databases- 99% better performance per watt for database-type

workloads

Maximize cost savingsMaximize cost savings- 100 to 1 replacement ratio of traditional drives,

replacing thousands of drives and cables - $670,000 hardware savings per eXFlash over equal

IOPs HDDs.- Up to 40x greater solution density over traditional

HDD solution

Maximize reliabilityMaximize reliability- RAID 5/6 controller for redundant data storage

reliability at 37.5% greater capacity- Greater reliability over traditional HDDs

eXFlash Features

Up to 3 eXFlash packs in x3690 X5 (2 in x3850 X5) Up to 240,000 IOPs (read-only) IOPs per eXFlash Up to 240,000 IOPs RAID 5 (read only) per eXFlash Up to 1.6TB per eXFlash pack Hot swappable, front accessible, modules

Combination of solid-state disk technology and high-speed controller architecture deliver extreme performance to replace limited IOPs of traditional HDDs



04/10/2319

IBM System x3950 X5 Database SystemsFlagship System x platform for leadership database performanceCapabilities– High speed access for hot data at up to a million IO per sec– Up to 4.48TB of high speed capacity per server– Custom high speed direct connect adapter, and custom high

speed RAID 5/6 adapter choices for targeted use-cases

Benefits– Up to 200x faster local database performance– Minimize costs replacing 80 storage enclosures for a

$670,000 USD cost savings and a 97% reduction in energy– Maximum reliability with custom high speed RAID 5/6 flash

adapter and individual front access, hot-swap components

7145-5Gx 3TB Cache Model

1.080 Million IOPs (read only ), upgradeable to 1.98 M IOPs

2x eXFlash Modules 2x High speed read only

adapters 3.2 TB of High IOPs Flash

(16 x 200GB 1.8” SSDs) 640GB (2x 320GB) High IOPS

SSD PCIe Adapters 4x X7560 2.26GHz 8Core procs 128 GB (32 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

7145- 4Fx 3TB RAID 5 Model

480K RAID 5 IOPs (read only) 2x eXFlash Modules 4x High Speed RAID 5/6 adapters 3.2 TB of High IOPs Flash

(16 x 200GB 1.8” SSDs) 4x X7550 2.0GHz 8Core procs 128 GB (32 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

1Q 20111Q 20117145-5Dx Open Bay Model

Open Building Block for eXFlash 1x eXFlash Modules Open adapters Open 8 x 1.8” SSD bay 2x X7560 2.26GHz 8Core procs 32 GB (8 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

August 2010



04/10/2320

IBM System x3690 X5 Database SystemsHigh end scalable 2-socket for maximum database performance in a 2UCapabilities– High speed access for hot data at up to a 720k IO per sec– Up to 4.8TB of high speed capacity per server– Custom high speed direct connect adapter, and custom high


Benefits– Up to 150x faster local database performance– Minimize costs replacing 80 storage enclosures for a

$670,000 USD cost savings and a 97% reduction in energy– Maximum reliability with custom high speed RAID 5/6 flash


7148-3Jx 3TB Cache Model

480K IOPs (read only) upgradeable to 720K IOPs and 4.8 TB

2x eXFlash Modules 2x High speed read-only adapters 3.2 TB of High IOPs Flash (16

x 200GB 1.8” SSDs) 2x X6560 2.0GHz 8Core procs 64 GB (16 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

7148- 3Fx 3TB RAID 5 Model

480K RAID 5 IOPs upgradeable to 600K RAID 5 IOPs and 4.8TB

2x eXFlash Modules 4x High speed RAID 5/6 adapters 3.2 TB of High IOPs Flash

(16 x 200GB 1.8” SSDs) 2x X6560 2.0GHz 8Core procs 64 GB (16 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

1Q 20111Q 20117148-3Dx Open Bay Model

Open Building Block for eXFlash 1x eXFlash Modules Open adapters Open 8 x 1.8” SSD bay 2x X6560 2.0GHz 8Core procs 16 GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs

August 2010



04/10/2321

IBM BladeCenter HX5 Database SystemHigh performance database blade for maximum density

Capabilities– High speed access for hot data at up to a 600K IO per sec– Scalable up to 4 socket and 2.4 Million IOPs– Up to 480 GB of high speed capacity per server

Benefits– Minimize costs replacing storage enclosures for cost savings

and power and energy savings– Scalable processing blade and PCIe expansion blades for

maximum flexibility

7872-66x High IOPs Density Blade

600K IOPs (read only) upgradeable to 2.4 Million IOPs BPE4 PCIe Expansion Blade 640GB (2x 320GB) High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters 2x X7540 2.0GHz 6Core procs 32 GB (8 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE Scalable to 4S, 32 DIMM Scalable to 8 PCIe cards (4 x BPE4)

4Q 2010



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eX5 Database Optimized System Summary

High speed access for hot data at up to a million IO per sec Up to 4.8TB of high speed capacity per server (3690 X5) Custom high speed direct connect adapter, and custom high


Capabilities

Benefits

Preconfigured Models

x3950 X57145-5Gx Direct Access High Speed Read Cache 1,680K IOPs* 4.48TB

7145-4Fx HW RAID 5 High IOPs Redundant Data 480K IOPs** 3.2TB

x3690 X571483Jx Direct Access High Speed Read Cache 720K IOPs*** 4.8TB

71483Fx HW RAID 5 High IOPs Redundant Data 720K IOPs**** 4.8TB

HX5 7872-66x Direct Access High Speed Read Cache 600K IOPs***** 1.28TB

IOPS of 2,932 HDDs in one server

Up to 200x faster local database performance Minimize costs replacing 80 storage enclosures for a

$670,000 USD cost savings and a 97% reduction in energy Maximum reliability with custom high speed RAID 5/6 flash


MTM Access connection Use case IOPs (read only max) Capacity (max)


eX5 Virtualization Systems



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Use Case - VMware Single License Virtualization

Virtualization Workload

System for Average VMsx3690X5 w/

MAX5

Processor Nehalem EX E7540

Processor Qty 1

Memory DIMM 8GB

Memory Qty 48

Total Memory Populated 384GB

VMware Enterprise Plus $3500.00

# of VMs

CPU constrained

153 for 6 core

211 for 8 core

Competitive Virtualization

Workload Average VMsProliant

DLXX0 G6


Processor Qty 1

Memory DIMM 8GB

Memory Qty 16



# of VMs

Memory constrained

70

Purpose: Maximizing number of virtual machines under a single VMware Software License

Value Prop

2.2x the # of Virtual MachinesApplication delivery in half the data center footprintEnergy savings

Virtualization Workload

System for Average VMsx3690X5 w/

MAX5


Processor Qty 1

Mecha-King Yes

Memory DIMM 4GB

Memory Qty 48



# of VMs

Memory constrained

105 for 6 core

Greater performance with same software license

Reduced costplus more users



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IBM System x3950 X5 Virtualization SystemsFlagship System x platform for leadership consolidationCapabilities– MAX5 expansion for up to a 512GB of added memory– Large quantity of smaller, cheaper DIMMs per system– Open source hypervisor option for Linux environments

Benefits– Up to 5.3X the number of virtual machines of single VMware

license industry standard 2U Nehalem EP system– Integrated hypervisor for simpler deployment and management

7145-4Dx VMware Optimized Model

384 GB of Memory for large virtual machines MAX5 memory expansion module 384 GB (96 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs VMware vSphere 4.1 Embedded Hypervisor System Director VM console plugin 4x X7550 2.0GHz 8Core procs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

September 2010



04/10/2326

IBM System x3690 X5 Virtualization SystemsHigh end scalable 2-socket for maximum virtual machines in a 3UCapabilities– MAX5 expansion for up to a 512GB of added memory– Large quantity of smaller, cheaper DIMMs per system– Open source hypervisor option for Linux environments

Benefits– Up to 3X the number of virtual machines of single VMware

license competitor Nehalem EX system– Integrated hypervisor for simpler deployment and management

7148-2Dx VMware Optimized Model

256 GB of Memory for large virtual machines MAX5 memory expansion module 256 GB (64 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs VMware vSphere 4.1 Embedded Hypervisor System Director VM console plugin 2x E6540 2.0GHz 6Core procs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

October 2010



04/10/2327

IBM BladeCenter HX5 Virtualization SystemHigh performance virtualization blade for maximum VMs

7872-68x VMware Optimized Model

160 GB of Memory for virtual machine density MAX5 memory expansion module 160 GB (40 x 4GB) DDR3 DIMMs VMware vSphere 4.1 Embedded Hypervisor System Director VM console plugin 2x E6540 2.0GHz 6Core procs 2x 10GB E Virtual Fabric / FCoEE

4Q 2010

Capabilities– MAX5 expansion for up to a 192GB of added memory– Large quantity of smaller, cheaper DIMMs per system– Open source hypervisor option for Linux environments

Benefits– Up to 2X the number of virtual machines of single VMware

license competitor Nehalem EX system– Integrated hypervisor for simpler deployment and management



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eX5 Virtualization Optimized System Summary

MAX5 expansion for up to a 512GB of added memory Large quantity of smaller, cheaper DIMMs per system Open source hypervisor option for Linux environments

Capabilities

Benefits

Preconfigured Models

x3950 X5 7145-4Dx VMware vSphere 4.1 4 x X7550 96 DIMMs 1.5TB

x3690 X5 71482Dx VMware vSphere 4.1 2 x E6540 64 DIMMs 1TB

HX5 7872-68x VMware vSphere 4.1 2 x E6540 40 DIMMs 640GB

4X the VMs of industry standard 2S

2U systems

Up to 5.3X the number of virtual machines of single VMware license industry standard 2U Nehalem EP system

Up to 3X the number of virtual machines of single VMware license competitor Nehalem EX system

Integrated hypervisor for simpler deployment and management

MTM Hypervisor Processors DIMMs Memory (max)