6. Power Systems
Power Systems
S814
• 1-socket, 4U
Power Systems
S824
Power Systems: Innovation to put data to work
Power Systems introduces the first generation of systems built with the innovation to transform the power of big data & analytics, mobile and cloud into competitive
advantage in ways never before possible
• 2-socket, 4U
• 6 - 24 cores
• 1 TB memory
• 11 PCIe Gen 3
• AIX, IBM i, Linux
• CAPI support (2)
Processor and Memory
• Up to 12-core POWER8 processor card
• Simultaneous Multithread Thread 8 per core
• Transactional Memory
• JavaTM Code Optimization w/HW Assist
I/O Improvement
• PCIe Gen 3
• Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface
RAS
• RAID 0, 5, 6, 10 in the base
• Concurrent maintenance PCIe Gen3 slots
• Standard redundant power/cooling
Provide efficient consolidation of business workloads
Designed for demanding environments where uptime is critical
and downtime is costly
Deliver a higher value, more secure, and more reliable platform
than competitors
Innovation through OpenPOWER technologies
6
Power Systems
S822L
• 2-socket, 2U
• 6 - 20 cores
• 1 TB memory
• 9 PCI Gen3 slot
• Linux only
• CAPI support (2)
• PowerVM & PowerKVM
• 2-socket, 2U
• 6 - 20 cores
• 1 TB memory
• 9 PCIe Gen 3
• AIX & Linux
• CAPI support (2)
• PowerVM
Power Systems
S822
• 1-socket, 4U
• 6 - 8 cores
• 512 GB memory
• 7 PCIe Gen 3
• AIX, IBM i, Linux
• CAPI support (1)
• PowerVM
• CAPI support (2)
• PowerVM
GA 10 June 2014
GA 10 June 2014
GA 10 June 2014
• 1-socket, 2U
• 10 cores
• 512 GB memory
• 6 PCI Gen3 siot
• Linux only
• CAPI support (1)
• PowerVM & PowerKVM
GA 29 August 2014 GA 10 June 2014
Power Systems
S812L
8. PowerKVM & Power Goals & Strategy
• Provide Open Source Server Virtualization Offering for Power Targeted
to new Linux Workloads
• Provide simplicity and familiarity for VMware and KVM Intel Linux
Admins
• Accelerate adoption of Power Linux Systems by having a Linux oriented
virtualization offering
• Allow cloud providers to easily integrate Power Linux servers into their
8
• Allow cloud providers to easily integrate Power Linux servers into their
OpenStack environments
• Selling Strategies
• This is not meant to be sold to our traditional Power Workloads!!
• Meant for new Linux scale-out workloads
9. KVM Architecture Overview
KVM – Kernel-Based Virtual Machine
Loadable Kernel Module that provides
server virtualization for Memory and CPU
QEMU – Quick Emulator virtualizes I/O
99
QEMU – Quick Emulator virtualizes I/O
Guests run a normal Linux Process
scheduled by the Linux Scheduler
QEMU
Quick Emulator
14. Analytics & Big Data Offerings for POWER8 Launch at a
Glance
IBM Solution for
Hadoop – Power
Systems Edition
Integrated platform
solution for Hadoop-
ready -for-analytics-
software
Higher ingest rates deliver
37% faster insights than
BLU Acceleration –
Power Systems
Edition
Integrated platform
solution ready for
Cognos BI, SPSS and
other analytics
software
IBM Solution for
Analytics – Power
Systems Edition
Integrated solution
pre-configured with
Cognos BI and/or
SPSS and/or BLU
Acceleration
14
37% faster insights than
competitive Hadoop
solutions with 31% fewer
data nodes 1
Better reliability and
resiliency over x86 2
Accelerate complex
queries & reports an avg
of 16-50X 3
Deliver 98% faster scoring
results for predictive
actions4
1 Based on STG Performance
testing comparing to
Cloudera/HP published
benchmark
+
7R2 servers DCS3700
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Deployment Services
Analytical
Decision
Management
Modeler
IBM SPSS
Collaboration and
Deployment Services
Analytical
Decision
Management
Modeler
IBM SPSS
Dynamic
Query
Compatible
Query
Dynamic
Cubes
Dynamic
Cubes
Dynamic
Query
Compatible
Query
Dynamic
Cubes
Dynamic
Cubes
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
3,4 This is an IBM internal study of Power System solution designed to replicate a typical IBM customer workload usage in the marketplace. The results were
obtained under laboratory conditions, and not in an actual customer environment. IBM's internal workload studies are not benchmark applications, nor are
they based on any benchmark standard. As such, customer applications, differences in the stack deployed, and other systems variations or testing conditions
may produce different results and may vary based on actual configuration, applications, specific queries and other variables in a
production equipment. Prices, where applicable, are based on published US list prices for both IBM and competitor, and
the cost calculation compares the cost per request for the 3 year life of the machine.
15. Cloud Offerings for POWER8 Launch at a Glance
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
IBM Power
Systems Solutions
for Cloud
Pre-built, pre-installed
entry cloud system for
Enterprise and Scale
Out clouds
Get up and running with a
private cloud in a day
SmartCloud Entry
“Next” for Power
Systems
Next Generation of
SmartCloud Entry with
OpenAPIs
*Not part of Power8 Launch*
Target Announce: 5/18
15
source virtualization and
cloud management
Accelerated insights for big
data and compute intensive
Cloud services
private cloud in a day
Zero common vulnerability
exposures
Target Announce: 5/18
Target GA: 6/13
Open alternative to
proprietary cloud stacks
Public Cloud Private
Cloud
Hybrid
Cloud