IBM i at the Heart of Cognitive Solutions
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A presentation I gave on the 16th May 2018 to a new CIO of a customer, showing how IBM i remains a key strategic part of the IBM Power Systems portfolio. As we build in the 30 years of innovation and integrate with AI and Cloud solutions, IBM i deserves to remain a key part of customer's strategies going forward.
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IBM i at the Heart of Cognitive Solutions
- 1. IBM i at the Heart of Cognitive Solutions David Spurway IBM Power Systems CTO, UKI
- 2. Agenda • IBM i – 30 years of innovation and we’re just getting started! • IBM i Strategy – one of the three vital pillars of the IBM Power Systems Strategy • POWER9 delivers new business value • IBM i and Cloud – Hybrid is the way forward • IBM i with AI
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- 7. 7 © IBM Corporation, 2016 The Solution Stack – Who’s Responsibility Is It? Installation, integration, test, change management, support … Vendors Vendors 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 Typical Windows, Unix or Linux environment IBM i environment The burden of responsibility falls more on the client, adding cost and complexity The burden of responsibility falls more on the vendor, reducing cost and complexity Operating System File system Relational Database Systems Management Performance Management Storage Management Web Server Security Applications Virtualization Hardware1
- 8. Data Fast Access Easy Management Reliable Storage Security Business Data Easy Administration System Integrity Integration Single Source Just Add Applications It’s All There Flexibility Many Functions Capable of Growth Simplicity Investment Protection Focus on Business, not Technology Solutions Keep Working as Technology Changes Additional Software Development Yields Additional Function Requirements for Business Solution Platform
- 9. Integration IBM i Architecture DB2 for i & Single Level Store Object Based Architecture Virtualized Work Management Technology Independent Machine Interface Provides built-in application virtualizationIntegrates business components, e.g. DB2 database Enables integrity, security, virus-resistanceAutomate & optimize storage management Ensures application compatibility across multiple technology generations OS A system designed for business
- 11. See the Big Picture 60+% Lower Total Cost of Ownership SOURCE: Quark + Lepton, IBM i on Power Systems for Midsize Businesses, May 2017
- 12. Downtime is an Expense, not a Cost of Doing Business 3 - 4X more reliable SOURCE: Quark + Lepton, IBM i on Power Systems for Midsize Businesses, May 2017
- 13. Vulnerability Comparison Excerpted from: Quark + Lepton, IBM i on Power Systems for Midsize Businesses, May 2017
- 14. IBM i Strategy Power Solutions Delivering an integrated platform focused on leading industry applications Engaging with partner ISVs & MSPs for flexible solutions delivery options Enabling clients to transform their customer experience via mobile solutions Open Platform for Choice IBM demonstrating commitment with continuing deliverables - IBM i 7.3 & TRs Providing new capabilities between releases based on user feedback Growing IBM i solutions options including open source languages and applications The Integrated Promise of IBM i Deliver a simple, high value platform for business applications Provide exceptional security and resiliency for critical business data Leverage IBM systems, storage and software technologies
- 15. Who is the boss? Robert Picciano SVP IBM Cognitive Solutions IBM Systems Stefanie Chiras Vice President, Power Systems Hardware Offerings
- 16. Three Prong Strategy 16 The Growth of Linux • 49% of all server revenues will be driven by Linux by YE 2018 • Data management is growing 4-5x faster than any other workload for on premises Linux • 36% 3 yr CAGR for Linux servers in the $25K to $50K USD price band. From Stefanie Chiras, VP, IBM Cognitive Systems • Deliver Modern Innovation and value to AIX and IBM i • Drive flexible and resilient infrastructure into enterprise Linux deployments • Lead the industry with the highest performing AI solutions that are simple to consume
- 17. Google has #POWER9 in production 17 1. More cores and threads for core Google search 2. More memory bandwidth for RNN machine learning execution 3. Faster and "more open" flash NAND sitting on OpenCAPI acceleration bus” https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2018/03/1 9/headed-into-its-fifth-year-openpower-has-momentum- into-the-power9-generation/#1298a4fd78a8
- 18. New IBM i Strategy Whitepaper IBM i plays a critical role in our Power Systems software portfolio. We continuously provide new solutions and are actively engaged in expanding into new technology areas to support the new business requirements of our clients. This year, 2016, we have delivered IBM i 7.3,… http://ibm.co/23y3TMv
- 19. Derive new insights from critical business data Ensure High Availability & Disaster Recovery Deploy Cloud infrastructure Transform business solutions with mobile Focus on securing business assets Exploit new storage technologies Top IBM i Client Projects
- 20. IBM i 7.3 – Simplify Insights, Intelligent Security & the Power of Integration Historical data simplifies business insights for the future – DB2 Temporal support automatically maintains history Intelligent Security matches actual authority with policy – Authority Collection analysis ensures continuous operation Simple, integrated data analysis for new insights – OLAP enhancements built into DB2 for i Extensive application development options – Easy-to-learn RPG – Integrated Open Source development technology
- 21. Development Strategy Traditional Language Strategy – Interoperability – Readability – Functionality Open Source Strategy – Encourage All Open Source vendors to Support & port to IBM I – Provide the ‘right’ components from the open source community for IBM I – Provide ‘support’ for the ported components. – Opens Power Solutions to include new applications and tools
- 22. 2016 options added to 5733OPS 22 Option 1 – Node.JS 2.x Option 2 - Python 3.4 Option 3 – GCC / chroot Option 4 – Python 2.7 Option 5 – Node.JS 4.x Option 6 – Git Option 7 – Tools Option 8 – Orion Option 9 – cloud-init Option 10 – Node.JS 6.x New
- 23. IBM i Release Roadmap ………7.3 ……… 2010 7.1 ** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. 2014 iNext 2016 … iNext + 1 … 7.2 …Technology Refreshes • Two or Three Major Releases supported. • Two Future Major Releases under development. • Semi-annual new function for the most recent releases. ……… Future
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- 25. Cloud Availability Increase availability with integrated workload mobility, rapid capacity expansion and disaster recovery capabilities. Always ON! Stay online 24/7 with RAS and high availability features. Secure and available by design Secure by Default Pre-loaded with firmware and operating system security patches that mitigate known Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.
- 26. POWER9 processor 7TB/s on chip BW ~1TB/s BW into chip 26 1stchip with PCIe4 8 BILLION TRANSISTORS 4GHZ PEAK FREQUENCY 17 LEVELS OF METAL >15 MILES OF WIRE >24B VIAS 2x1 9.5x4 2.6x2 1.8x3 performance per core CPU to accelerator bandwidth more RAM per socket memory bandwidth per socket POWER9 vs. x86 Xeon SP (Skylake) POWER9 with NVLink vs. x86 Xeon
- 27. X – the first number in the server name represents the POWER version: • 7 = POWER7 • 8 = POWER8 • 9 = POWER9 Understanding Power Systems server naming AXYZ Y – the 2nd number in the name represents the number of sockets: e.g. : S924 has 2 sockets while the L914 has one socket Z – the final number in the name refers to the height of the server in U e.g.: the S924 is 4U high while the AC922 is 2U high A – the first letter in the offering name is set to the type of server: • L = Linux only server • H = SAP HANA optimized server • AC = Accelerated Computing server (focused on AI workloads) • S = Scale Out server • E = Enterprise scale up server 27
- 28. 28 L922 9008-22L S922 9009-22A S914 9009-41A S924 9009-42A H922 9223-22H H924 9223-42H • 1,2-socket, 2U • 8,10,12 cores/ socket • 32 IS RDIMM slots • 4TB memory • 4 CAPI 2.0 Slots • Linux only • PowerVM • KVM (GA2) • 1,2-socket, 2U • 4, 8,10 cores/ socket • 32 IS RDIMM slots • 4TB memory • 4 CAPI 2.0 Slots • AIX, IBM i, & Linux • PowerVM • 1-socket, 4U & Tower • 4,6,8 cores/ socket • 16 IS RDIMM slots • 1TB memory • 2 CAPI 2.0 Slots • Internal RDX Media • AIX, IBM i, Linux • PowerVM • 2-socket, 4U • 8,10,12 cores/ socket • 32 IS RDIMM slots • 4TB memory • 4 CAPI 2.0 slots • Internal RDX Media • AIX, IBM i, Linux • PowerVM • 1,2-socket, 2U • 4, 8,10 cores/ socket • 32 IS RDIMM slots • 4TB memory • 4 CAPI 2.0 Slots • AIX, IBM i up to 25% • Linux • PowerVM • 2-socket, 4U • 8,10,12 cores/ socket • 32 IS RDIMM slots • 4TB memory • 4 CAPI 2.0 slots • Internal RDX Media • AIX, IBM i up to 25% • Linux • PowerVM Technology Leadership • Cloud enabled - Embedded virtualization capabilities with PowerVM • Up to 4TB in 2 socket - DDR4 Industry Standard memory RDIMMs • High Speed 25Gb/s external ports – one per socket • 2 Internal NVMe Flash boot adapters • Embedded Analytics and Algorithms on the chip help run POWER9 at an always optimized frequency POWER9 Scale Out family
- 29. 29 IBM Operating System Plans for POWER9 Power Systems 7.4 16.04.4 12SP3 AIX 5.3 AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.2 IBM i 7.1 IBM i 7.2 IBM i 7.3 POWER9 POWER8
- 30. 30 POWER9: A Cloud Everywhere Solution Optimized for private, public, hybrid or multi-clouds PowerVM is built in, so every POWER9 workload is virtualized, mobile and cloud-ready PowerVC is pre-selected in POWER9 scale-out server orders, to speed private cloud deployments Easily upgradable to the new PowerVC for SDI for maximum flexibility in cloud configurations Optionally deploy IBM Cloud Private for an innovative container-based Power cloud solution Integrate with Power public cloud providers such as IBM Cloud for Skytap Solutions POWER9 Multi-Cloud Benefits • Rapid provisioning of workloads • Mobility for dynamic optimization • Simplified workload recoverability • Integration with multi-cloud managers • VM or container-based cloud models • Cloud-optimized user experience
- 31. IBM i and Cloud
- 32. Since the IBV 2012 study, the cloud technology has become much more mainstream 1IBV report: “The Power of Cloud - Driving Business Model Innovation”, 2012. Link: https://ibm.biz/Bd4uzw Today, 78% says cloud initiatives are coordinated or fully integrated In 2012, only 34% said they had a solid plan in adopting cloud1 10%0% 30%20% 50%40% Fully integrated as part of an overall strategic transformation Multiple related initiatives within a coordinated program Ad hoc initiatives with some coordination among business group Ad hoc initiatives with no coordination among business group 44% 34% 3% 19% 10%0% 30%20% We have redesigned our business process due to cloud We have redesigned out IT infrastructure due to cloud We have adopted or plan to adopt cloud 21% 7% 6% How enterprise cloud initiatives are viewed within respondent’s organization Level of cloud adoption in respondent’s organization
- 33. Though cloud adoption is maturing, nearly half of workloads are expected to remain on on-premise dedicated servers 45% workloads will continue to be on dedicated servers demanding executives to be fully cognizant of what value an optimal combination of cloud and traditional IT can deliver Third party hosted cloud Self hosted private cloud On-premise dedicated servers 10% 0% 30% 20% 50% 40% 60% 80% 70% 100% 90% 2 years ago Today 2 years from now 26% 30% 44% 25% 31% 44% 25% 30% 45% Percentage distribution of respondent’s IT infrastructure workloads
- 35. Cognitive Systems Data Connect IBM DB2 for i The most integrated data platform for business • Integrated Database (DB2 for i) • Integrated Web Services Modern, Open Source applications development • Python, Node.JS, Ruby • PHP • Mobile Appl Dev’t Secure Connectors to Watson for Cognitive Computing • Data Connect for DB2 for i • SQL • Python, Node.JS • Free form RPG IBM i: the most integrated data platform for business, bringing cognitive insights
- 36. Combine new “AI” with traditional “iron” Automate resolution of mundane Helpdesk tickets with Pepper, IBM Watson & IBM i
- 37. Build an enhanced IT help desk chatbot on IBM i with Watson Assistant https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-it-helpdesk-chatbot/
- 38. See innovation at work in the IBM i community 38 https://ibmi30.mybluemix.net/public/#6 https://ibmi30.mybluemix.net/public/#7
- 39. IBM i Priorities Solutions for Today and the Future – Focus on solutions integration with new technology – Invest in DB2 and language features for strategic solutions – Enable Mobile Device Support Systems On-Site or In the Cloud – Exploit future POWER system technology – Deliver advanced virtualization of system & storage – Provide resiliency, availability & flexibility Simple & Integrated, Secure & Available – Simplify management of systems and high availability – Broaden storage area network integration – Extend industry-leading integrated security #ibmioss
- 40. Agenda • IBM i – 30 years of innovation and we’re just getting started! • IBM i Strategy – one of the three vital pillars of the IBM Power Systems Strategy • POWER9 delivers new business value • IBM i and Cloud – Hybrid is the way forward • IBM i with AI
- 41. Thank you! David Spurway – IBM Power Systems CTO Email: david.spurway@uk.ibm.com Phone: 07717 892 896 Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube
Editor's Notes
- Alison and Steve
- Let’s look at the infrastructure from the more traditional view of the “solution stack” for business applications … Sitting on top of the hardware you’ll typically find a virtualization layer, one or more operating systems (each with a basic file system), a relational database, perhaps a Web server, security software and auditing tools, systems management tools, storage management tools, and performance management tools. … On top of the stack, of course, sit the business applications. The left side of the chart represents the Linux/Unix/Windows view of the solution stack … these are all separately identifiable, separately orderable components … and they are most likely coming from multiple vendors. … The right side of the chart reflects the IBM i view of the solution stack … the simplicity of total integration. And then you start asking yourself some important questions … Who’s responsibility is it to install this stuff? … To integrate and test it to ensure the components are interacting properly and operating together? … To manage and update the components when patches, fixes and new versions are released? … To resolve problems when support is required? It’s pretty easy to see how … when so much integration occurs “after the fact” as it does with Linux/Unix/Windows environments ... The burden of responsibility falls more on the client … managing the solution stack adds cost and complexity. By contrast, when integration occurs by design as with IBM i, … the responsibility and accountability lies much more with the vendor, … reducing cost and complexity for the client. What’s important to recognize and remember here is that we’ve redefined the industry view of integration in order to make this distinction … We’re changing the expectation, … raising the bar. Why? Because competitors like Oracle are trying to lay claim to integration as an advantage … providing everything from the hardware to the application. But is it really integration?
- Also in June 2016, a bunch more stuff!! Let's talk about them….
- The second tenet is they must be secure and highly available by default … so that they can support mission critical applications. Of course high availability and reliability is baked into every IBM server. As noted from the ITIC 2017 survey of over 750 enterprise organizations, IBM Power system topped the list for reliability and availability. They found: Among mainstream hardware platforms, IBM Power Systems have the least amount of unplanned downtime per server/per year. 88% of IBM Power Systems users running RHEL, SuSE or Ubuntu Linux experience fewer than one unplanned outage per server, per year. Only two percent of IBM servers recorded >4 hours of unplanned per server/per annum downtime; followed by six percent of HPE servers; eight percent of Dell servers and 10% of Oracle servers. Meanwhile Reliability continues to decline for the fifth year in a row on the HP ProLiant and Oracle’s SPARC & x86 hardware and Solaris OS. More details on this report can be found here: http://itic-corp.com/blog/2017/06/ibm-lenovo-servers-deliver-top-reliability-cisco-ucs-hpe-integrity-gain/ In addition to reliability, clients expect high security controls around their servers. While other vendors treat security as an add on, IBM ships its servers “secured by default”. This means they all Power servers in this line-up come preloaded with firmware and OS security patches already installed to address known issues with the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. In fact, we kept these security patches turned on in the system when running performance benchmarks because we feel that this most accurately reflects the environment you will run your workloads under. We don’t think you should trade off security for performance … which doesn’t seem to be an ethos shared by other vendor approaches
- On the previous slide we talked about how it’s not just about engineering for engineering sakes ... it’s critical that the engineering leads to advantages for clients and that’s exactly what the POWER9 processor delivers. Performance benefits that help real clients’ mission critical applications to scale higher, perform better, and solve problems that lead to competitive advantages in their markets. This slide shows a few metrics that show the dominance of the IBM POWER9 processor over x86 (current as of 2Q18). NOTE THAT THE ABOVE CLAIMS ARE FOR THE POWER9 PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE AND ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO A GIVEN SERVER. IN FACT YOU WILL SEE IN THE PERFORMANCE SECTION THAT SOME OF THESE CLAIMS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE SCALE OUT SERVER LINE AS SOME APPLY TO THE ENTERPRISE LINE. NOTE THAT THE POWER9 ARCHITECTURE IS THE SAME BUT THE AMOUNT OF MEMORY OR BANDWIDTH VARIES BY SERVER. 2x performance per core is based on IBM Internal measurements as of 2/28/18 on various system configuration and workload environments including (1) Enterprise Database (2.22x per core): 20c S922L (2x10-core/2.9 GHz/256 GB memory): 1,039,365 Ops/sec versus 2-socket Intel Xeon Skylake Gold 6148 (2x20-core/2.4 GHz/256 GB memory): 932,273 Ops/sec. (2) Db2 Warehouse (2.43x per core): 20c S922L (2x10-core/2.9 GHz/512 GB memory): 3242 QpH versus 2-socket Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8168 (2x24-core/2.7 GHz/512 GB memory): 3203 QpH. (3) DayTrader 7 (3.19x per core): 24c S924 (2x12-core/3.4 GHz/512 GB memory): 32221.4 tps versus 2-socket Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8180 (2x28-core/2.5 GHz/512 GB memory): 23497.4 tps. 2.6x memory capacity is based on 4TB per socket for POWER9 and 1.5TB per socket for x86 Scalable Platform Intel product brief: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/xeon-scalable-platform-brief.pdf?asset=14606 1.8x bandwidth is based on 230 GB/sec per socket for POWER9 and 128GB/sec per socket for x86 Scalable Platform Intel product brief: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/xeon-scalable-platform-brief.pdf?asset=14606 9.5x is based on POWER9 and next-generation NVIDIA NVLink peak transfer rate is 150 GB/sec = 48 lanes x 3.2265625 GB/sec x 64 bit/66 bit encoding compared to x86 PCI Express 3.0 (x16) peak transfer rate is 15.75 GB/sec = 16 lanes X 1GB/sec/lane x 128 bit/130 bit encoding.
- As for the naming there are some changes from POWER8 and for those new to Power Systems, here is how to understand a server product name: The first element is a letter that represents the type of server L = Linux only server H = SAP HANA optimized server AC = Accelerated Computing server (focused on AI workloads) S = Scale Out server (this is the base letter when one of the above is not used) E = Enterprise scale up server The first number is the POWER version (9 for POWER9 and 8 for POWER8, etc.) The second number is the number of sockets in the server (1 socket or 2 sockets in the case of the scale out line) The last number is the height of the server in U (2U, 4U and in the case of the enterprise server it is set to 0)
- Watson is exposed to the world through services and API's (some of them branded with the "Bluemix" name) Dark blue lines are ways to interact with Watson light blue lines are implicitly done by bluemix or WA The "IBM Bluemix" logo here really only represents the Bluemix hosting environment
- Computer Merchants: CM View provides a consolidated, real-time view of system performance, allowing Computer Merchants to proactively offer assistance to their clients when issues arise. To further increase efficiencies for clients, the application uses AI to identify issues that most likely require an engineer’s expertise. CM Care is an asset management tool that provides clients with a view of their support or maintenance contract. The application also has the ability to analyze client interactions using Watson Tone Analyzer, a service that’s available in the IBM Cloud. JORI built the 3D object database in the integrated Db2 for IBM i, and used IBM i RPGLE web services to communicate via JSON with the front-end configurator program, which also runs on IBM i. The front-end was developed using the Unity open source 3D gaming platform, compiled for i using Chroot. Other open source components used for the solution include Ghostscript and ImageMagick for creating print-outs of furniture built in the configurator tool, Substance for creating realistic-looking fabrics for the 3D models, and Drupal to run the website. The entire stack runs on IBM i in a partition on JORI’s existing IBM Power System S814. JORI is branching out into using IBM Watson cognitive technology to help consumers find their preferred furniture fabric. They are creating a solution where the consumer can submit a photo of the fabric they like, and Watson will cross-reference it with their backend product inventory database to find something similar.