IBM introduces the sixth generation of Exa technology, emphasizing fast, agile, and resilient infrastructure for emerging workloads. The new x6 architecture offers superior performance, reduced costs, and enhanced reliability, ideal for enterprise applications and cloud services. Key features include modular design, increased memory capacity, and optimized analytics capabilities, all aimed at driving innovation and efficiency in business operations.

1. Fast, Agile, Resilient
for Emerging Workloads
X6: The sixth generation of EXA Technology
Alex Yost
Vice President, IBM PureSystems and System x
IBM Systems and Technology Group

2. Infrastructure Matters…
It drives virtually all business services
Infrastructure must:
Agility
Speed
Efficiency
•Execute quickly and efficiently
•Minimize costs and complexity
•Foster innovation
•Stay up and running
Economics
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3. IBM’s long history of x86 leadership
X6
eX5
X4
X3
EXA2
1st
EXA
1st
VMware
development
partner
1st
1st
x86 server with
100 #1
benchmarks
Intel co-innovation partner
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1st
hot-swap
memory
to surpass
1 million
tpmC
scalable
memory
#1
market share
Largest
SAP HANA System

4. Mission critical workloads are increasingly moving to x86
Enterprise
Enterprise
Resource Planning
Resource Planning
Execute strategies and meet demand
Business
Business
Analytics
Analytics
Real-time trends and patterns
Database
Database
Access core information
Virtualization
Virtualization
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IT optimization

5. Introducing the sixth generation of IBM Enterprise X-Architecture
FAST
Superior performance
43% lower solution cost
AGILE
Up to 28% lower acquisition costs
Multiple generations of investment protection
RESILIENT
3X the memory
More reliable
IBM System
x3950 X6
IBM System
x3850 X6
8-way rack
4-way rack
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IBM Flex System x880 X6
2- to 8-way compute node

6. FAST
Shift your business services into high gear
Scaling for new workloads
and business demands
3X more memory
Actionable information—
delivered faster
Scaling to support 8 CPUs
Higher solution performance
at 43% lower cost
New eXFlash memory-channel
storage
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FlashCache Storage Accelerator

7. FAST
Higher performance from Flash storage
directly on the memory bus
WriteNow • RAID • IBM FlashCache Storage Accelerator
DATA &
ANALYTICS
3X
LOWER
latency
CLOUD
2X
FLASH
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Better
awareness
FASTER
IT
optimization
43% LOWER
solution cost

8. FAST
X6 Architecture + DB2 = Super Fast
DB2 optimized for high speed
analytics & transactions
99x faster analytics
using BLU Acceleration with X6
Architecture1
Leveraging X6 innovations
on memory, IO, and storage
2.3x increase for
transactional throughput
using eXFlash DIMM2
1.
2.
Based on internal tests comparing DB2 10.1 on a whitebox with XIV storage vs. DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration and X6 Architecture
Based on internal tests comparing DB2 10.5 with SSD vs. with eXFlash DIMM.
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9. AGILE
Modular design reduces cost
and protects your investment
Simplify deployment
Maximize performance
Up to 28% lower
acquisition costs
Handles what you need today
and in the future
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10. AGILE
Multiple generations on one server
Upgrade technology using
the modular “book” design
Eliminate
“server rip
and replace”
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11. RESILIENT
Meet the demands of
enterprise workloads
Advanced Page Retire
Processor High Availability
Rolling Firmware Update Upward
Integration Module for Standard
Hypervisors
RAS Upward Integration Module
for Standard Hypervisors
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•
•
•
Maximize application availability
Reduce support costs
Simplify maintenance
Manage more with existing tools
3X the memory and
still more reliable

12. X6: the ideal infrastructure for today’s enterprise applications
INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS
SAP
Business
Suite
SAP
HANA
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Microsoft
Hyper-V
VMware
vCloud
Suite
IBM
DB2 with BLU
Acceleration
Microsoft
SQL Data
Warehouse

13. SAP HANA and IBM momentum in big data and analytics
More than
2100 SAP
HANA
systems
shipped
Largest SAP
HANA system
in the world:
Investment
protection:
Add X6 to existing
eX5 clusters
100TB
Leadership
400TB
of IBM Systems in
SAP HANA
Enterprise Cloud
X6 is optimized
for analytics:
I/O performance, memory
and core scalability
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in SAP
HANA
on EXA
technology

14. Get expert integrated knowledge
baked right into your cloud
IBM Platform Resource
Scheduler
Dynamic resource management for OpenStack to
optimize infrastructure utilization while reducing cost
IBM Flex System for
SmartCloud Orchestrator
Quickly deploy clouds with open standards-driven
support across OpenStack, networking and storage
IBM PureFlex System for
VMware vCloud Suite
Provides simplicity, performance and speed of
deployment of our PureFlex System into
vCloud and vCenter environments
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15. Workload optimized for big data
Purpose-built for Big Data
Aggregate &
Analyze Data
IBM System x3650 M4 BD
• Industry’s highest total storage capacity of 3.5-inch drives for dual-socket x86 servers
• Up to 56 TB of storage spanning 14 drives for big data and storage-rich applications
• High performance: Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors (up to 12 cores per CPU)
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16. can drive cloud and big data for your enterprise
Fast
Develop innovative products
and services
Achieve insight faster
Agile
Innovate products and
services
Multiple generations of
technology delivers up to
28% lower acquisition costs
Outperform your competitors
Resilient
More reliable with
3X the memory
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Cloud-enable mission critical
applications