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An introduction to KVMKVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is rapidly

gaining foothold as a cost effective, enterprise ready,

and open virtualization solution, with an extensive

ecosystem surrounding it.

This brochure tells you about several clients who

have leveraged KVM in their vir tualization initiatives

with IBM hardware or software solutions.

KVM is an open source hypervisor, based on Linux.

It provides enterprise-class performance, scalability

and security to run Windows and Linux workloads.

KVM of fers organizations a cost-effective alternative

to other x86 hypervisors, and enables a more scal-

able, and open Cloud. For clients concerned about

vendor ‘lock-in’ with virtualization technologies,

KVM is an attractive choice.

Many Linux distributions already come with KVM as

part of the package:

● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 and above● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 and above● Canonical Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and above

Or you can get KVM as a standalone hypervisor:

● Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 and above

KVM is important to IBM as it offers our clients

choice. IBM has over 60 developers contributing

to KVM as par t of the open source community.

KVM is suppor ted across IBM hardware, software

and services, including:

● IBM x86 systems including IBM® System x®,

iDataPlex® and BladeCenter® featuring

Intel® Xeon® processors for Linux and Windows

support KVM.● IBM PureFlex™ System, IBM Flex System™ and

PureApplication™ System offer KVM as one of

their hypervisor choices.

● IBM BladeCenter x86 servers in the zEnterprise®

BladeCenter Extension (zBX) and Unif ied Resource

Manager support KVM.● IBM Systems Director VMControl™,

IBM SmartCloud™ Provisioning, and Tivoli®

systems management solutions manage KVM.● KVM is a tier 1 virtualization technology for

IBM Software Group with all the relevant key

Software Group products supporting KVM today.● IBM SmartCloud Enterprise uses KVM as itsunderlying hypervisor.

When clients choose a virtualization technology it is

not just about the hypervisor, but especially about

the technologies surrounding it. An extensive eco-

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● Hardware—KVM is suppor ted on a variety of

hardware including IBM Systems.● ISV—many ISVs have developed virtual appliances

with KVM for IBM PureFlex Systems.● Virtualization Management—IBM Systems Director

VMControl and Tivoli systems management solu-

tions support KVM.● Open Virtualization Alliance—an industr y consor-

tium with 250+ members focused on fostering

market awareness and adoption of open virtualiza-tion and KVM. IBM is a founding and governing

member.● oVirt—the oVirt Project is an open source

virtualization project providing feature-rich server

virtualization management.

IBM KVM success stories are also available at:

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/virtualization/kvm/stories.html

● OpenStack—open source software for building

private and public clouds, supported by a global

community of developers and the OpenStack

Foundation where IBM is a Board member.

OpenStack provides support for many virtualiza-

tion technologies, including KVM, and much of

the OpenStack code development has taken place

on KVM.

In this reference guide you will see KVM successstories out of this ecosystem.

Select a KVM Client

Success Story Abyres and its Malaysian Clients (KVM on IBM Systems,

OVA member)

Alphinat (ISV on PureFlex, OVA member)

BG Phoenics (zBX)

Bloombase (ISV on PureFlex, OVA member)

Bonhams (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on System x)

Casio Computers (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on

System x)

China Merchants Bank New York Branch

(Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on System x)DutchCloud (IBM SmartCloud Provisioning)

EDELAP (KVM on IBM Systems)

eyeOS (ISV on PureFlex)

i-Layer (SUSE Linux with KVM on System x)

LetterGen (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on System x)

New Institute for Urban Planning of the Republic of

Srpska (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on System x)

op5 (ISV on PureFlex, OVA member)

Radware (ISV on PureFlex, OVA member)

Rural Credit Banks Funds Clearing Center

(Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on IBM BladeCenter)

Scale Computing (ISV on PureFlex, OVA Member)

SLTN (IBM SmartCloud Provisioning)

Vissensa (KVM on IBM Systems)

Webb (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on System x)


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Abyres (Absolute Binary Resources)

The KVM Solution: Three Malaysian government agencies

adopt open virtualizationOpen Virtualization Alliance (OVA) Member Company

Abyres helps three government agencies in Malaysia

deploy solutions based on Kernel-based Virtual

Machine (KVM) to increase performance and reduce

cost of ownership

Need: As they sought to improve network operations, three

Malaysian government agencies faced several issues

including limited data center space, frequent hard-

ware failures and server management complexity.

The agencies include a Malaysian Blood Bank and

PERHILITAN, the Depar tment of Wildlife and

National Parks, Peninsular Malaysia.

Solution:The agencies looked to Abyres to virtualize their

operations using an open virtualization approach,

comprised of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualization software running on DellBlade and IBM System x 3650 class servers

powered by Intel Xeon processors.

Benefit:These KVM-based solutions delivered increased

performance and scalability, higher availability, and

substantial cost savings, enabling the agencies to

meet all of their business objectives at a fraction of

the cost of alternative solutions. Because KVM sup-

ports heterogeneous environments, these agencies

retain the familiarity of their Windows environments

with all of the benefits of open-source-based

solutions.

Abyres is a member of the OpenVirtualization Alliance, an industryconsortium focused on fostering market awareness and adoption of open virtualization and KVM.

For more information on this client’s success visit:

http://openvirtualizationalliance.org/downloads/OVA_CustomerSuccessStory_Abyres_Final.pdf

“When people deploy virtualization theytend to simply move one application from the physical server to the virtual server. This is technically virtualization,but you will have the same problems as

before because this approach doesn’t efficiently utilize the virtual solution. Abyres believes that by clustering applications, we can provide our clients with the maximum utilization of their high-performance virtual machines.”

—Syamsul Anuar Abd Nasir, Senior Technical Consultant, Abyres

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Alphinat

Alphinat is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) that has built a virtual

appliance on the IBM PureFlex System with KVM. Alphinat is a member of the Open Virtualization Alliance.

Alphinat SmartGuide virtual appliance on the

IBM PureFlex SystemRapid deployment of online application development

capability on a flexible, integrated system

Solution: Alphinat SmartGuide is an online application-

development tool that makes it possible to build

web-driven applications rapidly. This ultra-fast

development speed is important for many reasons,

not the least of which is the rate at which cloud-

based computing is growing. IBM developed a new

service capability which helps ISVs prepackage

applications into virtual images and appliances,

easily deployable into cloud environments. Together

Alphinat and IBM performed a first-of-a-kind initia-

tive to package and automate SmartGuide.

KVM provides an open platform for cloud enable-

ment. IBM and Alphinat are members of the Open

Virtualization Alliance, a consortium that fosters the

adoption of open vir tualization technologies includ-

ing kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) and encour-

ages interoperability and accelerates expansion of

the ecosystem of third party solutions around K VM.

This alliance complements other open-source

communities that manage the development of the

kernel-based virtual machine Hypervisor and itsassociated management capabilities for Linux and

Microsoft Windows applications. KVM virtualization

appealed to Alphinat because of its compelling

performance, scalability and security, which makes

it ideal for deployments to large-scale cloud

computing.

Link to view the full solution brief:

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BG-Phoenics GmbH

BG-Phoenics extends the benefits of mainframe

computing

BG-Phoenics has deployed IBM zEnterprise with the zBladeCenter

Extension (zBX). The x86 blades in the zBX have an integrated hypervisor based on KVM.

With the world’s first production deployment of

IBM zEnterprise with the zBladeCenter Extension

Solution:BG-Phoenics has two z196 servers housed in

separate data centers that are four kilometers

apart. The company added two zEnterprise

BladeCenter Extensions, one to each z196, each

containing two IBM BladeCenter PS701 servers

with IBM POWER7® processors and two

IBM BladeCenter HX5 servers with Intel Xeon

processors. Both types of blade server within

the zBX are fully virtualized as standard, with

IBM PowerVM® as the hypervisor layer for the

Power Systems™ blades and an integrated hypervi-

sor based on KVM—Kernel-based Virtual Machine

technology—for the x86 blades. BG-Phoenics is

already running two production systems on the zBX,

both on AIX® on PS701 blades. The f irst of these

is IBM License Metric Tool, part of the IBM Power

Systems Software suite. It provides vital information

on the utilization of resources by different pieces

of software across the entire Power Systems

landscape—including BG-Phoenics’ standalone

IBM Power® 770 and IBM Power 595 servers.

The second production environment on the zBX isIBM Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring, which plays a

key role in assuring quality of service by enabling

BG-Phoenics to monitor and manage its complete

infrastructure, including the distributed servers

outside of the zEnterprise ensemble.

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Bloombase

Bloombase secures next generation virtual data center with

IBM PureFlex System and KVMSolution:The trend toward stronger platform security and

data privacy is essential and has become the

“must have” element of any business critical

systems. Bloombase StoreSafe delivers transparent

data at-rest encryption security of enterprise storage

systems from block, file, object to cloud, addressing

data privacy and integrity effectively on open

platform built on IBM PureFlex System and KVM.

Bloombase StoreSafe virtual appliance provides

superior security, performance, capacity and

scalability for transformational encryption protection

of host applications and critical data in multi-tenant

virtual environments. KVM of fers open enterprise-

class virtualization where business sensitive systems

can leverage on Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)

with IBM PureFlex System for enhanced platform

security.

Benefit:The Bloombase solution enables encryption of

virtual servers and storage that is hard to be realized

with proprietary cr yptographic hardware. It allows

customers to dramatically shorten data encryption

implementation times in complex heterogeneous

IT environment by 70 percent with pre-built vir tual

appliance purpose-designed for IBM PureFlex and

KVM. End result is an agile and extensible comput-

ing infrastructure with minimized risk and lower

total cost of ownership.

Bloombase is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) that has built a virtual appliance on the IBM PureFlex System with KVM.Bloombase is a member of theOpen Virtualization Alliance.

For more information on Bloombase and KVM view here:

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“Bloombase joined the OpenVirtualization Alliance (OVA) inSeptember 2011 to demonstrate our

support for the open source community

and to promote KVM and openvirtualization. Since then we have seena significant increase in interest in KVM from our customers as they lookto implement next-generation securecloud computing environments.”

—Sean Xiang, CEO, Bloombase.

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Bonhams

Bonhams uses Red Hat EnterpriseVirtualization, an enterprisevirtualization solution produced by Red Hat and based on KVM, on IBM Systems

Bonhams auction house banishes antique serversNeed:Founded in 1793, Bonhams is a privately owned

British auction house and one of the world’s oldest

and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The

Bonhams name is known worldwide throughout

all sectors of the fine ar t, antiques and collectors

markets, with several departments regarded as

leaders within their specialist category. After an

exciting period of growth—and signif icant mergers

and acquisitions in the US market—Bonhams was

challenged with an aging collection of unsupported,

end-of-life systems prevalent in the US offices.

Bonhams needed a scalable, cost effective system

for remote management and full disaster recovery

between its data centers in New York and San

Francisco.

Solution:The auction house turned to IBM and IBM Business

Partner Quru to help it design, roll out and imple-ment a new IBM solution comprising IBM System x

servers, KVM technology and IBM System Storage.

At each site, the auction house deployed four

IBM System x 3650 class servers with intelligent

Intel Xeon processors running Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization (RHEV) 3.1 with KVM and Acronis

Backup & Recovery® Virtual Edition for RHEV, an

IBM System x 3550 class server running RHEV-M,

and IBM System Storage® DS3524.

Benefits:The company reduced its servers by 75 percent,

saved 40 percent on project costs and ensured

global business continuity.

For more information on this client’s success visit:http://www-01.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/cs/DLAS-95TKHH?OpenDocument&Site=default&cty=en_us

“Aside from a Linux-based auction system, everything was based on older platforms, and it was beginning to

crumble. The project was to consolidateand refresh the hardware in theUS and roll out a new email platformto bring them in line with the global infrastructure.”

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Casio Computers

Casio Computer uses Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, anenterprise virtualization solution

produced by Red Hat and based on KVM, on IBM Systems.

Casio strengthens its core IT infrastructure with

Red Hat Enterprise VirtualizationNeed:Casio wanted to optimize the global IT infrastructure

within its business development department and

create business models to gain a competitive advan-

tage in its industry.

Solution: When Casio decided to virtualize its IBM System x

servers in 2005, it moved from proprietary virtualiza-

tion software to an open source hypervisor in 2007.

Soon after, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, based

on the open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine

(KVM) hypervisor, was suggested to Casio and the

company’s testing results convinced it that it would

be able to gain the high-performance, scalable,

cost-effective solution it was looking for with

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

Benefit:Since migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization,

Casio has been able to reduce its costs signif icantly

while also speeding up procurement, which has

helped the company successfully handle business

management challenges.

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“With Red Hat Enterprise Virtualizationon IBM hardware, we have been ableto reduce costs significantly while also speeding up procurement, which has helped the company successfully handle

business management challenges.” — Atsushi Yazawa, Deputy Senior General Manager,

Production & Purchasing Division at Casio

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China Merchants Bank in New York uses Red Hat EnterpriseVirtualization on IBM System x.

China Merchants Bank New York branch banks on virtualdesktop infrastructure with IBM System x, Linux and

innovative KVM technologyNeed:For security purposes, China Merchants Bank

New York branch has a unique network infrastruc-

ture that includes two isolated networks—one pro-

duction network for critical banking transactions

and one network with access to the Internet. China

Merchants Bank New York branch needed a secure

and efficient way for employees to access its two

physically isolated networks while minimizing IT

administration and expenses.

Solution:The solution includes four IBM System x3550 serv-

ers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM

technology. Each of these production servers typi-

cally runs 18 to 20 virtual machines at one time. An

additional IBM System x3650 server with Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualization (based on K VM technology)

is used to manage the virtual machines and provide

a web-based interface for branch employees to

access the VDI environment. IBM Systems Director

helps easily manage the System x servers. In sup-

port of its new server environment, the branch also

deployed an IBM System Storage® DS3400 to

function as the branch’s Fibre Channel storage area

network. This provides a high-performance, scalable

and secure storage system that enables branch

employees to efficiently share storage across

workstations.

Benefit:The IBM solution helped the New York branch

reduce its number of workstations by 50 percent,

save 20 percent on software licensing and hardware

costs, and provide faster storage performance.

For more information on this client’s success visit:http://www-01.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/KFIN-927SAG?OpenDocument&Site=corp&cty=en_us

“With the IBM System x and KVM solution, we can quickly create a virtual machine for users, which requires less administration and saves a lot of time.”

—Long Ren, Assistant Vice President, Information Technology,

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Dutch Cloud

Cloud Service Provider Dutch Cloud BV uses KVM on IBM Systems with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning.

Dutch Cloud BV Delivers highly available, cost-efficient cloud services

Need:Based in the Netherlands, Dutch Cloud offers SMBs

a range of cloud-based services from fully managed

IaaS to disaster recovery solutions. In building its

offering, the company needed to find the right bal-

ance between ensuring its platform was standard-

ized enough to enable easy scalability, and offering

the specific technical features best suited to different

types of workloads.

Solution:The fully virtualized infrastructure is based on

IBM System x3650 class servers connected to

multiple IBM Storwize® V7000 disk systems.

Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) and VMware

virtualization technology are used to enable clients

to run multiple virtual machines on Linux or

Windows images.

Benefit:Supported sixfold increase in revenue while opera-

tional costs remained flat; reduced time to provision

200 virtual machines by over 90 percent; decreased

administrative workload by 70 percent.


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“KVM is close to both the kernel and

the hardware so we can optimize performance and work with cutting-edge hardware. Open standards arealso very important to us, so being ableto support both KVM and VMwarehypervisors with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning software enables us tooffer choice to our customers.”

—Martijn Van Zoeren, CEO of Dutch Cloud BV,

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EDELAP

EDELAP uses KVM on IBM Systems

KVM at EDELAP, S.A.—Reducing complexity and improving

availability with KVM on IBM System x EDELAP is an energy distributor in La Plata,

Argentina servicing six cities. The company has

500 employees and is par t of investment group

“Power Infrastructure.” Rapid growth at EDELAP

increased the risk of service disruption as the IT

infrastructure became more complex to manage;

it would take EDELAP a day to restore service to a

failed server. Furthermore EDELAP looked to

reduce hardware and software licensing cost and

to optimize the use of data center space.

Solution:● IBM System x 3400 class server● Six IBM BladeCenter HS22 servers (four with

2 GB of RAM, two with 4 GB of RAM)● IBM System Storage DS3200 with 2 expansions

with all blades sharing storage● Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM

Benefits:● Software licensing costs reduced by 75 percent● Batch processing performance improved by

50 percent (from 12 hours to 6)● Time to provision a new server reduced from

one day to one hour● Reliability increased by replicating virtual servers

on multiple physical servers● Optimized data center space by consolidating

18 physical servers to 7● Increased server density by running 30 virtual

servers on 6 physical servers

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“At EDELAP, we have seen how KVM has evolved over time. Our decision touse KVM was definitely a smart choice. It has allowed us to build a resilient

infrastructure that is more efficient and cost effective to manage than thealternatives we considered.”

—Gonzalo D’Alessandro, Head of Technology & Communications,

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eyeOS

eyeOS is an Independent SoftwareVendor (ISV) that has built a virtual appliance on the IBM PureFlexSystem with KVM.

eyeOS builds eyeOS Unified Workspace, a vir tual web desktop

solution, with KVMNeed:

With new trends like mobility, tablets, multiple

OS and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) picking

up quickly, eyeOS decided to focus on helping busi-

nesses deploy lighter solutions for client computing.

For that purpose, it expanded the scope of its

product from a pure Web-based interface to a

full-fledged platform that can manage users, prefer-

ences, and deliver all types of applications.

The most critical challenge to be addressed by

eyeOS was the handling of legacy applications.

Even though more and more companies are deploy-

ing Web-based applications, some critical activities

still rely on software applications—from SAP to

Microsoft Off ice—that don’t offer a native web

client. This is particularly true for all the enterprise

applications tailor made to specific customers.

Solution:eyeOS’ R&D team eventually settled for a stack

made of Hypervisor KVM and RedHat’s open source

SPICE remoting protocol. OpenStack, Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) or IBM native solu-

tion Flex Manager in its PureFlex Appliances are the

alternatives to handle virtual machines server man-

agement depending on the client or the Managed

Service Provider (MSP) infrastructure where the

solution is going to be deployed.

Benefit:Thanks to KVM, eyeOS’ web engine can run both

Windows and Linux VMs. This is an appealing optionin case the applications to be virtualized can run on

Linux. But most impor tantly, KVM is proving to be an

excellent hypervisor for Windows VMs even though

this hypervisor has gained fame in the Linux World.

For more information on eyeOS and KVM visit here:http://www.eyeos.com/kvm-and-eyeos-unified-workspace

“KVM is a very strong hypervisor that gained reputation for Linux Desktop

virtualization. It is less known that KVM performance in virtualizing Windows desktops is also outstanding.Besides KVM works with SPICE and allows for several options for theVM management software.”

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i-Layer

i-Layer uses SUSE Linux EnterpriseServer with KVM on IBM System x

Need:i-Layer wanted to expand its IBM hardware and

software resale business to meet growing customer

needs for secure, high-performance, cost-effective

cloud solutions and hosted cloud services.

Solution:The i-Layer hosted cloud, running in an of fsite data

center, is powered by virtualized IBM BladeCenter

HS21 and HS23 servers with Intel Xeon processors

running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.2 with

KVM technology. For cloud storage, i-Layer uses

IBM System Storage DS3000 systems connected to

IBM System x 3550 M4 and x3650 M4 servers with

Intel Xeon processors functioning as Network File

System (NFS) nodes. They use IBM Systems Director

for server management and IBM Tivoli® Storage

Manager to run regular data backups.

By using SUSE Linux with KVM technology, i-Layerwas able to easily meet the technical requirements it

had defined for its cloud.

Benefit:KVM provides security capabilities that provide iso-

lation between multiple tenants in the cloud, which is

increasingly important as the number of i-Layer

cloud customers grows. KVM has also enabled

i-Layer to realize significant cost savings, lowering

i-Layer deploys a secure, high-performance, cost-effective

cloud using IBM BladeCenter, IBM System x and KVMsoftware-licensing costs 70 percent below competi-

tive virtualization software. The IBM and KVM cloud

platform also helped the company reduce its server-

provisioning time from two weeks to just 15 minutes.

The use of BladeCenter servers has also helped

i-Layer lower costs by reducing data-center space

requirements and power consumption.

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—Patrick Fitzgerald, Managing Director, i-Layer Ltd

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LetterGen

LetterGen uses Red Hat EnterpriseVirtualization, an enterprisevirtualization solution produced by Red Hat and based on KVM, on IBM Systems

LetterGen builds leading IT infrastructure with Red Hat

Enterprise VirtualizationNeed:

As the company continues to innovate, the Belgian

enterprise wanted to realize its growth plans and

remain competitive. Since LetterGen was creating

more virtual machines than it could migrate—an

average of 10 per month—the company was looking

for a new solution that provided a stable environ-

ment that would be easy to maintain and expand

without incurring high costs.

Solution:LetterGen strives to build cost-efficient, scalable

computing resources by migrating from VMware to

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, along with Red Hat

Enterprise Linux as the core operating system.

Benefit:LetterGen has reduced costs by 67 percent,

increased utilization, optimized system maintenance

and improved service levels all around.


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“Red Hat Enterprise Virtualizationoffered us the same features as VMware at a lower price point.”

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New Institute for Urban Planning of the Republic of Srpska

New Institute for Urban Planning of the Republic of Srpska uses Red Hat Enterprise Virtualizationon IBM System x

New Institute for Urban Planning of the Republic of Srpska

gains flexibility and reliability with IBM System x and KVMNeed:Novi urbanisticki zavod Republike Srpske, which

translates to New Institute for Urban Planning of

the Republic of Srpska, is a government agency in

Bosnia and Herzegovina specializing in urban plan-

ning, architecture, road and infrastructure planning,

and ecological studies. The agency was struggling

to run its business with an out-of-date IT infrastruc-

ture that no longer satisfied its needs. Due to the age

of the systems, reliability and data loss had becomevery real issues—ones the agency could not af ford.

The New Institute for Urban Planning of the Republic

of Srpska needed a secure, flexible, scalable system

to protect its data and intellectual property, as well

as to increase employee productivity.

Solution:The agency turned to IBM and IBM Business

Partner COMPUTING systems d.o.o. to help it imple-

ment, deploy and configure a new IBM solution

comprising servers, storage, uninterruptible

power supplies (UPSs) and more. They chose

IBM System x 3650 M4 servers with intelligent

Intel Xeon processors running Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization (RHEV) 3.0 and an IBM System

Storage DS3524 disk system.

Benefit:The new IBM solution protects data from both hard-

ware failures and security threats, boosts resiliency,offers the flexibility to add new functions as needed

and increases employee productivity.

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“RHEV with KVM is key to the new system’s flexibility and performance.Chosen for its benchmark performance,high availability, live migration

capabilities, ease of management and affordability, it is the only virtualization platform used agency-wide.”

—Nenad Lakic, head of IT, Novi urbanisticki zavod

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op5

op5 is an Independent SoftwareVendor (ISV) that has built a virtual appliance on the IBM PureFlexSystem with KVM. op5 is a member of the Open Virtualization Alliance.

op5 provides easy IT monitoring of KVMBackground:op5 provides an adaptive and powerful open source

software called op5 Monitor for unified IT monitoring

that manages, reports, visualizes, and measures

information technology in large enterprise IT environ-

ments. op5 Monitor handles IT infrastructure from

network hardware, software and services all the way

to virtual or cloud based services. Also, op5 needed

to find a virtualization platform for its internal IT that

could deliver the performance and cost effective-ness needed to meet the organization’s demands.

Solution:op5 has developed a powerful Ready for PureFlex

virtual appliance for IBM PureFlex System that

enables monitoring of K VM environments.

IBM PureFlex System is ideal for deployment of

hypervisors such as KVM, and for using op5 Monitor

as the tool to monitor the resource usage on the

KVM virtualization infrastructure. op5 developed a

KVM plug-in (check_libvirt) for agentless monitoring

of KVM.

op5 implemented KVM as the strategic virtualization

platform of choice for its internal IT because of its

outstanding performance and cost ef fectiveness.

Benefit:op5 can now provide its customers the ability to

monitor the KVM virtualization platform, including

monitoring of all services and applications running

on KVM, helping enterprises understand actual per-

formance and health of their vir tual environment,with all relevant data displayed in a unified view

along side other services.

op5 reduced its own software licensing costs by

approximately 60 percent using KVM technology

instead of the previously used virtualization solution.

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“Because of the decreased TCO from KVM based solutions, KVM has made it possible for me to maintain avirtualization environment comparableto any competitor, but at half the price.”

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Radware

Radware is an Independent SoftwareVendor (ISV) that has built a virtual appliance on the IBM PureFlexSystem with KVM. Radware is amember of the Open Virtualization Alliance.

Successfully Deploying Globalized Applications Requires

Application Delivery ControllersNeed:Overcoming the inherent challenges of ADC consoli-

dation, while delivering maximum agility for the appli-

cation delivery services as well as transforming a

traditional application delivery infrastructure into a

virtual application delivery fabric that provides appli-

cation delivery services to the whole data center.

Solution:Radware assures the complete availability, per for-

mance, and security of business-critical applications

for enterprises and carriers worldwide. Radware

enters the Open Virtualization Alliance to deliver

the first virtual ADC solution for KVM—minimizing

complexity, adding f lexibility and dramatically

reducing overall costs in globalized applications

projects leveraging virtualized private, hybrid and

public cloud solutions.

Benefit:Radware customers achieve highest application

delivery resilience and performance predictability,

data center business agility and IT efficiency, dra-

matic reduction in the cost of application delivery

deployments.

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“Mission-critical applications and services running in RHEV environments must be highly available and deliver excellent performance. With Radware becoming an ISV for IBM PureSystems,customers can not only address thesechallenges, but also deploy and managetheir mission-critical applications

together with an advanced ADC serviceon one consistent virtualizationenvironment.”

—Gilad Zlotkin - vice president, Virtualization and

Management Products - Radware

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“The Red Hat solution reduces our cost and increases the utilization and dynamic allocation flexibility. Selecting

enterprise-level open source products allows us to have the initiative, without vendor lock-in. In addition, we are guaranteed technical support.”

— Yoa Chunyang, assistant general manag er of IT Operation

Assurance, Rural Credit Banks Funds Clear ing Center

Rural Credit Banks Funds Clearing Center uses Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization, an enterprisevirtualization solution produced by Red Hat and based on KVM, on IBM Systems.

Rural Credit Banks Funds Clearing Center optimizes operation

with Red Hat Enterprise VirtualizationBackground:Rural Credit Banks Funds Clearing Center Co., Ltd.

was founded in Beijing in 2006, with the approval

of the People’s Bank of China. It has 31 nationwide

province-level rural credit union associations

including rural cooperative banks, rural commercial

banks and the Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank.

Increasing IT requirements for limited physical serv-

ers, in addition to fast growth, increased pressure

on the server infrastructure that supported theRural Credit Banks Funds Clearing Center network

server information systems. The organization imple-

mented Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to consoli-

date physical space, cut costs and increase

availability and scalability.

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Solution:● Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization 3● Red Hat Enterprise Linux● JBoss® Enterprise Application Platform● IBM BladeCenter blade servers● IBM System Storage—DS Series

Benefit:Due to the numerous benefits, the organization

chose to migrate from VMware to Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization. The migration resulted in reduced

hardware, licensing and maintenance costs, as well

as dramatically improved utilization and flexibility.


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Scale Computing is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) that has built a virtual appliance using KVM and IBM’s GPFS. Scale Computing is amember of the Open Virtualization Alliance.

Scale Computing’s HC3 based on KVM Offers an Affordable,

Easy-to-Use Virtualization Solution for the mid-marketNeedMany SMBs have not yet virtualized due to the com-

plex labyrinth of technologies that need to be woven

together into a fully functional, integrated and highly

available infrastructure. KVM plays a crucial part in

bringing hyper-convergence to this untapped market

and untangling this complexity. Hyperconvergence

includes combining all of the functionality of a data

center in an appliance-like form factor that can be

connected together to build an entire infrastructurein building block fashion. Integrating KVM, Scale

Computing designed a full-functioning commercial-

grade, hyper-converged product, providing an

affordable, highly available, easy to use virtualization

appliance for small and midsize companies.

SolutionScale Computing’s HC3, based on KVM, integrates

servers, storage and networking into a clustered

appliance with a single operating system called

ICOS® (Intelligent Clustered Operating System).

Through a single pane, ICOS manages virtual serv-

ers and storage to create a highly available platform.

Benefits With no virtualization software to license and no

external storage to buy, HC3 lowers out of pocket

costs by as much as 75 percent and radically

simplifies the infrastructure needed to keep applica-

tions running. HC3 makes the deployment andmanagement of a highly available and scalable

infrastructure as easy to manage as a single ser ver.

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“We’re very excited to be an active participant in the Open Virtualization Alliance. Industry-wide commitment to

solving the challenges IT administrators face, with technologies such as KVM,will hasten the development of solutions and technology price reductions.”

—Patrick Conte, GM and EVP of Worldwide Field Operations for

Scale Computing

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SLTN

SLTN delivers Cloud Services with KVM on IBM Systems and with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning.

SLTN Reduces cloud and virtualization management costs with

IBM SmartCloud Provisioning and KVMBackground:SLTN is an information and communications tech-

nology (ICT) managed service provider and system

integrator in the Netherlands. The company serves

a wide range of organizations, from multinational

corporations and government agencies to mid-

market businesses. SLTN’s evolution from hardware

reseller to managed service provider, and, now,

cloud services provider reflects changing IT needs

over the past 15 years.

Solution:To deliver cloud services, SLTN designed and

implemented a new data center based on

IBM BladeCenter and IBM System x 3550 class

servers, and IBM XIV Storage System technology.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and VMware

virtualization technology are used to enable clients

to run multiple virtual machines with Linux or

Windows images depending on their needs.

Benefit:SLTN found that by using SmartCloud Provisioning

it could also rapidly provision virtual machines with

little administrative effort. And while SLTN will use

other cloud management technologies when

needed, it has found that the majority of its clients

can benefit from using IBM SmartCloud Provisioning

software to support provisioning of both KVM and

VMware ESXi hypervisors. With the ability to deliver

new cloud services cost-effectively, SLTN expects

to realize a 24-month return on its investment.

“What we see, in general, is that customers say the system management of VMware can be difficult and that licensing costs are high; and that’s themain reason why customers are looking to other options like KVM,” “We believe

that there’s a great future for KVM,especially in combination with Linux. I think there will continue to be a lot of development in KVM so we’ll see better and better performance, functionalityand management capabilities.”

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Vissensa

For more information visit: www.vissensa.com

Vissensa uses Red Hat EnterpriseVirtualization, an enterprisevirtualization solution produced by Red Hat and based on KVM, on IBM Systems

KVM at Vissensa—KVM on IBM systems provides resilient,

low cost virtual desktopsBackground:

With a KVM implementation of Virtual Bridges

VERDE, Vissensa created a high availability

environment where clients can test, quality assure

and benchmark their applications on a Linux

platform. The virtual desktop infrastructure enables

Vissensa’s customers to tune their solutions while

saving money relative to other solutions, without

sacrificing functional capabilities.

Solution:● Vissensa VsX (Vissensa Solution Exchange)● Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (KVM) with

Virtual Bridges VERDE VDI solution● IBM BladeCenter HS22● IBM System x3650 class servers● IBM Storwize V7000 storage● IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Benefits:● Integrated Virtual Desktop platform with low cost

operating system, reducing costs by 75 percent.● Increased flexibility in provisioning new users,

new applications, new hardware● Centralized management of desktop and

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) estate● Optimized storage allocation and usage with

shared resources, processes.


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“Using virtualization with KVM on IBM System x Servers and Storwize V7000, Vissensa is able to provision mobile corporate applications toa world of varied devices, delivering a“single pane of glass” to the corporate

workforce and ensure their connection tocommon desktop service and corporateapplications is maintained.”

—Steve Groom, CEO, Vissensa Ltd

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Webb

Webb uses Red Hat EnterpriseVirtualization, an enterprisevirtualization solution produced by Red Hat and based on KVM,on IBM Systems

KVM at Webb - Reducing costs and improving reliability with

RHEV on IBM BladeCenter Background:

Webb, a Brazilian supply chain management

company, faced growing software-testing demands

and needed a new, cost-efficient infrastructure with

improved flexibility and performance. At the same

time, the company also needed to replace several

racks of servers used to run back-off ice applications

such as customer relationship management and

enterprise resource planning.

Solution:The company deployed IBM BladeCenter H chassis

containing BladeCenter HS22 servers with Intel Xeon

processors. The servers were virtualized in two

clusters running Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0

with KVM. Webb also deployed IBM Systems

Director with Active Energy Manager for systems

management and IBM Storwize V7000 for storage.

Benefits:The IBM solution reduced software licensing costs

by 70 percent, lowered configuration time for virtual

machines from two days to 15 minutes and reduced

server footprint by more than 80 percent.


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“In the Supply Chain SaaS business,

high reliability and low costs areessential to our customers. By using open virtualization with KVM on IBM System x Blade Servers, we’vebeen able to accelerate our softwaretesting and quality assurance, as well as host our production back-officeapplications.”

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