© 2011 ibm corporation bridging the cost gap between power and x86 by david spurway, ibm systems...

© 2011 IBM Corporation

Bridging the cost gap between Power and x86

By David Spurway, IBM Systems Architect


Agenda

Server Selection

The initial cost problem

All cores are not created equal

Oracle DB example– Why are non-virtualised servers under utilised?– Virtualisation support– Software costs– Adding redundant server

WAS example– Virtualisation built in or added on?– With or without limits?– Benefits of a big pool– Effect of workload spread– Software costs– Adding redundant server– Scaling up to larger customer levels

Combined Oracle and WAS example

Security

Other benefits

Summary


Many Factors Affect Choice

Car Server

Purchase price Purchase price

Gas mileage, cost of repairs, insurance cost

Cost of operation, power consumption, floor space

Reliability Reliability

Safety, maneuverability, visibility, vendor service

Availability, disaster recovery, vendor service

Storage capacity, number of seats, towing capacity

Scalability, throughput

Horsepower Chip performance

Dash board layoutSteering wheel location

Instrumentation and skills

Handling, comfort, features Manageability

Looks, styling, size Peer and industry recognition

Would you purchase a family car solely

on one factor?


Selecting a Platform

Systemz

System x

Power

Time HorizonISV Support

Non-FunctionalRequirements

Power, cooling,floor spaceconstraints

Strategic Directionand Standards

Cost ModelsSkills

Politics

PlatformArchitecture

TechnologyAdoptionLevel

DeploymentModel

Scale

GeographicConsiderations


Single Server - Graph View

Taken as single servers only, most of the IBM Power Systems servers are more expensive to purchase. The IBM Power 770 server is also larger and requires more power.

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IBM Power 770(8ch/64co 3.1

GHz)


GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701 (1ch/8co3.0 GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770

(64 cores)IBM Power 740

(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)

Rack Units 16 4 1 4 4 4 1

Total Power (kW) 7 1 1 2 1 1 1

Min Ports needed (Eth + FC) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4


OLTP Performance results for Servers under consideration

The IBM Power Systems servers outperform the HP servers, particularly when looked at core by core.

All cores are not created equal. IBM Power Systems can run more threads faster, which means workloads run faster and less cores are needed, which lowers costs

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IBM Power Systems Advantages That Reduce Costs

36%

IBM Power Systems Advantage over x86 systems Benefits

Performance Leadership: Up to per core performance advantageEven greater when virtualised

Application performanceFewer systems – lower HW / SW costsFewer cores – lower SW costs

Virtualisation without Limits: Enterprise QOS virtualisation capability with higher performance, more scalability, and enterprise security

Higher UtilisationFewer systemsDynamic response to changing business needs

Resiliency without Downtime:Designed to enable continuous availabilityLive Partition Mobility of large VMs

Lower management costs (planned updates, trouble shooting)Lost productivityReduces business risk

Management / AutomationMany dynamic VM changes can be made without intervention

Automatic responseZero intervention; lower administration costs


Matched to Benchmark Result - Graph View

Working in performance, the difference in costs reduces, but the IBM Power Systems remain more expensive to purchase. Space and power become closer, and connectivity requirements are lowest with the IBM Power 770.

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GHz)


GHz)

IBMBladeCenter


HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)

Number of servers 1 4 9 3 5 8 7

Rack Units 16 16 6 12 20 32 4




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Configuration planned for peaks (50% added?)

System waits for I/O and memory access even when it is working (20% unavailable?)

Typical UNIX or x86 serving or partition running a single operating environment is 10 - 20% utilised

Result is that 80% of the hardware, software, maintenance, floor space, and energy that you pay for, is unused unless virtualisation is used.

What you pay for

What you use

Typical server utilisation


Oracle Certification For VMware and KVM

Running Oracle in a VMware ESX cluster you must license ALL of the cores in the cluster

Oracle DOES NOT recognise VMware as "hard partitioning"

http://blogs.gartner.com/chris-wolf/2010/11/10/oracle-broadens-x86-virtualisation-support-but-work-remains/

Running Oracle in a VMware ESX cluster is not certified. If support is required for unknown problems then you must recreate the problem without VMware installed view Oracle Metalink document 249212.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 integrates Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and ships Xen as the default hypervisor, so they are supported by Oracle under the Oracle Linux support program. However, Oracle does not support Oracle products on RHEL's KVM/Xen.

http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/027617.pdf

http://blogs.gartner.com/chris-wolf/2010/11/10/oracle-broadens-x86-virtualization-support-but-work-remains/

http://blogs.gartner.com/chris-wolf/2010/11/10/oracle-broadens-x86-virtualization-support-but-work-remains/

http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/027617.pdf


Coopetition is alive and well

Sustaining relationship of 120K + clients Oracle 22 years, PeopleSoft 20 years, JD Edwards

31 years, Siebel 10 years

More than 120K joint technology clients And more than 20,000 joint application clients

Vibrant technology relationship Sustained investment in skills and resources

including dedicated international competency centres

Market-leading services practice IBM GBS is Oracle’s #1 SI partner (7,500 joint

projects) with 5,000 people dedicated to Oracle

Unrivalled client support process Dedicated on-site resources and significant

program investments

Oracle Databases (along with most other Oracle products) are fully certified on IBM Power Systems, including the use of PowerVM virtualisation, Micropartitioning, PowerHA and Live Partition Mobility (LPM certified for Single Instance DB only).

http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3369

IBM and Oracle Have a Long-Standing Relationship


Effects of Utilisation - Graph View

With utilisation effects added, the hardware costs become more comparable, and facilities requirements are much lower with the IBM Power 770.

With IBM Power, virtualisation is built into the hardware and always on. This enables any workload to be virtualised, allowing high utilisation of resources. Less resources are therefore needed, reducing costs.

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GHz)


GHz)

IBMBladeCenter


HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

System Purchase

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ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Add Oracle DB costs - Graph View

Including Oracle DB costs makes the IBM Power Systems clearly more cost effective, with the IBM Power 770 showing the lowest costs and lowest facilities requirements.

Some Enterprise Level Software has costs which are much higher than the hardware. IBM Power Systems can require far fewer processor cores, lowering these costs

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IBM Power770 (8ch/64co

3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year Oracle Maint

Oracle DB Lic Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Add Oracle DB costs (if ELA is in place) - Graph View

Including Oracle DB costs makes the IBM Power Systems clearly more cost effective, with the IBM Power 770 showing the lowest costs and lowest facilities requirements.


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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year Oracle Maint

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Add Oracle RAC and Data Guard costs - Graph View

As more software is considered in the model, the hardware costs become less prominent, and the IBM Power 770 remains the most cost effective.


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£10,000,000.00


3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year DG Maint

Oracle DG Lic Costs

3 Year RAC Maint

Oracle RAC Lic Costs

3 Year Oracle Maint

Oracle DB Lic Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Add Oracle RAC and Data Guard costs (if ELA is in place) - Graph View


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As more software is considered in the model, the hardware costs become less prominent, and the IBM Power 770 remains the most cost effective.

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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year DG Maint

3 Year RAC Maint

3 Year Oracle Maint

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Add N+1 Oracle RAC Server costs - Graph View

For this full Oracle RAC solution, the IBM Power 770 remains cost effective, and the IBM Power 740 is now the lowest cost solution.


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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year DG Maint

Oracle DG Lic Costs

3 Year RAC Maint


3 Year Oracle Maint

Oracle DB Lic Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 32 48 24 80 136 168 24

Total Power (kW) 13 9 23 46 36 21 17



Add N+1Oracle RAC Server costs (if ELA is in place) - Graph View


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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year DG Maint

3 Year RAC Maint

3 Year Oracle Maint

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 32 48 24 80 136 168 24

Total Power (kW) 13 9 23 46 36 21 17



Add N+1 Oracle RAC Server costs at scale - Graph View

For this full Oracle RAC solution, scaled up to the requirements of a large customer, the IBM Power 770 is the most cost effective, and has the lowest facilities requirements.


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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year DG Maint

Oracle DG Lic Costs

3 Year RAC Maint


3 Year Oracle Maint

Oracle DB Lic Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 128 192 98 320 544 672 98

Total Power (kW) 53 37 93 184 142 83 68



Add N+1 Oracle RAC Server costs at scale (if ELA is in place) - Graph View


For this full Oracle RAC solution, scaled up to the requirements of a large customer, the IBM Power 770 is the most cost effective, and has the lowest facilities requirements.

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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year DG Maint

3 Year RAC Maint

3 Year Oracle Maint

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 128 192 98 320 544 672 98

Total Power (kW) 53 37 93 184 142 83 68



Client Needs PowerVM VMware vSphere 4.1

High PerformanceBuilt-in hypervisor means all industry-leading

Power Systems benchmarks are fully virtualised

Degrades x86 workload performance by up to 30% compared to ‘bare metal’

Elastic ScalabilityScales to support the most demanding mission-critical enterprise workloads

Imposes constraints that limit virtualisation to small/medium workloads

Extreme FlexibilityDynamically reallocates CPU, memory, storage

and I/O without impacting workloadsLimited ‘hot-add’ of CPU and memory, with

high risk of workload failures

Maximum SecurityEmbedded in Power Systems firmware and protected by secure access controls and

encryption

Downloaded software exposes more attack surfaces, with many published

vulnerabilitys

Platform IntegrationDesigned in sync with POWER processor and

platform architecture road mapsThird-party add-on software utility,

developed in isolation from processor or systems

PowerVM holds inherent advantages over VMware


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4.0,MaxDB,X5570, 8

Core,04/08/2009

HP,Windows

2008, SQL,X5570, 8Cores,

27/0/2010

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X5570, 8Core,

04/08/2009

Number of SAP 2D Tier Benchmark Users

Source: http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx

PowerVM vs VMware

IBM Power Systems always run in a virtualised mode, running in firmware

• All IBM Power Systems benchmarks are published using PowerVM virtualisation

• Unlike x86 virtualisation, there is no hidden performance cost for using virtualisation on IBM Power Systems

• Other factors (Operating System, Database, etc.) had minimal effect in this case.

38% OverheadWith VMware

4% Difference from other factors

http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx


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Cores,06/05/2010

Cisco, RHEL5.5, KVM,MaxDB,

X5680, 12Cores,

02/03/2011

Dell,Windows2008, SQL,X5680, 12

Cores,11/02/2011

Dell, RHEL5.5,

MaxDB,X5670, 12

Cores,14/12/2010

Number of SAP 2D Tier Benchmark Users

Source: http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx

2% Difference from other factors

PowerVM vs KVM

40% OverheadWith KVM

IBM Power Systems always run in a virtualised mode, running in firmware

• All IBM Power Systems benchmarks are published using PowerVM virtualisation

• Unlike x86 virtualisation, there is no hidden performance cost for using virtualisation on IBM Power Systems

• Other factors (Operating System, Database, etc.) had minimal effect in this case.

http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx


Further VMware Limitations

Limitations to VMware 3.5 include:– 4 vCPUs per Virtual Machine– 4 Virtual NICs per Virtual Machine– 32 cores per server– 32 hyperthreaded logical processor per server– 256 GB RAM per Server– 10 GbE Unsupported

Above taken from this document - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_config_max.pdf Planned DL580c G7 will not be fully supported (40 cores not supported, 20 cores with Hyperthreading not

supported)

Limitation to VMware 4.0 include:– 8 vCPUs per Virtual Machine– 10 Virtual NICs per Virtual Machine– 64 Logical processors per host

• Logical CPUs per host = CPU sockets x cores/socket x threads/core. Regardless of the host’s configuration of CPU sockets, cores/socket or threads per CPU core, the total number of logical CPUs (hardware threads) may not exceed this number. Logical CPUs in excess of this number are ignored.

– 1 TB RAM per host– 4 10 GbE ports

Above taken from this document - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_config_max.pdf Planned 40 core DL580c G7 will not be supported with Hyperthreading

Hyperthreading can impact performance by ~30% - http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/performance-insights-to-intel-hyper-threading-technology/

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_config_max.pdf

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_config_max.pdf


PowerVM Virtualisation Advantages

Mix workloads with confidence Hardware reliability PowerVM is core firmware Guaranteed capacity, multiple VIOS

LPARs, dedicated devices if required Live LPAR and AIX WPAR mobility EAL4+ security rating

Lower overall costs High performance cores Sub-capacity software licensing Multiple processor pools Dynamically add capacity only when

needed – significant software savings Workload partitions (WPAR) Virtualised memory

Scale to handle any workload Up to 64 cores, 256 threads, 4 TB of memory,

and 600 PCI adapters with IBM Power 770more possible with IBM Power 795

Virtualisation stack scalability – paravirtualisation features

Scalable operating systems

Strong ISV support and market share position

Shared Processor Pool

PowerVM Hypervisor

OS

Shared Sub-Pool

OS OS

WPAR

LPAR LPAR LPAR LPAR

DedicatedLPARs

VirtualI/O

Server

LPAR

VirtualI/O

Server

LPAR

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Side by side


Java Performance results for Servers under consideration

The IBM Power Systems servers outperform the HP servers, which continues across to the smaller IBM servers when compared to the smaller HP servers

All cores are not created equal. IBM Power Systems can run more threads faster, which means workloads run faster and less cores are needed, which lowers costs

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Adding Virtualisation to Benchmark Results - Graph View

Rolling back to the performance results, and adding the 20% overhead for VMware has the IBM Power Systems as still the most expensive to purchase, but the facilities requirements become more competitive.

With IBM Power Systems, virtualisation is built into the hardware, adds no overhead and is always on. Less resources are therefore needed, reducing costs.

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GHz)


GHz)

IBMBladeCenter


HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 16 16 6 12 16 36 4




Resource utilisation through virtualisation

Individual workloads tend to peak at different times, and need higher quantities of compute resources only when they are running at peak

At other times, resources may not be required to the same degree

Virtualisation can enable the use of these spare resources, driving higher utilisation of the physical resources

The larger the number of different workloads operating on the same physical server, the greater the benefit from resource sharing that can be observed

From detailed modelling of customer workloads, it has been observed that spreading workloads across additional physical servers can reduce the benefit from virtualisation

– The total requirement for compute resource in this model increased by 15% with each additional server

Significant over allocation of resources is also possible through virtualisation– The sum of the peaks from each individual workload can commonly be 2 or 3 times the maximum

peak on the virtualised server. Higher rates of over allocation are possible.– As CPU resources are used more effectively, additional memory can be needed– IBM Power Systems can accommodate more memory, and can use features such as Active

Memory Sharing and Expansion to optimise the use of the installed resources.


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Results of splitting workloads from one server across two

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Results of splitting workloads from one server across two or three

Peak (minimum size of server)59 cores


Peak (minimum size of second server) 43 cores+ = A minimum of 68 cores

needed in two server solution(an increase of ~15% over single server solution)



Peak (minimum size of first server) 30 cores+ +

= A minimum of 78 cores needed in three server solution(a further increase of ~15% over two server solution)


Adding effect from multiple servers - Graph View

Working in the effect of spreading the workloads over multiple servers shows the IBM Power 770 is competitive in the facilities requirements, but the IBM Power Systems still have higher purchase list price costs.

IBM Power allows larger pools of virtualised resources. Spikes in workloads can be accommodated with fewer resources. Less resources are therefore needed, reducing costs.

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£0.00£100,000.00£200,000.00£300,000.00£400,000.00£500,000.00£600,000.00£700,000.00£800,000.00£900,000.00


GHz)


GHz)

IBMBladeCenter


HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)

Servers Needed 1 6 17 3 6 17 13

Rack Units 16 24 11 12 24 68 8

Total Power (kW) 7 5 11 7 6 8 6



Adding WebSphere Application Server costs - Graph View

If the approximate costs for WAS over 3 years are added, then the IBM Power 740 is the most cost competitive, if running WAS alone as an application tier

IBM Power Systems can still be competitive, even with less expensive software.Fewer servers are needed, reducing administration and facilities costs

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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 16 24 11 12 24 68 8

Total Power (kW) 7 5 11 7 6 8 6



Adding WAS costs with N+1 Server resilience - Graph View

Adding in N+1 resilience makes the IBM Power 740 the most cost effective, if the servers are to be used purely as an application tier for WAS. On/Off Capacity on demand could be used to address the cost of the IBM Power 770


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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)


Rack Units 32 28 13 16 28 80 9

Total Power (kW) 13 6 12 9 7 10 7



Large customer scale for WAS costs with N+1 Server resilience - Graph ViewIBM Power 740 is the lowest cost. The IBM Power 770 does have compelling facilities requirements, as far fewer servers are needed.


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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)

Servers Needed 5 26 78 12 26 77 58

Rack Units 80 104 50 48 104 308 36

Total Power (kW) 33 20 48 28 27 38 25



Combined WAS and Oracle RAC at large customer scale - Graph ViewIf IBM Power 770s are used for combined WAS and Oracle DB, particularly at the scale of a larger customer, they can have the best 3 year TCO. Also, the best facilities requirements are with the IBM Power 770s.

At the scale larger customers operate at, both the software costs and the facilities requirements can be considerable. IBM Power servers can lower both, allowing high levels of expense to be avoided.

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3.1 GHz)


3.55 GHz)

IBMBladeCenter

PS701(1ch/8co 3.0

GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(4ch/40co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL580

(2ch/20co 2.4GHz)

HP ProLiantDL380

(2ch/12co 2.26GHz)

HP ProLiantBL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66GHz)

Cost Comparison

3 Year DG Maint

Oracle DG Lic Costs

3 Year RAC Maint


3 Year Oracle Maint

Oracle DB Lic Costs

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs

System Purchase

ServerIBM Power 770


(16 cores)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (8 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(40 cores)

HP ProLiant DL580

(20 cores)

HP ProLiant DL380

(12 cores)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(12 cores)

Servers Needed 13 74 230 92 162 245 214

Rack Units 208 296 148 368 648 980 134

Total Power (kW) 87 57 141 211 169 121 94



Cost Distribution in a sample ERP Implementation

SW Licenses

6%

SW Maintenance

5%

DB+OS Licenses

3%

Hardware Costs

8%

Implementation Costs

29%

Internal

Implementation Costs

8%

Application Dev &

Support Costs

25%

Infrastructure

Support Costs

10%

Administrative Costs

6%


IBM Power Systems with AIX deliver 99.997% up time

Least amount of downtime– 15 minutes a year– 3.5x-4.5x better than Linux

The fastest patch time– 11 minutes to apply a patch

AIX on Power

Solars on SPARC

HP-UX on In-tegrity

SuSE Linux RHEL Windows 2008

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Solars on SPARC

HP-UX on In-tegrity

SuSE Linux RHEL Windows 2008

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30

35

Average Time to Patch a Server (min)

Source: ITIC 2009 Global Server Hardware & Server OS Reliability Survey Results, July 7, 2009

January 27, 2011“For the third year in a row, IBM AIX Unix operating system (OS) running on the company’s Power System servers scored the highest reliability ratings among 19 different server OS platforms – including other Unix variants, Microsoft’s Windows Server, Linux distributions and Apple’s Mac OS X.”

http://itic-corp.com/blog/2009/07/itic-2009-global-server-hardware-server-os-reliability-survey-results/


2010 Reported Advisories

Operating Systems

Virtualisation Engines

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ServerIBM Power 770 (8ch/64co 3.1

GHz)

IBM Power 740 (2ch/16co 3.55

GHz)

IBM BladeCenter

PS701 (1ch/8co 3.0 GHz)

HP ProLiant DL580 (4ch/40co

2.4 GHz)


2.4 GHz)


2.26 GHz)

HP ProLiant BL460c

(2ch/12co 2.66 GHz)

Resulting Servers needed 13 74 230 92 162 245 214

Number of VIO or VMware instances to patch 26 148 460 92 162 245 214

Time to patch VIO or Vmware (minutes) 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

Number of patches needed for VIO or VMware (2010) 5 5 5 7 7 7 7

Time to patch virtualisation layer (elapsed days) 0.99 5.65 17.57 4.92 8.66 13.10 11.44

Time to patch virtualisation layer Ratio 1 to 1 5.7 to 1 17.7 to 1 4.96 to 1 8.73 to 1 13.2 to 1 11.53 to 1

Assumed number of OS Instances 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600

Time to patch OS 11 11 11 27 27 27 27

Number of patches needed for OS (2010) 9 9 9 110 110 110 110

Time to patch OS each year (elapsed years) 0.68 0.68 0.68 20.34 20.34 20.34 20.34

Patch OS Ratio 1 to 1 1 to 1 1 to 1 30 to 1 30 to 1 30 to 1 30 to 1

Combined WAS and Oracle RAC – Patching time needed


Solution Status 2010 Advisories


Operating Systems

Click for 2011


Criticality of 2010 Advisories

Operating Systems


Click for 2011


AIX and POWER7 RAS Features

Virtualisation PowerVM is core firmware Thin bare metal Hypervisor Device driver free Hypervisor Redundant VIOS support Dynamic LPAR operations Separate HMC Users Live partition mobility HW enforced virtualisation support

General First Failure Data Capture Hot-node add/repair Redundant clocks & service

processors Service proc failover Concurrent firmware updates CEC bus retry / recovery Light path diagnostics

CPU/Cache Dynamic CPU deallocation Processor instruction retry Alternate processor recovery Dynamic processor sparing CPU CUoD Processor contained checkstop Dynamic cache deallocation and

cache line delete

Memory DDR ECC Chipkill memory Dynamic memory page deallocation Storage protection keys Memory bit steering / redundant

memory Dual sided DIMMs Hardware memory scrubbing

I/O Redundant I/O links to I/O drawers Independent PCI busses Dynamic PCI bus slot deallocation Hot swap disk, media, PCI adapters Hot I/O drawer add

PowerVM

VirtualI/O

Server

LPAR

VirtualI/O

Server

LPAR

AIX

LPAR

AIX

LPAR

DiskGeneral MemoryCPU Network

AIX Integrated LVM and JFS SMIT – reduce human errors Hot AIX kernel patches WPAR and WPAR mobility App checkpoint/restart Configurable error logs Resource monitor & control Role based access control EAL 4+ security certification

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Compare

AIX Security Expert Details AIX Encrypting Filesystem Details


Summary

All cores are not created equal– IBM Power can run more threads faster, which means workloads run faster and less cores are needed, which lowers costs

With IBM Power, virtualisation is built into the hardware, adds no overhead and is always on.– Less resources are therefore needed, reducing costs.

IBM Power allows larger pools of virtualised resources.– Spikes in workloads can be accommodated with fewer resources. Less resources are therefore needed, reducing costs.

With the above factors being considered, the hardware costs for IBM Power can be comparable with the equivalent total HP hardware costs

At the scale larger customers operates at, both the software costs and the facilities requirements can be considerable– IBM Power servers can lower both, allowing high levels of expense to be avoided.

Some Enterprise level software has costs which are much higher than the hardware.– IBM Power can require far fewer processor cores, lowering these costs, resulting in a much lower cost of the solution

Other software has lower costs, but IBM Power can still be competitive– Fewer servers are needed, reducing administration and facilities costs

IBM Power and AIX then have a number of features that add value above Linux on x86– More secure, less patching needed, can virtualise any workload, LPM, RAS, Active Memory Sharing and Expansion,

WPARs, etc

Taking in all these elements, IBM Power Systems offer solutions that can save money over x86 based solutions, and deliver higher levels of business value.


Conclusions and possible next steps

Hopefully my modelling and ideas have given some food for thought

But how the customer models costs and assigns value is far more important

Can we work with you on your models, working some of these ideas in, so IBM Power systems can compete effectively for workloads?

Thank you!

David Spurway – IBM Systems ArchitectEmail: [email protected]: 07717 892 896

mailto:[email protected]


Server IBM Power 770 IBM Power 740 IBM

BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c

Number of Sockets per server 8 2 1 4 2 2 2

Total Cores 64 16 8 40 20 12 12

Processor Speed (GHz) 3.1 3.55 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.26 2.66

System List Cost £859,000 £62,000 £28,000 £36,000 £24,000 £13,000 £11,000

Discount 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

System Purchase £859,000 £62,000 £28,000 £36,000 £24,000 £13,000 £11,000

Cost Ratio 78.1 to 1 5.64 to 1 2.55 to 1 3.28 to 1 2.19 to 1 1.19 to 1 1 to 1

Rack Units 16 4 1 4 4 4 1

Power (Draw in watts) 4168 484 384 1433 652 309 274

Power (Cooling at 60% of Draw)

2501 290 230 860 391 185 164


Min Network Ports needed 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Min SAN Ports needed 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Notes

Single Server (OLTP) - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Perf Factor (Benchmark) 1.00 3.88 8.42 2.41 4.41 7.39 6.79

Number of sockets 8 8 9 12 10 16 14

Number of cores 64 64 72 120 100 96 84


System Purchase £859,000 £248,000 £252,000 £108,000 £120,000 £104,000 £77,000


Rack Units 16 16 6 12 20 32 4




Notes

Matched to Benchmark Result - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Perf Factor (Benchmark) 1.00 3.88 8.42 2.41 4.41 7.39 6.79

Utilisation rate 75% 50% 35% 20% 20% 20% 20%

Number of sockets 8 12 19 40 34 56 52

Number of cores 64 96 152 400 340 336 312

System Purchase £859,000 £372,000 £532,000 £360,000 £408,000 £364,000 £286,000


Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Effects of Utilisation - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Utilisation rate 75% 50% 35% 20% 20% 20% 20%

Number of cores 64 96 152 400 340 336 312

System Purchase £859,000 £372,000 £532,000 £360,000 £408,000 £364,000 £286,000

Oracle License Factor 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Oracle DB Lic Costs £816,000 £1,223,000 £1,936,000 £2,548,000 £2,166,000 £2,140,000 £1,987,000

3 Year Oracle Maint £1,345,000 £2,018,000 £3,195,000 £4,203,000 £3,573,000 £3,531,000 £3,279,000

TCO (with Lic & Maint Costs) £3,020,000 £3,613,000 £5,663,000 £7,111,000 £6,147,000 £6,035,000 £5,552,000

Cost Ratio 1 to 1 1.2 to 1 1.88 to 1 2.36 to 1 2.04 to 1 2 to 1 1.84 to 1

TCO (without Lic but with Maint Costs)

£2,204,000 £2,390,000 £3,727,000 £4,563,000 £3,981,000 £3,895,000 £3,565,000

Cost Ratio 1 to 1 1.09 to 1 1.7 to 1 2.08 to 1 1.81 to 1 1.77 to 1 1.62 to 1

Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Add Oracle DB costs - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Number of cores 64 96 152 400 340 336 312

System Purchase £859,000 £372,000 £532,000 £360,000 £408,000 £364,000 £286,000


Oracle DB Lic Costs £816,000 £1,223,000 £1,936,000 £2,548,000 £2,166,000 £2,140,000 £1,987,000


Oracle RAC Lic Costs £395,000 £593,000 £938,000 £1,234,000 £1,049,000 £1,037,000 £963,000

3 Year RAC Maint £218,000 £326,000 £516,000 £679,000 £577,000 £570,000 £530,000

Oracle DG Lic Costs £172,000 £258,000 £408,000 £537,000 £456,000 £451,000 £419,000

3 Year DG Maint £95,000 £142,000 £225,000 £295,000 £251,000 £248,000 £231,000




£2,517,000 £2,858,000 £4,468,000 £5,537,000 £4,809,000 £4,713,000 £4,326,000


Rack Units 16 24 12 40 68 112 16

Total Power (kW) 7 5 12 23 18 14 11



Add Oracle RAC and Data Guard costs - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Number of cores 128 192 304 800 680 504 468

System Purchase £1,718,000 £744,000 £1,064,000 £720,000 £816,000 £546,000 £429,000


Oracle DB Lic Costs £1,631,000 £2,446,000 £3,872,000 £5,095,000 £4,331,000 £3,210,000 £2,981,000


Oracle RAC Lic Costs £790,000 £1,185,000 £1,875,000 £2,467,000 £2,097,000 £1,555,000 £1,444,000

3 Year RAC Maint £435,000 £652,000 £1,032,000 £1,357,000 £1,154,000 £855,000 £794,000

Oracle DG Lic Costs £344,000 £515,000 £816,000 £1,073,000 £912,000 £676,000 £628,000

3 Year DG Maint £189,000 £284,000 £449,000 £590,000 £502,000 £372,000 £346,000




£5,032,000 £5,715,000 £8,934,000 £11,073,000 £9,617,000 £7,069,000 £6,487,000


Rack Units 32 48 24 80 136 168 24

Total Power (kW) 13 9 23 46 36 21 17



Add N+1 Oracle RAC Server costs - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Number of cores 512 768 1216 3200 2720 2016 1872

System Purchase £6,872,000 £2,976,000 £4,256,000 £2,880,000 £3,264,000 £2,184,000 £1,716,000




Oracle RAC Lic Costs £3,158,000 £4,737,000 £7,499,000 £9,867,000 £8,387,000 £6,217,000 £5,773,000

3 Year RAC Maint £1,737,000 £2,605,000 £4,125,000 £5,427,000 £4,613,000 £3,419,000 £3,175,000

Oracle DG Lic Costs £1,373,000 £2,060,000 £3,261,000 £4,290,000 £3,647,000 £2,703,000 £2,510,000

3 Year DG Maint £756,000 £1,133,000 £1,794,000 £2,360,000 £2,006,000 £1,487,000 £1,381,000




£20,125,000 £22,853,000 £35,728,000 £44,289,000 £38,462,000 £28,272,000 £25,941,000


Rack Units 128 192 98 320 544 672 98

Total Power (kW) 53 37 93 184 142 83 68



Add N+1 Oracle RAC Server costs at scale - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c

Number of Sockets per server 8 2 1 4 2 2 2

Total Cores 64 16 8 40 20 12 12


System List Cost £858,639 £61,563 £27,275 £46,992 £30,697 £18,927 £17,781

Discount 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

System Purchase £859,000 £62,000 £28,000 £47,000 £31,000 £19,000 £18,000


Rack Units 16 4 1 4 4 4 1

Power (Draw in watts) 4168 484 384 1433 652 309 274

Power (Cooling at 60% of Draw)

2501 290 230 860 391 185 164




Notes

Single Server (Java) - Table View



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Perf Factor (Java from Ideas International)

1.00 3.75 8.11 1.74 3.16 6.70 5.55

Virtualisation Overhead 0% 0% 0% 20% 20% 20% 20%

Number of cores 64 64 72 120 80 108 84

System Purchase £859,000 £247,000 £246,000 £141,000 £123,000 £171,000 £125,000

Cost Ratio 6.99 to 1 2.01 to 1 2 to 1 1.15 to 1 1 to 1 1.4 to 1 1.02 to 1

Rack Units 16 16 6 12 16 36 4




Notes

Adding Virtualisation to Benchmark Results - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c

Number of servers for workload 1.00 3.75 8.11 2.09 3.79 8.04 6.67

Extra servers needed from workload spreading

0.00 1.55 8.65 0.34 1.58 8.50 5.66


Resulting likely utilisation level 75% 47% 36% 52% 47% 35% 38%

Number of cores 64 96 136 120 120 204 156

System Purchase £859,000 £370,000 £464,000 £141,000 £185,000 £322,000 £232,000

Cost Ratio 6.1 to 1 2.63 to 1 3.3 to 1 1.01 to 1 1.32 to 1 2.29 to 1 1.65 to 1

Rack Units 16 24 11 12 24 68 8

Total Power (kW) 7 5 11 7 6 8 6



Adding effect from multiple servers - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Resulting likely utilisation level 75% 47% 36% 52% 47% 35% 38%

Number of cores 64 96 136 120 120 204 156

System Purchase £859,000 £370,000 £464,000 £141,000 £185,000 £322,000 £232,000

PVU for Server 120 70 70 100 100 70 70

Total PVU 7680 6720 9520 12000 12000 14280 10920

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs £1,344,000 £1,176,000 £1,666,000 £2,100,000 £2,100,000 £2,499,000 £1,911,000

3 Year TCO £2,203,000 £1,546,000 £2,130,000 £2,241,000 £2,285,000 £2,821,000 £2,143,000

Cost Ratio 1.43 to 1 1 to 1 1.38 to 1 1.45 to 1 1.48 to 1 1.83 to 1 1.39 to 1

Adding Websphere Application Server costs - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Number of cores 128 112 160 160 140 240 180

System Purchase £1,718,000 £431,000 £546,000 £188,000 £215,000 £379,000 £267,000

PVU for Server 120 70 70 100 100 70 70

Total PVU 15360 7840 11200 16000 14000 16800 12600

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs £2,688,000 £1,372,000 £1,960,000 £2,800,000 £2,450,000 £2,940,000 £2,205,000

3 Year TCO £4,406,000 £1,803,000 £2,506,000 £2,988,000 £2,665,000 £3,319,000 £2,472,000


Rack Units 32 28 13 16 28 80 9

Total Power (kW) 13 6 12 9 7 10 7



Adding WAS costs with N+1 Server resilience - Table View Back



BladeCenter PS701

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c


Number of cores 320 416 624 480 520 924 696

System Purchase £4,294,000 £1,601,000 £2,128,000 £564,000 £799,000 £1,458,000 £1,032,000

PVU for Server 120 70 70 100 100 70 70

Total PVU 38400 29120 43680 48000 52000 64680 48720

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs £6,720,000 £5,096,000 £7,644,000 £8,400,000 £9,100,000 £11,319,000 £8,526,000

3 Year TCO £11,014,000 £6,697,000 £9,772,000 £8,964,000 £9,899,000 £12,777,000 £9,558,000


Rack Units 80 104 50 48 104 308 36

Total Power (kW) 33 20 48 28 27 38 25



Scaling up to larger customer size for WAS costs with N+1 Server resilience - Table View

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HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL580

HP ProLiant DL380

HP ProLiant BL460c

Servers needed 13 74 230 92 162 245 214

System Purchase £11,167,000 £4,588,000 £6,440,000 £3,312,000 £3,888,000 £3,185,000 £2,354,000

WAS/ND 3 Year Costs £6,720,000 £5,096,000 £7,644,000 £8,400,000 £9,100,000 £11,319,000 £8,526,000



Oracle RAC Lic Costs £3,158,000 £4,737,000 £7,499,000 £9,867,000 £8,387,000 £6,217,000 £5,773,000

3 Year RAC Maint £1,737,000 £2,605,000 £4,125,000 £5,427,000 £4,613,000 £3,419,000 £3,175,000

Oracle DG Lic Costs £1,373,000 £2,060,000 £3,261,000 £4,290,000 £3,647,000 £2,703,000 £2,510,000

3 Year DG Maint £756,000 £1,133,000 £1,794,000 £2,360,000 £2,006,000 £1,487,000 £1,381,000

3 Year TCO £42,192,000 £46,139,000 £71,803,000 £87,655,000 £77,541,000 £62,350,000 £55,309,000


Rack Units 208 296 148 368 648 980 134

Total Power (kW) 87 57 141 211 169 121 94



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Vulnerability Report: Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6

• Vendor Red Hat

• Affected By 118 Secunia advisories422 Vulnerabilities

• Unpatched 0% (0 of 118 Secunia advisories)

• Most Critical UnpatchedThere are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied.patches applied, is rated Highly critical .

Vulnerability Report: Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 (Server)

• VendorRed Hat

• Affected By489 Secunia advisories 1514 Vulnerabilities

Security Vulnerability Statements – Operating Systems

Vulnerability Report: AIX 6.x

• VendorIBM



• Most Critical UnpatchedThere are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applie

Vulnerability Report: AIX 7.x

• VendorIBM



• Most Critical UnpatchedThere are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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Vulnerability Report: VMware ESX Server 4.x

• VendorVMware

Affected By 31 Secunia advisories347 Vulnerabilities


• Most Critical UnpatchedThe most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting VMware ESX Server 4.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated

Highly critical .

Vulnerability Report: VMware ESX Server 3.x

• VendorVMware



• Most Critical UnpatchedThe most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting VMware ESX Server 3.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Highly critical .

Security Vulnerability Statements – Virtualisation Engines

Vulnerability Report: IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 2.x

• VendorIBM



• Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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AIX V6.1 Security Expert

Go Green & Save

Allows for new ways to efficiently manage security across multiple AIX systems

Realize Innovation

Can reduce the cost and complexity of security administration by allowing federated management of security profiles across multiple servers

Enables a more secure IT infrastructure by reducing the effort of maintaining system security

“Check” functionality can provide additional security by validating that the security profile for each system matches the actual security settings

Manage Growth, Complexity & Risk

A centralized security management tool that can control over 300 security settings from a single console

Administrators can start from a “Low”, “Medium”, “High” or “Sarbanes-Oxley” security template and customize settings to met business requirements

Security settings can be exported and imported as a security profile to multiple systems

On AIX V6.1, security profiles can be stored in an LDAP directory for ease of distribution

AIX Security Expert was first included in AIX V5.3 TL5

How it can help? What is it?

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AIX V6.1 Encrypting Filesystem

Go Green & Save

Provides the capability for additional security for applications that may have security design exposures

Realize Innovation

Enables improved security by reducing unauthorized access to data, even by privileged users

Secure backups reduces the exposure of data compromised when backup media is taken outside of secure facilities

Automatic management of protection keys can reduce the administrative effort of using encrypted data

Manage Growth, Complexity & Risk

The capability to automatically encrypt data in a JFS2 filesystem

Data can be protected from access by privileged users

Backup in encrypted or clear formats

Automated key management - key store open on login, integrated into AIX security authentication

Each file encrypted with a unique key

No keys stored in clear in kernel memory

A variety of AES, and RSA cryptography keys supported

How it can help? What is it?

Always encrypted on disk

Data in clear in memory.

VMM

J2

Filesystem

CLiC

Crypto Lib

User and Group Key Stores

Crypto Kernext

Kernel ucred open key store

Login Authentication Module

Key Store

Mgt Cmds

BOS Cmds

Backup/Restore

Cp, mv, crfs, etc

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AIX and Linux – Side by Side

AIX Linux on x86

Commercial Application Availability Best Better

Hardware First-Failure Data Capture and diagnostic fault isolation capabilities Best No

Vertical Scalability Best Good

Open Source Application Availability Good Better

Virtualization Support Best Good

Dynamic Processor De-allocation Best No

Mainframe inspired Operating System First Failure Data Capture and OS fault isolation Best No

Predictive failure analysis on processors, caches, memory, I/O and DASD Best No

Binary Compatibility Best Good

Manageability Better Good

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PowerVM Leads In Scalability and Flexibility

Flexibility Factors PowerVM VMware vSphere 4VMware vSphere 5

(TBC – VMware documentation not published yet)

Share and Dedicate Resources Yes Limited Limited

Dynamic virtual CPU changes Yes Add (but not Remove) Add (but not Remove)

Dynamic memory changes Yes Add (but not Remove) Add (but not Remove)

Dynamic I/O device changes Yes No No

Direct access to I/O devices from within VM Yes Limited Limited

Simultaneous live migrations 8 8 8

Note: VMware vSphere 5 was announced 7/12/2011

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Some questions to consider

What are you planning to run?

What is the reliability needed?

How flexible does it need to be?

Do you have peaks during the year, month, and/or week and how do you handle them?

How secure does it need to be?

How complicated it is to install and run?

What skills your staff already have?

What would be your evaluation criteria?

Which of these business needs would have more weight?

Do you have a total budget assigned for this project?

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