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The eX5 Portfolio: Going beyond industry standard to break through IT bottlenecks

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x86 servers are taking on more demanding roles, including high-end business critical applications

x86 server segment is the largest and fastest

growing

60% of customers deploying business

critical workloads onto x86, up from 30% in 2008

51% of all x86 workloads virtualized by end of 2010, growing to

69% by 2013

Virtual workloads getting larger, up by 3x

between 2006 and 2009

x86 important for database: 52% of relational database on x86

59% of these databases are projected to be

larger than 3TB by 2013


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eX5 is the RIGHT x86 platform for business applications. Today and tomorrow.

Virtualization

Database

Reliability

eX5 can save you money starting at 30 virtual machines per server

eX5 maximizes database performance, minimizes cost and grows with your data

eX5: The most reliable x86 platform to date


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Virtualization

Database

Reliability





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Server virtualization and consolidation

of “low hanging fruit”

Virtualization of business critical applications,

database and desktops

Private cloud enabling IT as a

Service

The majority of all x86 workloads will be virtualized by the end of 2010

BenefitsCapExOpEx

ChallengesConsolidation

BenefitsQuality of Service

Decrease in Provisioning Time

ChallengesAvailabilityApplication

Performance BenefitsZero-touch Operation

Best Quality of Service

ChallengesCompliance

Time to Market

Clients are running more, larger, and mission critical workloads as virtual machines


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With increased virtualization and larger workloads, memory and I/O become the new bottleneck

While cores per CPU keep increasing with each generation, system memory and I/O flexibility have not kept up.

Now, virtualization requires systems with large memory footprint and flexible I/O in order to drive

maximum VM agility


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eX5 is the only x86 platform that delivers the memory technology and I/O flexibility required for breakthrough virtualization agility

MAX5:Balanced memory capacity and Independent memory expansion5x the memory of leading 2-socket x8650% more memory of any 4-socket x86

eX5 technology delivers unique customer value

Virtual Fabric: More and flexible I/O pipes 4x I/O ports over traditional 10G Fast, scalable, flexible


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2S, 16 DIMM

Expand memory capacity without additional CPUs or software licenses

Double the number of memory DIMMs per CPU 2x memory bandwidth Maintain full memory performance 5x the memory capacity in two-sockets vs.

today’s leading two-socket systems

THE PROBLEM

Industry standardWith embedded memory controllers, memory capacity is tied to processors✗ More software licenses to purchase✗ More systems to manage

THE SOLUTION

MAX5

MAX5 doubles memory without adding more processors

2S, 12 DIMM 2S, 12 DIMM

2S, 40 DIMM


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Any Networking technology,Networking speed

50% Fewer adapters

75% Fewer switch modules

Avoid complex LAN vs. SAN capacity planning: Virtual Fabric can become Ethernet, FCoE, and iSCSI

Allocate bandwidth where needed: Mission critical workloads get most, while test projects get appropriate share of bandwidth

Deploy less hardware:Fewer adapters and switches needed to support the same workload with IBM Virtual Fabric technology

Pre-integrated in select models:Rack servers – x3850 X5, x3690 X5 Blade servers – HX5, HS22, HS22V

Virtual Fabric breaks the I/O bottleneck and simplifies deployment


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x3690 X5 is 34% less expensive than HP 2-socket for virtualizationSupport 2x or larger VMs vs HP with half the servers and half the SW license cost

1x x3690 X5$22K Server Hardware

$10K VMWare license cost$1K/yr Datacenter power cost

$5K/yr Maintenance cost

$38K First year TCO

2x HP DL380 G7$26K Server Hardware



$58K First year TCO

IBM Advantage▼

1 x3690 X5 does the work of 2 DL380s▼

$20K savings35 VM environment

x3690 X5: 28 x 8GB Each DL380 G7:14 x 8GB

35 VM environment



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IBM Advantage▼

1 x3690 X5 + MAX5 does the work of 4 DL380s▼

$57K savings

x3690 X5 + MAX5 is 48% less expensive than HP for virtualization

1x x3690 X5 + MAX5$45K Server Hardware



$61K First year TCO

4x HP DL380 G7$54K Server Hardware



$118K First year TCO

75 VM environment


75 VM environment



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HX5+MAX5 is 22% less expensive than HP DP servers for VirtualizationSupport 2x or larger VMs vs HP with half the servers and half the SW license cost

1x HX5+MAX52S, 40x8G (320GB)

$34K Server Hardware (1 2S server)$10K VMWare license cost

$1K/yr Datacenter power cost$5K/yr Maintenance cost

$50K First year TCO

2x HP BL490c G62S, 18x8G (144GB)

$33K Server Hardware (2 2S servers)$20K VMWare license cost

$1.5K/yr Datacenter power cost$10K/yr Maintenance cost

$64.5K First year TCO

IBM Advantage2x memory, more & larger VMs per server,

drastically reduced SW licensing costs▼

HP requires 2 WSM-EP based blades to match 1 HX5▼

$14.5K savings60 VM environment

All systems @ max memory w/ 8G DIMMs

60 VM environment

All systems @ max memory w/ 8G DIMMs


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eX5 can save money starting at 30 virtual machines per server

eX5 is the optimal x86 platform for virtualization

starting at 30 VMs

Lower price per virtual machine

eX5 system does the work of 2 or more HP systems

50% fewer servers 50% lower software licensing cost

PLUS, save on management & energy costs

Look beyond base server price, and consider total

solution cost for your workload

eX5 systems plus software cost is less expensive for virtualization

than industry standard alternatives

x3690 X5

HX5+MAX5

HP BL490c G6

HP DL380 G7HP DL580 G7


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Only eX5 can scale to meet your business’s needs – large or small – today and tomorrow

IBM Scalable 2-socket HX5

HP 2-socket DP blade

IBM Scalable 4-socket x3850 X5

HP 4-socket monolithic rack server

Pay-as-you-grow expansionScalable for memory for over

50% greater capacity than HPScalable for CPU up to 8S

IBM Scalable 2-socket x3690 X5

HP 4-socket monolithic rack server

Pay-as-you-grow expansion2x memory per CPU vs HP2x VMs per server at same SW

license cost

HX5 shipping NOWOver 25% more memory DIMMs

per CPU w/ MAX5 vs HPMore, larger VMs at same SW

license costPay-as-you-grow expansion for

CPU, memory or both!

Rack Servers Blade Servers

15 – 65 VMs per server Large VMs or 40+ VMs 15+ VMs per server


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eX5 supports over 300 VMs and can save you money starting at 30

Only eX5 platforms enable you to eliminate the virtualization bottleneck

Delivers the most memory per server

Solves the I/O bottleneck with Virtual Fabric

Saves you money starting at just 30 VMs per server

Adapts to your changing workloads – scales for CPU or memory

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Virtualization

Database

Reliability





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Companies use data to run their businesses. Databases run on x86 systems

Today: 36% of data warehouses are over

3TB

Tomorrow: Nearly 60% of data

warehouses projected to be over 3TB by

2013

Today, x86 systems host 52% of all

relational databases.

Database workloads continue to outpace available system resources. Clients require systems that can reliably handle larger,

more I/O intensive databases


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Databases tax system resources

Today x86 systems host 52% of all relational databases. You need solutions that can match increasing requirements.

Tomorrow you will face even larger demands.

Today’s Database ChallengesIncreasing number of users and more queries

Database size increasing at a fast rateMore I/O intensive applications


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Databases run faster at lower cost on eX5 platforms

eX5 technology delivers unique customer value

MAX5: Balanced memory capacity and independent memory expansion Over 5x the memory of leading 2-socket x86; 50% more memory than any 4-socket x86

eXFlash: Integrated, fast, economical data access240K IOPS at 97% lower cost and 99% less power vs traditional alternatives

Scalable servers: Expand for CPU or memory to keep up with growing datasets


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eX5 delivers integrated, high speed data access at 97% lower cost and 99% less power versus traditional alternatives

THE PROBLEM

Industry standard✗ 80 JBODS with 800

spinning disks ✗ Each with 300 IOPS✗ Cost $1153K over 3 years

Only eX5 can deliver the fast access to data required for high quality of service in multi user database environments

x3850 X5

with eXFlash

1x eXFlash for self contained fast (240K) IOPS solution

No additional parts required 97% less expensive and 99% less power

THE SOLUTION

eXFlash

Customer requirement: Fast data access with 240K IOPS


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Your database is growing, your server needs to keep up

Offers pay-as-you grow expansion Scales up to 8-sockets Supports independent memory expansion Get up to 2x system resources in minutes

✗ Requires purchase of additional servers to keep up

✗ Duplicates resources ✗ Adds delays✗ Increases cost

THE PROBLEM

Industry standard

THE SOLUTION

eX5

2S 2S 2S 2S

2S4S 4S8S


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x3690 X5 is 41% less expensive than Dell for 1000 user SQL environment

IBM Advantage▼

2-socket high-end system right sized for a 1,000 user SQL deployment. Clients forced into a

more expensive 4-socket solution with Dell. ▼

$47K savings

Dell R810$9K Server Hardware

$100K 4S SQL license cost$1K/yr Datacenter power cost

$5K/yr Systems Maintenance cost

$115K total cost

x3690 X5$12K Server Hardware

$50K 2S SQL license cost$1K/yr Datacenter power cost


$68K total cost

1000 user database1000 user database


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IBM AdvantageConsolidate 16 single-database servers to 1 x3850 X5

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$249K savings

x3850 X5 is 49% less expensive than HP for SQL Database consolidation

SQL performance based on TPCE projections

x16

16x HP DL380$125K Server Hardware$290K SQL license cost



1x x3850 X5$91K Server Hardware$165K SQL license cost



16 SQL databases16 SQL databases

Source: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4690.pdf


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Only HX5 supports top-bin CPUs in 4-socket configuration and delivers 2x memory bandwidth. Competition requires 17% more servers to do same

work, leading to increased HW, SW and management costs

Note: SQL performance based on TPCE projections

4-socket HX5 is 23% less expensive for equivalent SQL transactions compared to Dell

6x IBM HX5(4x X7560, 32x8G)$305K server hardware$600K SQL license cost

$6K Power cost$30K Maintenance cost

$941K total cost

7x Dell M910(4x L7555, 32x16G)$474K server hardware$700K SQL license cost

$7K Power cost$35K Maintenance cost

$1.22M total cost

IBM Advantage▼

15% greater performance per blade with HX56 HX5 servers do the work of 7 Dell servers

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$275K savings

All systems @ max memoryHX5 w/ 32x8GM910 w/ 32x16G

All systems @ max memoryHX5 w/ 32x8GM910 w/ 32x16G

x7

x6


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&eX5 maximizes database performance, minimizes cost and grows with your data

Cuts cost on licenses, power and hardware with eX5 innovations

Supports more memory for more data with MAX5

Delivers fast access to data with eXFlash

Scales with your data sets

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eX5 is the x86 platform for your needs today and tomorrow

Virtualization

Database

Reliability





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Traditionally, availability previously found only in large-scale systems was critical. That’s where you looked for it.

Now, hardware and software together provide the best application availability.

And eX5 delivers.

With mission critical workloads moving to x86, systems need to keep up and application

availability is critical.

Confidently deploy mission critical applications on eX5


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eX5 enhances industry standard reliability

Reliable Hardware

Predictive Failure

Smart

Software

Fast

Recovery


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Memory ProteXionTM

Why it is important Memory reliability critical, as lots of memory in high-end systems

Benefits Up to 4x the memory protection over industry standard Superior memory reliability MAX5 with 8G DIMMs more reliable than industry standard server

with 16G base server filled with 16G DIMMs

How it works Integrated into eX5 and works with off-the-shelf DIMMs

ReliableHardware

Predictive Failure

Smart Software

Fast Recovery

eX5 with Memory ProteXionTM continues to run and detect errors with two completely

bad DRAMS! eX5 (MAX5)

Nehalem EP fails with onlytwo bad bits from different DRAMs

Intel EP

Nehalem EX supports SDDC+1 on both x8 andx4 DIMMs. System continues to run with one

bad DRAM chip and another error correctedIntel EX


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High availability features such as IBM Predictive Failure Alerts maximize application uptime

ReliableHardware

Predictive Failure

Smart Software

FastRecovery

Predictive Failure: Warns ahead of potential hardware failures Triggers preemptive action Maintains application availability

Only eX5 monitors vital system components for maximum availability

PFA DELL HP IBM

Hardware Yes Yes Yes

Disk Yes Yes Yes

Memory No Yes Yes

CPU No No Yes

Fan No No Yes

VRM No No Yes

Pwr supply No No Yes


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IBM VMControl monitors hardware and automates smart movement of workloads ahead of potential hardware failure

VMControl delivers: A single tool to manage both physical and virtual servers

System Director automation to link physical alerts to VMwareVMotion™

VMControl Express, a free Systems Director plug-in available for download

Systems Director Server

VM Control Express

PFAVirtual

Machine

Systems Director Agent

VMWarevCenter

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

ReliableHardware

Predictive Failure

SmartSoftware

FastRecovery


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Automatic error detection System reboots as a single-node, and brings the eX5

system back online faster System continues to operate without the failed node

✗ Monolithic multi-socket systems down until the fatal error resolved

✗ No automatic reboot

THE PROBLEM

Industry standard

THE SOLUTION

FlexNode Failover with eX5Back up

and running

Down until help arrives

Industry Standard

Automatic node failover makes eX5 multi-node systems the most available

Situation: Unrecoverable failure in an MP server

ReliableHardware

Predictive Failure

SmartSoftware

FastRecovery


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eX5 provides more reliability with fewer components

IBM AdvantageConsolidating with eX5 lowers cost and increases reliability

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Fewer servers to buy and manageMore reliable hardware

Fewer components that can fail

7 less-reliable HP DL 380 G7

Higher risk with more components that can fail:10 more power supplies40 more HDD, no reliable SSD36 more fans

2 high-reliability x3850 X5

Lower risk with more RAS features:54% more memory reliability features60% more CPU reliability features

Customer requirement: Reliable hardware platform to deploy 250 VMsChallenge: Cost, management complexity, datacenter space


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&eX5 combines highly reliable hardware with smart software to deliver the most reliable x86 platform to date

Delivers superior system availability with highly reliable hardware and unique features like Memory ProteXionTM

Maximizes application availability with features such as IBM Predictive Failure Alerts

Enables outstanding application availability with VMControl

Delivers the most available MP platform with FlexNode Failover

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Virtualization Positioning

15+ VMs per server (CPU limited)

15+ VMs per server (memory limited)

15 - 65 VMs per systemLarge VMs or 40+ VMs per system

Specs 30/60mm, up to 4S, 32 cores 16 – 32 DIMM, 256GB 2-4 SSDs w/ HW RAID

60 mm, 2S, 16 cores 40 DIMM, 320GB 2 SSDs w/ HW RAID

2U, 2 socket, 16 cores 32 DIMMs, 512GB

64 DIMMs, 1TB with MAX5 16x 2.5” HDD / 24x 1.8” SSD

4U, 4 socket, 32 coresScalable to 8 proc, 64 core

64 DIMMs, 1TB96 DIMMs, 1.5TB with MAX5

8x 2.5” HDD / 16x 1.8” SSD

Workloads

Database Simulations Business intelligence Enterprise (ERP, CRM)

Max virtualization performance

Virtualization Database (using internal or

external storage) Enterprise Clusters

Database ERP Large Scale Virtualization

Key Features

Max compute density Max IO Node partitioning Node failover

Max memory density Max memory per core

Leadership memory per core Maximum internal IOPs Enterprise Reliability Two socket building block for

software license savings

Leadership x86 performance Enterprise Reliability Memory and processor scalable Large Flexible I/O

configurability

eX5 is the best system platform for application deploymentVirtualization, database and transaction processing

Enterprise database & simulations 2S-4S

HX5

Enterprise virtualization 2S

HX5 + MAX5 x3690 X5

High End 2-Socket Enterprise 4-Socket

x3850 X5

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