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© 2010 IBM CorporationSmarter Systems for a Smarter Planet

5th Generation Enterprise X-Architecture:

eX5 InnovationsNEXT IO – vSTOR, vCORE

Alex Alvord – IBM Solutions Sales Specialist

Expert Certified – BladeCenter, System X, iDataplex

IBM Storage Certified, SCON/CDAT, Oracle, VSP/VTSP

HP Proliant Expert Certified, CSE, Sandler Methodology

2 © 2010 IBM Corporation

Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet

IBM’s History of high-end x86 innovation

1st Gen: First x86 server with scalable 16 processor design

20011st

Generation

2nd Gen: First x86 server with 100 #1 benchmarks

Never send a server to do a System’s job

20032nd

Generation

20053rd

Generation

3rd Gen: First x86 server with hot-swap memory

2010 5th

Generation

20074th

Generation

4th Gen: First x86 server to break 1 million tpmC

IBM is a marketplace leader in high-end x86 systems and has delivered Enterprise X-Architecture for over a decade. The next generation, eX5 delivers on that promise - yet again



eX5 has been rolled out to the general x86 market breaking trends, innovation, and enterprise architecture yet again…..

Talking PointsPain Points– Memory– LicensingeX5 Architecture– Max 5 Memory– x3690X5– HX5– x3850X5Solid State Drives– Flash Pack SSD– NEXT IO

vSTORvCORE

Call to Action and Summary



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The fundamentalengineering of thesystem at the heart of your system matters.

It’s time to redefine the x86 server landscapeIt’s time to redefine the x86 server landscape

It’s about more than just the processor…it’s about the system.

The next generation x86 architectures must

be able to keep up with the proliferation of

workloads and explosion of data of a smarter,

more interconnected planet.

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DATAWorkloads

Underutilization&

High OPEX

Reactive vs

Proactive

Memory bottleneck



A smarter planet demands smarter systemsA smarter planet demands smarter systems

Scale quickly and efficiently.

Remove memory bottlenecks.

Maximize utilization.

Are optimized for workloads.

Provide rapid access to data.

Clients need systems that:

IBM will lead the way.

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High Utilization&

Lower OPEX

Real-timeAnalytics

DATAWorkloads

Innovation



System utilization is limited by memory capacity

2006: Xeon 7100

Cores/socket: 2

Frequency: 3.4GHz

DIMMs/core: 2

2007: Xeon 7300

Even with technology advancements memory is still limited

2008: Xeon 7400

2010: Nehalem EX

Cores: 4

Frequency: 2.93GHz

DIMMs/core: 1

Cores: 6

Frequency: 2.66GHz

DIMMs/core: 1.33

Cores: 8

Frequency: x.xxGHz

DIMMs/core: 2

Processor performance is now more influenced by cores and cache rather than frequency

Core count, cache and threads have increased as frequency has decreased : exacerbating the memory imbalance

With 64-bit applications and operating systems demand more memory

Virtualization, Enterprise Applications all demand memory and is the single greatest bottleneck



MAX5: Memory Access for eX5MAX5: Memory Access for eX5

Take your system to the MAX with MAX5MAX5

MAXMAX memory capacity- An additional 32 DIMM slots for x3850 X5 and x3690 X5- An additional 24 DIMM slots for HX5

MAXMAX virtual density- Increase the size and number of VMs

MAXMAX flexibility- Expand memory capacity, scale servers, or both

MAXMAX productivity- Increase utilization and performance

MAXMAX license optimization- Get more done with fewer systems

Greater productivity and utilization through memory expansion and flexibility



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MAX5 doubles memory capacity

Expand memory capacity Up to double the number of memory DIMMs than the

competitors No impact to memory latency Over five times the memory capacity in two sockets vs.

today’s leading two-socket systems MAX5 memory may be partitioned to CPUs or pooled

With embedded memory controllers,

memory capacity is tied to processors

But not with MAX5…

Provides the memory customers have needed for database and virtualization – up to 100% more virtual machines

Allows higher memory capacity to be reached with less expensive DIMMs for more economical high end implementations



eX5 Scalability and Configuration Flexibility – x3690

Max configuration: 6U, 128DIMMs (1TB Memory) , 4 Processors, FlashPack (SSDx8) (64 SSD/32 SAS HDD) IBM Systems Director: Flex Node Partitioning,

Node Failover

Customers whom were in dead man’s land: 2 sockets not enough, 4 sockets are too pricey.

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x3690 X5: 2-socket 2U (Nehalem EX) platformx3690 X5: 2-socket 2U (Nehalem EX) platform

(1x) x16 (full height, full length or (2x) x8 (1 full size, 1 full height / half length) (2x) PCIe x8 Low Profile

(4x) N+N 675W Rear Access Hot Swap Redundant P/S

(16x) Gen2 2.5” Drives or3 eXFlash packs

Scaling ports

32 x DDR3 Memory DIMMs16 in upper mezzanine (pictured)16 below

8x Memory Buffers

(4x) 60mm Hot Swap Fans

Dual USB

Light Path Diagnostics

DVD Drive



Eliminate the memory bottleneck and get the most from your Eliminate the memory bottleneck and get the most from your virtualization investment with MAX5virtualization investment with MAX5

2S competition server

x3690 X5 with MAX5

4S competition server

x3690 X5 with MAX5

Software licensing hypervisor cost: $3,500 per processor. Memory is constrained before processors are fully utilized.Software licensing hypervisor cost: $3,500 per processor. Memory is constrained before processors are fully utilized.

82%more VMs

Same 2S license cost 50%license cost

Same number of VMs



Licensing Max 5 memory allows systems to scale on demand when requirements change.We are in a state of proliferation of VMware licensing. Max 5 will allow a reduction in Vmware licensing while providing more density at a fraction of the cost.

Maximize Memory– 1.7x greater performance over 2S EP systems while using same two processor SW license– MAX5 memory expansion to 320GB in 60mm for over 25% more VMs per processor compared to competition

Minimize Cost– Upgrade to 80 DIMM for max memory performance or to save over $4K by using smaller, less expensive

DIMMs– Memory bound VMWare customers can save over $7K in licensing with memory rich two socket configurations

Customer runs into memory bottlenecks and purchase another server with Vmware licensing.

Legacy Licensing Scale x3690Vmware Vsphere 4.0 Memory bottleneck occurs2 sockets - $7,000 Purchase Max 5 1U memory shelfSupport - $1,500 No licensing costs2 socket server - $15,000 Additional power supply unitAdditional 2U of space 87% more VM’s on same licensingPower/Cooling costs



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MAX5 balanced system performance, memory partitioning, and enhanced reliability

Buffer on Board

System Link Ports

EXA ScalabilityPorts

IBM Memory & NodeController

32 Memory DIMMs



eX5 Scalability and Configuration Flexibility

x3850 X5 4U

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X3850 X5 Max Config: 20U, 16 processors, 128 cores, 6TB memory, 28 Pcie Slots

HX5 Max Config: 8 processors, 16 PCIe,

X3850 X5 Max Config: 20U, 16 processors, 128 cores, 6TB memory, 28 Pcie Slots

HX5 Max Config: 8 processors, 16 PCIe,



Refer to Whiteboard for scale, serviceability, and connectivity…..



Systems Director: Flex Node Partitioning, Auto Node Failover…. Customer Pain Points:

– In a 2 node configuration, what is my exposure? What kind of high availability features are in tact?

Answer:

Systems Director deploys Automatic Node Failover…..bringing down the 2 node cluster with a soft reboot and bringing up the healthy node while systems director identified and brings resolution to the failed node.

– In a 2 node configuration, what kind of flexibility is in tact? What are my options?

Answer: Depending on the business, you may have 2 independent nodes during the day and through Systems Director set policies for a single node batch processing server.

Client may bring the single node and take 1 off-line during downtime to save on energy/cooling costs.



Traditional configurations add more disk/spindles to add more performance

And very large data sets can require racks of storage

Configuration, set up, tuning, and maintenance can require significant datacenter skills, effort, and cost.

Traditional storage yields unaffordable configurations

Complex data analysis demands database performance

10K IOPs10K IOPs

15K IOPs15K IOPs

22K IOPs22K IOPs

18K IOPs18K IOPs

20K IOPs20K IOPs



As data continues to grow, this trend becomes unsustainableAverage size of database 100GB with 15k IOPs requirement

10K IOPs10K IOPs

15K IOPs15K IOPs

22K IOPs22K IOPs

18K IOPs18K IOPs

20K IOPs20K IOPs30

databases

Average businessdepartment runs

15kIOPs

Average databaseperformance needs

$2,300,000Hardware, Management,

Power, Maint. Cost to run 450k IOPs workload for 3 years



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

800spinning

disks

Same performance as

97%less

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Power reduced to

10K IOPs10K IOPs

15K IOPs15K IOPs

22K IOPs22K IOPs

18K IOPs18K IOPs

20K IOPs20K IOPs



FlashPack and NEXT IO So, Enterprise drives with rated 470K IOPS on the front-end appliance……? What do we do when we need more SSD storage or better IOPS performance?

Next I/O – VSTOR – Support for SLC and MLC flash technologies– 3U Rackmount Chassis– Capacity 7TB (vSTOR S100 Standard; up to 14TB by 2010/end)5TB (vSTOR S100

Extreme; up to 10TB by 2010/end)– Max IOPS: Over 1.7M read IOPS / 1.4M write IOPS for vSTOR S-100 Extreme– HOST I/F Four 8x PCI-Express interfaces– Mgmt: All enterprise framerworks via SNMP or CLI

– Extreme ~ $40/GB– S100 - E04 4TB 1.3M IOPS– S100 - E05 5 TB 1.7M IOPS

– Standard– S100 - S05 5 TB 950K IOPS– S100 - S07 7 TB 1.2M IOPS



vSTOR vSTOR (MLC) – Multi-Level Cell (1mill-2mill write cycles or 1,000-10,000 per cell)

– High Bandwidth (GB/sec)– Fast Response Time– Predictable Performance– Read-Intensive Workloads– Multi-Terabyte Capacities– Reliability– Measured in $/BW– Financial Services, On-Line Gaming, HPC, Content Delivery, Replication to remote DR

vSTOR Extreme (SLC) – Single Level Cell (5mill or 100,000 per cell write cycles) Fusion-io – 1 SLC outperformed 4 MLC SSD

– High Transaction Rates (IOPS)– Low Latency– Fast Response Time– Mixed Read-Write Workloads– Low Power– mySQL, Oracle, MS SQL, DB2– Financial Services, On-Line Gaming, HPC, Content Delivery, Replication to remote DR



Total and Complete “Freedom to Connect”

Any-to• Any server • Any OS• Any Hypervisor

• Heterogeneous support• Optimized Performance• Resilience

Any connectivity• Any I/O

1 platform



Call to Action and Summary

Summary IBM’s eX5 architecture brings world class technology and customer pain points into a SMB vertical. It identifies memory bottlenecks, licensing costs, SSD performance with databases and other

applications needing higher IOPS, failover needs, and smarter systems. It provided modularity, flexibility, and serviceability in an SMB solution. Unsolicited and customizable eX5 proposals will be available on Webster on the IBM page.

Call to Action Identify clients with bottleneck pertaining to memory. Identify clients wanting to consolidate licensing Identify clients with Enterprise Needs with SMB budgets Clients consolidating complexity Clients consolidating physically Clients looking for a “Greener” IT policy ~ 85% of companies are – Gartner's 2008



Hi [Mr./Ms. CUSTOMER NAME] Introducing the new IBM BladeCenter® HX5! The HX5 enables unprecedented performance

and utilization in a blade form factor for database and virtualization. With MAX5 scalability, the HX5 blade offers memory capacity of up to 640 GB—in four-wide blade, the most memory of any server in its class. The result is optimal server utilization with more virtual machines per system. With expanded memory capacity you get up to 78% more virtual machines for the same license cost.

Easy to own, manage and upgrade with pay-as-you-grow expansion, the HX5 blade server helps protect your investments over the long term. Attached is a short proposal outlining the benefits of the HX5 blade to your company. Please contact me to discuss this proposal and the specifics on how we can help you cut costs, better utilize assets, and simplify your IT infrastructure complexity.

Sincerely,

Alex Alvord Zones Inc



Thank You!

Welcome to the next step in a Smarter Planet

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