IBM and Erb's partnership has spanned 20 years. Together we provide world class computing and business technology solutions to growing companies across Iowa and Western Illinois. Here's joint presentation from a recent Erb's customer event - Erb's and IBM review IBM leadership in server and storage technology.
IBM eX5 enterprise systems, featuring the Intel<sup>®</sup> Xeon<sup>®</sup> processor 7500 series and Intel Xeon processor 6500 series, are designed to help your business:
* + Maximize memory
o More memory for racks and blades with MAX5
o More virtual machines
o Larger virtual machines
o Bigger databases and faster database performance
o Improved server utilization
* + Minimize cost
o More virtual machines onto one platform
o Reduce software licensing costs with higher performance per socket
o eXFlash solid state storage designed to reduce database storage and energy costs
o Reduce certification/testing costs with simplified deployment
o Flexible design allows you to buy the capacity you need when you need it
o Automate with IBM Systems Director to reduce costs
o Reduce energy costs with superior consolidation and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
* + Simplify deployment
o Choose preconfigured workload-optimized systems for faster deployment and faster time to value
o Reduce qualification time with a single architecture across blades and 2-way & 4-way racks
o Gain the ability to expand memory, processors, and I/O independently
o Use IBM Systems Director and its plug-ins to simplify provisioning and updating
And all of the benefits in the eX5 portfolio of systems are easy to acquire, own and manage and include OnForever™ reliability for maximum availability.
Hands-on Lab: How to Unleash Your Storage Performance by Using NVM Express™ B...Odinot Stanislas
(FR)
Voici un excellent document qui explique étape après étape comment installer, monitorer et surtout correctement benchmarker ses SSD PCIe/NVMe (pas si simple que ça). Autre élément clé : comment analyser la charge I/O de véritables applications? Combien d'IOPS, en read, en write, quelle bande passante et surtout quel impact sur la durée de vie des SSD? Bref à mettre en toute les mains, et un merci à mon collègue Andrey Kudryavtsev.
(EN)
An excellent content which describe step by step how to install, monitor and benchmark PCIe/NVMe SSD (many trick not so simple). Another key learning: how to measure real I/O activities on a real workload? How many R/W IOPS, block size, throughtput, and finally what's the impact on SSD endurance and (real)life? A must read, and a huge thanks to my colleague Andrey Kudryavtsev.
Auteurs/Authors:
Andrey Kudryavtsev, SSD Solution Architect, Intel Corporation
Zhdan Bybin, Application Engineer, Intel Corporation
IBM eX5 enterprise systems, featuring the Intel<sup>®</sup> Xeon<sup>®</sup> processor 7500 series and Intel Xeon processor 6500 series, are designed to help your business:
* + Maximize memory
o More memory for racks and blades with MAX5
o More virtual machines
o Larger virtual machines
o Bigger databases and faster database performance
o Improved server utilization
* + Minimize cost
o More virtual machines onto one platform
o Reduce software licensing costs with higher performance per socket
o eXFlash solid state storage designed to reduce database storage and energy costs
o Reduce certification/testing costs with simplified deployment
o Flexible design allows you to buy the capacity you need when you need it
o Automate with IBM Systems Director to reduce costs
o Reduce energy costs with superior consolidation and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
* + Simplify deployment
o Choose preconfigured workload-optimized systems for faster deployment and faster time to value
o Reduce qualification time with a single architecture across blades and 2-way & 4-way racks
o Gain the ability to expand memory, processors, and I/O independently
o Use IBM Systems Director and its plug-ins to simplify provisioning and updating
And all of the benefits in the eX5 portfolio of systems are easy to acquire, own and manage and include OnForever™ reliability for maximum availability.
Hands-on Lab: How to Unleash Your Storage Performance by Using NVM Express™ B...Odinot Stanislas
(FR)
Voici un excellent document qui explique étape après étape comment installer, monitorer et surtout correctement benchmarker ses SSD PCIe/NVMe (pas si simple que ça). Autre élément clé : comment analyser la charge I/O de véritables applications? Combien d'IOPS, en read, en write, quelle bande passante et surtout quel impact sur la durée de vie des SSD? Bref à mettre en toute les mains, et un merci à mon collègue Andrey Kudryavtsev.
(EN)
An excellent content which describe step by step how to install, monitor and benchmark PCIe/NVMe SSD (many trick not so simple). Another key learning: how to measure real I/O activities on a real workload? How many R/W IOPS, block size, throughtput, and finally what's the impact on SSD endurance and (real)life? A must read, and a huge thanks to my colleague Andrey Kudryavtsev.
Auteurs/Authors:
Andrey Kudryavtsev, SSD Solution Architect, Intel Corporation
Zhdan Bybin, Application Engineer, Intel Corporation
Understanding software licensing with IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualizationJay Kruemcke
One of the key benefits of combining workloads in a virtualized environment is the ability to pay for less than the full capacity of the machine. Unfortunately there are many misconceptions about how software licensing really works in these environments.
The IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualization technology offers a great deal of flexibility, but that flexibility also results in complexity when determining software license requirements. This presentation covers important licensing considerations for the IBM Power Systems environment.
Using a Field Programmable Gate Array to Accelerate Application PerformanceOdinot Stanislas
Intel s'intéresse tout particulièrement aux FPGA et notamment au potentiel qu'ils apportent lorsque les ISV et développeurs ont des besoins très spécifiques en Génomique, traitement d'images, traitement de bases de données, et même dans le Cloud. Dans ce document vous aurez l'occasion d'en savoir plus sur notre stratégie, et sur un programme de recherche lancé par Intel et Altera impliquant des Xeon E5 équipés... de FPGA
Intel is looking at FPGA and what they bring to ISVs and developers and their very specific needs in genomics, image processing, databases, and even in the cloud. In this document you will have the opportunity to learn more about our strategy, and a research program initiated by Intel and Altera involving Xeon E5 with... FPGA inside.
Auteur(s)/Author(s):
P. K. Gupta, Director of Cloud Platform Technology, Intel Corporation
Why A Blade Server?
More agile & scalable
Less setup & installation time
Less expensive in long-term deployments
Efficient cooling and power consumption
Learn about IBM PowerVM Virtualization Technology on IBM POWER7 Systems. This technical white paper presents benchmark results showing greater VM consolidation ratios than demonstrated in previous benchmarks and demonstrating the extent of the performance lead that PowerVM virtualization technologies deliver over x86-based add-on virtualization products. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Understanding software licensing with IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualizationJay Kruemcke
One of the key benefits of combining workloads in a virtualized environment is the ability to pay for less than the full capacity of the machine. Unfortunately there are many misconceptions about how software licensing really works in these environments.
The IBM Power Systems PowerVM virtualization technology offers a great deal of flexibility, but that flexibility also results in complexity when determining software license requirements. This presentation covers important licensing considerations for the IBM Power Systems environment.
Using a Field Programmable Gate Array to Accelerate Application PerformanceOdinot Stanislas
Intel s'intéresse tout particulièrement aux FPGA et notamment au potentiel qu'ils apportent lorsque les ISV et développeurs ont des besoins très spécifiques en Génomique, traitement d'images, traitement de bases de données, et même dans le Cloud. Dans ce document vous aurez l'occasion d'en savoir plus sur notre stratégie, et sur un programme de recherche lancé par Intel et Altera impliquant des Xeon E5 équipés... de FPGA
Intel is looking at FPGA and what they bring to ISVs and developers and their very specific needs in genomics, image processing, databases, and even in the cloud. In this document you will have the opportunity to learn more about our strategy, and a research program initiated by Intel and Altera involving Xeon E5 with... FPGA inside.
Auteur(s)/Author(s):
P. K. Gupta, Director of Cloud Platform Technology, Intel Corporation
Why A Blade Server?
More agile & scalable
Less setup & installation time
Less expensive in long-term deployments
Efficient cooling and power consumption
Learn about IBM PowerVM Virtualization Technology on IBM POWER7 Systems. This technical white paper presents benchmark results showing greater VM consolidation ratios than demonstrated in previous benchmarks and demonstrating the extent of the performance lead that PowerVM virtualization technologies deliver over x86-based add-on virtualization products. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
In-Memory Computing: How, Why? and common PatternsSrinath Perera
Traditionally, big data is mostly read from disks and processed. However, most big data systems are latency bound, which means often the CPU sits idle waiting for data to arrive. This problem is more prevalent with use cases like graph searches that need to randomly access different parts of datasets. In-memory computing proposes an alternative model where data is loaded or stored in-memory and processed instead of processing them from the disk. Although such designs cost more in terms of memory, sometimes resulting systems can have faster order of magnitudes (e.g. 1000X), which could lead to savings in the long run. With rapidly falling memory prices, this difference is reducing by the day. Furthermore, in-memory computing can enable use cases like ad hoc analysis over a large set of data that was not possible earlier. This talk will provide an overview of in-memory technology and discuss how WSO2 technologies like complex event processing that can be used to build in-memory solutions. It will also provide an overview of upcoming improvements in the WSO2 platform.
Starting in May 2010, with SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft began talking more and more about "Personal BI". The focus of this discussion was a paradigm shift moving business intelligence from being something a few BI professionals do with a data warehouse to a practice done by Information Workers every day in familiar tools like Microsoft Excel and SharePoint. Over the course of this session we will show you the improvements that Microsoft has made in the 2013 stack to take this new focus from being a “nice idea” to a truly powerful reality. We will explore the improvements made to Excel, PowerPivot & Power View, & Reporting Services. We will explain the underlying technology that makes the new features possible and walk through demos of some of the shinier toys. At the end of the session you will walk away with a better understanding of what is new in 2013 for business intelligence and an extreme desire to build reusable data model that will undoubtedly bring real value to your business.
This is from a 2 hour talk introducing in-memory databases. First a look at traditional RDBMS architecture and some of it's limitations, then a look at some in-memory products and finally a closer look at OrigoDB, the open source in-memory database toolkit for NET/Mono.
BI : SharePoint 2016 BI or PowerBI v2 ? (O365 Saturday Copenhagen, 2016)serge luca
Business Intelligence : shpuld we go for SharePoint 2016 BI or to PowerBI v2 ? O365 Saturday Copenhagen 2016 - By Serge Luca, SharePoint MVP and Isabelle an Campenhoudt, SQL Server MVP
Tracxn Research — Business Intelligence Landscape, December 2016Tracxn
Despite a YoY decline in seed and early stage rounds and capital invested, 2016 was the fourth consecutive year in which the sector witnessed $1B+ plus investments.
Conversion Optimsiation - Using Customer Intelligence to Convince and ConvertIn Marketing We Trust
Going Beyond the Transaction is a case study of how customer intelligence and insights from data can be used to optimise conversion, especially for businesses with online/offline customer journeys.
TCD 2014: Aibel - Fra 0 til 5000 på 6 måneder! Hvordan lykkes med opplæring i prosess, metode og applikasjoner for 5000 mennesker? (Bjørn Ove Bjørnstad, Department Manager, Process & IT, Training)
Now in its fifth generation, IBM X-Architecture continues to build on its deep partnership with Intel and a decade ofx86 innovations to provide unparalleled configuration choice,mainframe-inspired reliability, comprehensive systems management and an energy-smart design. With the ability to help you maximize memory, minimize costs and simplify deployment and ownership, eX5 can help you get the greatest value for your organization today and in the future.
Open Source Software on OpenPOWER systems.
With 100% open source system software (including the firmware), OpenPOWER is the most open server architecture in the market. Based on the IBM POWER8 chip, this new family of servers featuring the latest Nvidia NVLink technology runs all the software solutions presented at OPEN'16 with significant cost advantages. This session explains how Docker, EnterpriseDB and many others benefit from this advanced design, and how 200+ technology companies including Google and RackSpace are collaborating in an open development alliance to build the datacenter of the future.
WETEC is een professionele onderneming gespecialiseerd in infrastructurele projecten op
het gebied van high-end systemen, storage en netwerken. http://www.wetec.nl/
Featuring eX5, the 5th generation of enterprise X-Architecture® from IBM, and based on the new Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series and Intel Xeon processor 6500 series, these new systems radically expand the capabilities of the x86 platform, breaking through memory bottlenecks with exceptional scalable performance and advanced reliability.
Learn about the IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node. A building block for the IBM PureFlex System family, the IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node is a four-socket Intel Xeon processor-based server optimized for high-end virtualization, mainstream database deployments, and memory-intensive high performance environments. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/18vDnp6.
Visit the official Scribd Channel of IBM India Smarter Computing at http://bit.ly/VwO86R to get access to more documents.
In-Memory and TimeSeries Technology to Accelerate NoSQL Analyticssandor szabo
The ability of Informix to combine the in
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performance of Informix Warehouse Accelerator
and the flexibility of TimeSeries and NoSQL
analytics positions it to be ready for the IoT era.
Learn about IBM Flex System p24L, p260 and p460 Compute Nodes. The IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Compute Nodes are servers based on IBM POWER architecture technologies. These compute nodes run in IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis units to provide a high-density, high-performance compute node environment, using advanced processing technology. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/18vDnp6.
Visit the official Scribd Channel of IBM India Smarter Computing at http://bit.ly/VwO86R to get access to more documents.
Join us for an exciting and informative preview of the broadest range of next-generation systems optimized for tomorrow’s data center workloads, Powered by 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (formerly codenamed Sapphire Rapids).
Experts from Supermicro and Intel will discuss how the upcoming Supermicro X13 systems will enable new performance levels utilizing state-of-the-art technology, including DDR5, PCIe 5.0, Compute Express Link™ 1.1, and Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel AMX).
Bringing a new level of HPC and AI to the OCP form factorPenguin Solutions
Tundra AP, the next generation of Penguin
Computing’s highly dense Tundra supercomputing
platform, combines the processing power of Intel®
Xeon® Scalable 9200 series processors with
Penguin’s Relion XO1122eAP server in an OCP form
factor that delivers a high density of CPU cores per
rack.
Fujitsu World Tour 2017 - Compute Platform For The Digital WorldFujitsu India
Significant performance increase combined with a rich feature set based on cutting edge technology results in compelling benefits across a broad variety of application scenarios.
This Redbook talks about the product specification of IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4. The NeXtScale nx360 M4 server provides a dense, flexible solution with a low total cost of ownership (TCO). The half-wide, dual-socket NeXtScale nx360 M4 server is designed for data centers that require high performance but are constrained by floor space. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210745680/IBM-NeXtScale-nx360-M4
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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De-mystifying Zero to One: Design Informed Techniques for Greenfield Innovati...
Ibm and Erb's Presentation Insider's Edition Event . September 2010
1. IBM xSeries Servers & Storage Presented by: Kevin Torner – Vice President Erb’s Todd Bogenrief – xSeries Specialist IBM
2. New TechnologyNew SolutionsExperience & Innovation IBM Partner for 20+ Years IBM Partner Of The Year 2006 Only Authorized IBM Service Center In IOWA Virtualization & Consolidation Practice Data Center to Single Server Experience The Cloud
4. New thinking is required. Traditional server paradigms need to change The x86-based PCarchitecture is now 28 years old. It has evolved through PCs, towers, racks and blades. It holds 53 percentof the server market and that number is growing. ? Rack optimized Blade Servers Tower PC Servers Personal Computers PC Server
5. Tick-Tock Development Model:Sustained Microprocessor Leadership Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture Future Intel® Microarchitecture Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Nehalem SandyBridge Penryn Nehalem Merom NEW Microarchitecture 45nm NEW Microarchitecture 32nm NEW Process Technology 45nm NEW Process Technology 32nm NEW Microarchitecture 65nm TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK Forecast All dates, product descriptions, availability, and plans are forecasts and subject to change without notice.
7. New Era of EXPANDABILITY…. Designed for the Most Demanding Scalable Performance Needs Mission Critical High PerformanceComputing EnterpriseApplications Consolidation/Virtualization BusinessIntelligence Over 20 New RELIABILITY Features Protect Data Increase Availability Minimize Planned Downtime Wide Range of Configuration and Usage Model Support Blades & racks 2 – 256 sockets Intel FlexMigration
8. TechnologyAdvantages Introducing the Intel® Xeon® 7500Nehalem Generation Intel® Microarchitecture Intel® 7500 Chipset Nehalem architecture 8-cores Xeon® 7500 Xeon® 7500 24MB Shared L3 Cache 64 DIMM slots support up to 1 terabyte of memory (4 sockets) Xeon® 7500 Xeon®7500 72 PCIe Gen2 lanes Memory Scaling from 2-256 sockets Intel® ScalableMemory Buffer Intel Virtualization Technologies PCI Express* 2.0 Mission Critical Class Reliability features Intel® 82599 10GbE Controller ICH 10/10R
9. Intel® Hyper-threading Technology Increases performance for threaded applications delivering greater throughput and responsiveness Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Increases performance by increasing processor frequency and enabling faster speeds when conditions allow Core0 Performance EnhancementsIntel® Xeon® 7500 Series Processor (Xeon® 7500) <8C Turbo 8C Turbo Normal Frequency Core1 Core8 Core0 Core1 Core8 Core0 Core1 … … … All cores operate at rated frequency All cores operate at higher frequency Fewer cores may operate at even higherfrequencies Higher Performance For Threaded Workloads Higher Performance on Demand
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11. HPC Top Intel 4S VMMARK score IBM x3850 X5 2.26GHz Xeon X7560 (Nehalem EX) 71.85 @ 48 tiles Consolidation Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 series-based Servers4S Standard Benchmarks Performance Summary Intel® Xeon® Processor X7560 Relative results Higher is better 3x average improvement Xeon X7460 = Intel Xeon processor X7460 (16M Cache, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB, formerly codenamed Dunnington) Xeon X7560 = Intel Xeon processor X7560 (24M Cache, 2.26GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel® QPI, formerly codenamed Nehalem-EX) Average of 3x performance improvement over 7400 series across a range of benchmarks
12. Nehalem-EX Nehalem-EX NEW Intel® Xeon® Processor 6500 Expandable Class Efficient Performance Class Westmere-EP Westmere-EP IO HUB IO HUB Xeon 5600 Xeon 6500 OPTIMIZED FOR Performance Power Efficiency Price/Performance OPTIMIZED FOR Performance (+33% cores/threads) Memory Capacity (+77%) Advanced Reliability Price/Performance at Capacity Xeon 7500 Compatibility* Expandable Class Capabilities in a 2-socket Server
19. Announcing eX5 5th generation portfolio of IBM industry-leading technology in enterprise x86 computing. Expansion of Enterprise X-Architecture to IBM BladeCenter. 2X the memory capability of competitive offerings resulting in up to 2/3 software costs. Lowest costs of acquisition and deployment for enterprise x86 computing in the industry. The new thinking of x #1 Market share leader in scalable x86 servers
20. The new thinking from IBM… Introducing the eX5 Portfolio System x3690 X5 BladeCenter HX5 System x3850 X5 MAX5 Maximum memory scaling independent of processors One 4-Socket System Two 2-Socket Systems FlexNode eXFlash Extreme I/O Operations Solid State Drive storage Scheduled provisioning
21. Minimize costEliminate the memory bottleneck and minimize VMware licensing costs 82% more VMs Same 2S license cost 50% license cost Same number of VMs x3690 X5 with MAX5 x3690 X5 with MAX5 4S Competition server 2S Competition server Software licensing costs for VMware Enterprise Plus Cost: $3,500 per processor. Memory is constrained before processors are fully utilized. 18
22. Minimize costReduce Microsoft SQL software licensing costs by 50 percent using eX5 technology A 1,000 user SQL Server 2008 database using a two-socket Nehalem-EX system. System x3690 X5 2-socket Nehalem-EX server Competition Nehalem-EX server 50% license cost Same number of users Notes: All pricing shown is Microsoft List Pricing as of January 2010 per the pricing information on http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx Pricing model used is per processor licensing which is based on $24,999 per physical socket on the server (logical cores are not counted) 19
23. The new standard in storage performance eXFlashdelivers integrated solid-state disk technology and a high-speed controller architecture. 800 spinning disks Same performance as 97% less expensive For same 1,000 user database performance 1% of spinning disks Power reduced to
24. CPU 2 CPU 1 CPU 3 CPU 4 4 socket system 2 socket system CPU 2 CPU 1 CPU 3 CPU 4 2 socket system FlexNode - feature allows a single System to dynamically become two distinct Systems or back again Two 2P Systems One 4P System FlexNode benefits include: Scheduled Provisioning: Run scale-out apps by day on a 2P system and scale-up jobs by night on 4P system Optimize utilization: Re purpose under utilized systems for more productive use Optimize SW licensing costs: Execute partitions to optimize SW licensing costs when priced per socket Faster Qualification: Qualify a single platform for 2- and 4-socket server needs Built-in virtualization: Run multiple OSs on the same box without hypervisor overhead Greater security: Workload isolation to assure quality of service IBM Imperative: Put FlexNode on RFQ response… put HP on the defensive IMM
42. Workload Optimization Simplify deployment with eX5 workload optimized systems Workload Optimized Systems available across eX5 portfolio; Pre-integrated and sized for small, medium, large database & virtualization workloads Highest performance x86 system optimized for databases & virtualization IBM System x3950 X5 Combining the benefits of BladeCenter and Workload Optimized Systems for databases & virtualization IBM BladeCenter HX5 Unique entry system enables benefits of reduced licensing fees and optimized for databases & virtualization IBM System x3690 X5
43. Scale up / SMP computing Portfolio-wide Innovation with IBM System x and BladeCenter New eX5 Offerings Clusters, HPC,Virtualization, Web 2.0& Cloud New 1- & 2-Socket Offerings Large symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) x3850 X5 Cluster 1350 dx360 M3 iDataPlex High density x3690 X5 x3755 HX5 BladeCenter S, E, H, T, HT x3650 M3 HS22 x3500 M3 x3400 M3 x3550 M3 HS12/22/22V LS22/42 JS12//22/23/43 QS21/22 HS22V x3250 M3 x3200 M3 Scale out / distributed computing
44. Platform management that is easy and efficient IBM Systems Director 6.1 provides easy-to-use, powerful tools for managing both physical and virtual resources for System x and BladeCenter and other IBM and non-IBM systems. The new version provides simplified deployment, installation and update processes, and can be accessed from anywhere with a consistent, web-based user interface. New tasks can be quickly learned with intuitive wizards, tutorials and integrated help. The broad portfolio of systems managed by a single tool can reduce staff training and operational expenses. IBM Systems Director 6.1
45. Reducing complexity of choosing, finding, and learning management tools. IBM ToolsCenter consolidates the needed tools for managing servers individually into an integrated suite. The tools are organized by function: deployment, updates, configuration and diagnostics. Tools are now simpler to access and use with a single easy-to-use webpage for access, a common look and feel and a common command line interface for the scripting tools. The ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator offers significantly more functionality than past tools with the ability to add more tools to the bootable image and to automatically download the bootable environment if needed. The bootable media creator supports CD, DVD and USB key. ToolsCenter