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© 2013 IBM Corporation
Why IBM Power Systems for Linux Solution
IBM PowerLinux
Next Generation Application Server
Thitiphat Phimsen
Advisory IT Specialist
Systems and Technology Group, IBM Thailand
Agenda
• IBM Power System and Linux
• What Makes Power a Better Choice for Running Linux Than x86
– Industry Leading Performance
– The Best Virtualization for Open system
– Superior RAS on Linux
• Linux on Power Ecosystem
• Linux Distributions on Power
• Summary
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2004 2001 2007 2010
POWER4/4+ 180 / 130 nm
POWER5/5+ 130 / 90 nm
POWER6/6+ 65/65 nm
POWER7/7+ 45/32 nm
Now
Hardware Virtualization
for Unix & Linux
Fastest Processor
In Industry
Most POWER
Full & Scalable
Processor in
Industry
5.0 GHz
Power Hypervisor
a new beginning of
Virtualization
First Dual Core
in Industry
- 3 Year Revolution
- 18 month “+” Evolution
POWER Processor Technology Roadmap
Platinum Member Top 5 (out of 30) Contributors to Linux Community
Enabling IBM products
2005–2006 Application and data serving
Mainstream for IBM
2010… Next-generation workloads
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Making Linux better
1999–2004 Edge and web infrastructure
Core to the IBM business
2007–2009 Business-critical workloads
More than $1B investment in Linux since 2001
IBM Innovation Centers and
Linux Technology Centers
are staffed and ready for ISVs and the Linux Community
IBM has been a leader in the cultivation and evolution of Linux
as a competitive choice for clients for more than a decade.
IBM – Linux Heritage
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New IBM Power Systems Linux Center for developers,
clients and partners opened in Montpellier, France.
Joining similar centers in Asia and North America, the
Montpellier center is an immediate result of a larger initiative
by IBM to commit $1 billion towards Linux ecosystem
growth on IBM's Power Systems line of servers.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41926.wss
IBM Power Systems
Invests $1 billion dollars in solutions for Linux and open source workloads, adding to prior investments
by IBM during the last decade on a wide range of open initiatives.
In addition, we’re expanding our Linux on Power development cloud, which will give Linux developers
who want to prototype applications easy access to Power.
Additional $1 Billion Investment
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Boards/Systems
I/O, Storage, Acceleration
Chip/SOC
System/Software/Services
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OpenPOWER will enable data centers to rethink their approach to technology. Member companies may use
POWER for custom open servers and components for Linux based cloud data centers. OpenPOWER
ecosystem partners can optimize the interactions of server building blocks – microprocessors, networking, I/O
& other components – to tune performance.
The OpenPOWER Foundation Open & Collaborative Innovation Growing Fast
What Makes Power a Better Choice
for Running Linux Than x86
Industry Leading Performance The Best Virtualization for Open system
Superior RAS on Linux
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More Cores
12 processor cores per socket (50% more than
before) that deliver better per core performance
What this means Enjoy better scale up performance, and more
throughput per scale out server node.
More Threads
SMT8 – 8 dynamic threads per core, supporting
SMT1, 2, 4, & 8 modes dynamically across VMs
What this means You choose – Deploy VM’s in the optimal SMT
mode based on application needs.
More Cache
At 100MB, 3X the on-chip cache as POWER7 –
plus 128MB of new off-chip cache as well
What this means Memory-intensive applications (like database) will
perform better as memory latency is reduced
More Bandwidth
2.3X our prior gen to memory, and 2.4X our prior
gen to I/O.
What this means Data-hungry applications (like big data &
analytics) will respond twice as fast and scale
more efficiently.
Industry Best Practice
Industry Leading
Industry Leading
Industry Leading
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POWER8 – Continued Leadership
CAPI
Open interface allows PCIe3 devices to
participate in operations at memory speed
without risk.
What this means Gain orders of magnitude application
performance with PCI card technology w/o hiring
specialized skills
Transactional Memory
Borrowed from the mainframe, this technology
speeds up memory writes by reducing contention.
What this means A feature that improved OLTP database
performance by 45% on System z is now
available on Power.
Native PCIe
Integrating PCIe Gen 3 into the processor boosts
performance by eliminating logic overhead.
What this means I/O intensive data applications will run faster due
to high bandwidth, low latency communications.
PowerKVM
KVM, the open-source virtualization solution, can
be used to manage Linux-only systems.
What this means Data centers can now standardize their clouds
with a single open-source virtualization
technology.
Industry Innovation
Innovation Extended
Innovation On Power
Innovation On Power
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POWER8 – Continued Leadership
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POWER8 Has Significant Cache Hierarchy Advantages
Across the Board
More 2.6x
L3 Cache
Highlights Features - Dedicated, or Share resource
- Dynamic Resources Allocation
(Add / Removes on the Fly)
- Workload Mobility
- Virtual I/O Servers
- 20 VMs per Core
- Capacity on Demand
The Best Virtualization for Open systems
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• p260 (half-wide PureFlex ITE)
– 26,260 Checkers
– 6,100 FIR bits
• Power 740
– 37,720 Checkers
– 5,800 FIR bits
• Power 770 (one drawer)
– 39,800 Checkers
– 6,500 FIR bits
• Power 795 (max configuration)
– 598,000 Checkers
– 96,000 FIR bits
The largest x86 based servers have a
maximum of 5,000 checkers
Checkers:
Built-in HW error diagnostic probes to identify error
conditions
FIR: (Fault Isolation Register)
Error data from the checkers are collected and stored
here. The service processor monitors the contents.
Service Processor – Checkers and Fault Isolation
Registers Provide the Foundation for Higher Availability
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IBM develops, tests, integrates the entire stack – I/O drawers / memory management unit
– Processors and all chips in CEC
– Hypervisor (PowerVM) and VIOS
– Device drivers, PCI adapters
– Operating system (AIX, System i, Linux)
– Middleware and Clustering software (PowerHA SystemMirror, System Pools)
– Management Software (IBM Systems Director)
Firmware
x86 Processor RAS
What is
Missing?
Memory POWER
CPU
Firmware
AIX, IBM i, Linux
I/O
Drawer
Drivers
Power Stack - Integrated RAS
Memory
IBM Middleware
PowerHA
IBM Systems Director
LPARs / Workloads
PowerVM
x86
CPU
RA
S
Power RAS Involves More than Just the Processor
• Almost five 9’s availability, the gold standard • 67% of corporations now require a minimum of
99.99% uptime or better for mission critical hardware, operating systems and main line of business (LOB) applications
• AIX on Power consistently has the least amount of downtime in ITIC studies for several years
• Industry leading availability for all workloads, including SAP
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Power delivers industry
leading 99.997+%
availability
Source: ITIC 2013 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Survey, ITIC, (All rights reserved); January 2013.
High availability is a key requirement for DB workloads, the
Power platform delivers
Choosen system architecture defines overall
operation efficiency as well as system security.
Different virtualization technologies will lead to
more or less equipment on the data center floor,
total cost (HW, SW, admin) and to a higher or
lower carbon footprint.
Systems Management overhead is largely
impacted by the number af patches required.
Source: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search
Virtualize everything ? It depends on your Security
Linux on Power Ecosystem
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OPEN Commercial
InfoSphere
BigInsights
Platform
Symphony
Linux on Power ecosystem
NEW. A storage-dense integrated big data platform optimized to simplify & accelerate unstructured big data analytics.
Ann Apr 28th, GA Apr 28th
1Based on STG Performance testing comparing to Cloudera/HP published benchmark 2 CLAIMS: Solitaire Interglobal Paper - Power Boost Your Big Data Analytics Strategy – http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/solutions/assets/bigdata-analytics.html?LNK=wf
Integrated platform solution for Hadoop ready for analytics
software
+
7R2 servers DCS3700
Powered by
Speed Matters Higher ingest rates delivers 37%
faster insights than competitive
Hadoop solutions with 31% fewer
data nodes 1
Availability Matters Better reliability and resiliency with
73% fewer outages and 92% fewer
performance problems over x86. 2
IBM Solution for Hadoop – Power Systems
NEW. Flexible for complete deployment of warehouse and analytics applications, available for POWER8-based scale-out servers, with pre-configured analytics software1 ready to deploy.
Ann Apr 28th, GA Jun 13th
1Includes options for pre-installed DB2 AWSE or DB2 EWSE, Cognos BI, SPSS Modeler, SPSS Collaboration & Decision Support, Analytical Decision Management or InfoSphere DataStage licenses ready for activation. Registration of valid IBM SWG licenses required prior to server shipment with selected options. Pre-load of Power hardware and software is not available in Greater China Group, Thailand, and Korea.
2 Projected results from testing currently underway. Test completion targeted for mid-April 2014. 3 POWER7+ server results compared to Intel SandyBridge running SPSS Collaboration and Decision Support. See speaker notes for comparison details.
Integrated solution pre-configured with Cognos BI and/or SPSS and/or BLU
Acceleration
Collaboration and Deployment Services
Analytical Decision
ManagementModeler
IBM SPSS
Collaboration and Deployment Services
Analytical Decision
ManagementModeler
IBM SPSS
DynamicQuery
CompatibleQuery
DynamicCubes
DynamicCubes
DynamicQuery
CompatibleQuery
DynamicCubes
DynamicCubes
Speed Matters Accelerates complex Cognos
queries and reports up to 2X faster
than comparable x86 server
solutions 2
Availability Matters Delivers 80% faster scoring results
for predictive recommended actions
to decision-makers 3
IBM Solution for Analytics – Power Systems Edition
IBM Power
Systems Solution
Edition for Scale
Out Cloud
Open source Linux
solution for scale-out
clouds services
Flexibility, agility and
interoperability with open
source virtualization and
cloud management
Accelerated insights for
big data and compute
intensive Cloud services
Features
• Fast time to value with pre-built, pre-installed
cloud platform
• Flexible 1 or 2 socket scale-out form factor
• Simplified management stack
• Choice of RedHat, SUSE or Ubuntu Linux
• PowerKVM hypervisor
• SmartCloud Entry ―Next‖ with OpenStack
• Built on POWER8 technology for optimized
performance for databases, analytics, Java,
and web 2.0 services
Open source Linux solution for scale-out
clouds services
IBM Power Systems Solution Edition for Scale Out Cloud
Our direction
SoftLayer is integrating Power Systems into its cloud infrastructure
• Watson on Power in Softlayer demonstrated at Impact conference in April
• Other services will be offered in 2014
• Then bare metal deployments
Power Systems for Dynamic and Hybrid Cloud
Simpler to get up and running with PowerVM Integrated
Virtualization Manager and automate most day-to-day tasks
Simpler and more efficient operation with a single system for
multiple virtual application and database servers
Realize greater throughput per server with applications that
exploit POWER multi-threading and performance
Exploit resiliency and security provided by POWER and
PowerVM for mission critical industry applications
ISVs and OEMs can differentiate versus default x86 solutions
used by competitors
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Why PowerLinux for Industry Application Solutions
Linux Distributions on Power
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Linux Distributions on Power
PowerVC – built on OpenStack
• Active Directory for simpler integration with clients existing centers
• Shared Storage Pool support
• Support for the new PowerKVM and PowerVM
PowerVM – major usability simplification
•Wizard guides & One Touch VIOS integrated deployment
•GUI design using new UI technology, modern interaction
•System and Partition Templates: starter / capture / deploy
•Performance dashboard: capacity metrics, trends
•Use-case driven APIs to enable Cloud Solutions
PowerKVM – open source Linux virtualization
Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) Linux virtualization
Processor and memory sharing workload consolidation
Seamless transition for existing Linux admins to adopt Power Linux
Virtualization without any training
Micro-Threading providing
greater scheduling granularity vs x86 virtualization
Client Choices for Virtualization Management
Summary
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Linux on Power Systems combines the unparalleled performance
of Power with the capabilities and cost effectiveness of Linux
IBM Power Systems are
the ultimate systems for today’s
compute-intensive workloads,
delivering:
• Dynamic efficiency, with intelligent,
workload-based resource allocation
• Business analytics—optimized
for big data and compute-intensive
applications
• Enhanced compliance through
automated, policy-based security
Linux is a robust and uniquely
extensible operating system
built on open source
innovation,
delivering:
• Significant cost savings
• Uncompromising stability & security
• Industry-leading flexibility and
performance
• Rich opportunities for innovation and
enabling of new workloads
Linux on Power Systems
integrates these two powerful
technologies to deliver the
highest levels of:
• Efficiency
• Availability
• Security
• Reliability
• Scalability
• Cost savings
The New POWER8 Scale-out servers The Innovation to Put Data to Work