POWER7+ and the Power 770
Larry Amy
Offering Manager
IBM Power Systems
October 1, 2012
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IBM Power Systems ships over 3X the volume
of high value systems vs. HP, Oracle or other vendors
Worldwide Server Unit Share >$100K
R4Q volume (less System z)
57% share
• Industry’s most popular enterprise
servers
• Sustained performance leadership
• Leadership virtualization efficiency
• Bullet proof security
15% share
18% share
• Business resiliency for mission
critical applications
• Non-disruptive growth with CoD
• Cloud enabled for greater flexibility
Source: IDC Server Tracker Q212 Release, August 2012
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IBM Power Systems Desktop
Power 770
Security
Power 780
LEADING
RAS
Leading in market share
Leading in performance
Leading in availability
Leading in security
Leading in value
Cloud Computing
AIX
Performance
Energy Efficiency
Workload Optimization
Capacity on Demand
Clients
Business Analytics
Economics
IBM i
Linux
Upgrades
IBM Power Systems Desktop
Power 770
Performance
Workload Optimization
RAS
Security
Energy Efficiency
Cloud Computing
Clients
Business Analytics
Economics
IBM i
Linux
Upgrades
AIX
LEADING
Power 780
Capacity on Demand
IBM Power 770 with POWER7+ processors
Enhancing the industry’s most popular enterprise class server
with better performance, availability and efficiency
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IBM extends performance leadership with POWER7+
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POWER7+ drives per core performance with faster clock speeds
POWER7+ increases L3 cache by 2.5X compared to P7
POWER7+ improves memory compression by adding hardware assist
POWER7+ improves AIX file encryption by adding hardware assist
POWER7+ delivers twice the Single Precision Floating Point
performance
New RAS features improve system availability
– Self-healing capability for L3 cache functions
– Self-healing capability for main system fabric bus
– Processor can be re-initialized while remaining up & running
• Concurrent firmware updates can be better ensured
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Virtualized efficiency continues to improve
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New power gating techniques reduce energy consumption
Minimum partition size reduced to 1/20th of a processor core
Increased number of concurrent partition migrations
Dynamic Platform Optimizer optimizes virtualization environment
 Continued Modular Scalability
 POWER6 & 7 Upgrades
 Flexible Capacity on Demand
 Faster Live Partition Mobility
 Enhanced PowerVM
 Improved Energy Efficiency
 Increased System Performance
GA = 10/19/12
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What’s new with the Power 770
Category
New Power 770
Benefit
Processor
• POWER7 45nm
• POWER7+ 32 nm
 Faster performance
L3 cache
• 4 MB per core
• 10 MB per core
 Faster performance
Configurations
• 64 cores @ 3.3 GHz
• 48 cores @ 3.7 GHz
• 64 cores @ 3.8 GHz
• 48 cores @ 4.2 GHz
 Faster performance
Hardware
accelerators
• Software memory
compression
• Software encryption
• Hardware assisted memory
compression and AIX file
system encryption
 Faster performance
Other processor
features
• Random number generator
• Enhanced Single Precision
Floating Point performance
 Faster performance
RAS
• Self-healing capability for L3
cache functions
• Dynamic processor fabric bus
repair
• Processor re-initialization
 Better availability
Energy
• Enhanced energy power gating
 More energy efficient
• 20 VMs per core
• 16 concurrent LPMs
 More efficient for virtualization
Software
• Dynamic Platform Optimizer
 More efficient for virtualization
 Less complex to manage
CoD
• Easier CoD enablement keys
 Less complex to manage
• New 1U SSD storage enclosure
• >3,000 direct attach disk drives
 Greater performance/density
 Higher capacity
Virtualization
Storage
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Today’s Power 770
• 10 VMs per core
• 8 concurrent LPMs
• >1,300 direct disk drives
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More than a new processor
Surrounding the technology with enhanced features
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New virtualization capabilities
– Minimum partition size reduced to 1/20th of a processor core
– Concurrent partition migrations increased from 8 to 16
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New memory, new pricing
– Memory prices decrease with new 4Gb technology
– Pricing shifts value from memory to processors
– Pricing gap decreases from 4.2 GHz to 3.8 GHz
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New cloud capabilities
– New cloud enabled configurations for faster starts
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New, faster performance with SSD storage
– New SSD I/O drawer drives 20% more IOPS
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New security features
– New security features available with PowerSC
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New CoD enhancements
– Announcing Elastic CoD for easier enablement
– Easier enablement for high On/Off CoD usage
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New optimization capability
 Continued Modular Scalability
 POWER6 & 7 Upgrades
 Flexible Capacity on Demand
 Faster Live Partition Mobility
 Enhanced PowerVM
 Improved Energy Efficiency
– Dynamic Platform Optimizer enhances virtualization environment  Increased System Performance
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Everything runs fast in Austin!
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Power 770 benchmark results
SPECint_rate2006 – 2,800 for 48-core system @ 4.2 GHz
• Best per core performance in industry
• 68% better result than the best 96-core non-IBM result
SPECfp_rate2006 – 2,280 for 48-core system @ 4.2 GHz
• Best per core performance in industry
• 11% better than the best 128-core non-IBM result
• 74% better than the best 96-core non-IBM result
• 98% better than the best 64-core non-IBM result
SPECjbb2005 – 5,130,786 for 48-core system @ 4.2 GHz
• Best per core performance in industry
• 34% better than the best 64-core non-IBM result
• >2x of the best 48-core non-IBM result
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All results as of 10/3/2012
Source: http://www.spec.org as of 9/18/12. See spec details in backup
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POWER7+ continues its leadership performance with…
Over 3 times more
performance per core
-x86 still trails POWER7 in performance
60
SPECint_rate per core
50
4.7X
50
SPECfp_rate per core
45
3.8X
40
35
40
30
25
30
20
20
15
10
10
5
0
0
Oracle
Itanium
POWER6
Xeon
POWER7 POWER7+
Oracle
Itanium
Xeon
POWER6 POWER7 POWER7+
Best results listed per core for systems with four or more sockets with
IBM POWER, Itanium, SPARC and Xeon processors
Source: http://www.spec.org as of 9/18/12. See spec details in backup
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POWER7+ leads the way with SPECjbb results
Up to 5 times more
performance per core
- x86 still lags POWER7 performance
120
5X
BOPS per core
BOPS per core
100
80
60
40
20
$1.01
0
Oracle
Itanium
POWER6
Xeon
POWER7
POWER7+
Best results listed for IBM POWER, Itanium, SPARC and Xeon processors with four
or more sockets
Source: http://www.spec.org as of 9/19/12. See spec details in backup
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Natural Processor Transitions to POWER7
Power 570
5.0 GHz
Power 595
5.0 GHz
>20%
per core
8.83 / core (16c)
Power 595
4.2 GHz
7.67 – 8.4 / core (16c)
8.33 / core (32c)
Power 570
3.5 GHz
6.61 / core (16c)
Power 780+
4.4 GHz
11.63 , 14.47 / core
(2 nodes)
14.38 / core
(2 nodes)
9.6 / core (32c)
Power 570
4.4, 4.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
Power 795
4.0, 4.25GHz
>25%
per core
Power 770+
3.8, 4.2 GHz
12.84, 14.38 / core
(2 nodes)
>25%
per core
Power 780+
3.7, 4.4 GHz
10.78 / 14.38 core
(2 nodes)
Power 770+
3.8 GHz
12.84 / core
(2 nodes)
rPerf per-core indicated below each system reflects SMT2 for POWER6 systems and SMT4 for POWER7+ systems
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New RAS features improve system availability
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New self-healing capability for L3 cache functions
– Existing systems use ECC to detect and correct “bit” errors in both L2 and L3 cache
– Thresholds today exist for correctable errors at the “cache line” prior to dynamically
removing from use
– POWER7+ processors now have the ability to dynamically substitute faulty “bit-lines” in
L3 cache with a spare line
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New self-healing capability for main system fabric bus
– Dynamic fabric bus repair feature new with POWER7+ systems
– Used on connections between CEC enclosures/nodes
– Monitors for a faulty line connection and dynamically switches to a spare line without
disruption to system operations
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POWER7+ processors can be re-initialized while remaining up &
running
– All service packs to-date for POWER7 have been non-disruptive
– Helps ensure future firmware updates can be non-disruptive
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Standard
Optional
Not available
Some RAS features are only available on enterprise class systems
RAS Item
Power 750
Power 770
Power 780
Power 795
Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers
Hot Swap DASD / Media / PCI Adapters
Concurrent Firmware Update
Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies
Dual disk controllers (split backplane)
Processor Instruction Retry
Alternate Processor Recovery
Storage Keys
PowerVM™/Live Partition Mobility/Live Application Mobility
Redundant Service Processors
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*
Redundant System Clocks
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Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair
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*
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Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add
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*
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Dynamic Service Processor and System Clock Failover
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Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes**
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Redundant / Hot Swap Local Power Regulators
Dynamic Processor Sparing
Memory Sparing
Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair
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Enterprise Memory
Hot GX Adapter Repair
Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
Power Systems Pools
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* Requires two or more nodes
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Power Systems deliver superior RAS capabilities
RAS Feature
Power Systems
x86
Live Partition Mobility (vMotion)
Yes
Yes
Partition Availability priority
Yes
No
OS independent First Failure Data Capture
Yes
No
Dynamic clock fail-over
Yes
No
Dynamic service processor fail-over
Yes
No
Memory Keys (including OS exploitation)
Yes
No
Processor Instruction Retry
Yes
No
Alternate Processor Recovery
Yes
No
Dynamic Processor Re-Init (POWER7+)
Yes
No
Dynamic Processor Deallocation
Yes
No
Dynamic Processor Sparing
Yes
No
Chipkill™
Yes
Yes
Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
Yes
No
Memory Sparing
Yes
Yes
Extended Error Handling
Yes
No
I/O Adapter Isolation (PCI-Bus and TCEs)
Yes
No
Application/Partition RAS
System RAS
Processor RAS
Memory RAS
I/O RAS
See the following URLs for addition details:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/systems/power/availability.html
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/systems/power/virtualization.html
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Trusted resiliency for Mission Critical workloads
Outscores the competition in the categories that matter….
Complaints, Security, Resiliency, Staffing, Integration, and TCO
Power/PowerVM/AIX versus x86
Solitaire Interglobal Research
Scorecard – Sample size 43,260
Category
User Complaints
Security Breaches
Platform Resiliency
Staffing Requirements
Platform integration
TCO
Windows Score
C-
Windows
Score
CC-
Linux
Score
B
B+
AIX
Score
B+
A+
CC+
C
C
BB
C
C+
A
B+
A
B
Linux Score
B+
AIX Score
A
A+
 Lower overall expenses
– up to 92% lower compared to Linux/x86
– up to 205% lower compared to Windows/x86
 Customers reported
– Lower staffing costs
– Lower datacenter costs
– More highly utilized systems
 The only operating system that shows a reduction
in the number of customer complaints over time
versus the competition.
 Higher Operational Satisfaction due to:
– Little downtime and fewer complaints
Source: Solitaire Interglobal, Does your OS Matter? http://www03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/osmatters.html?=LNK=wf
– Dependability of runtime
– Management automation
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Trusted resiliency for Mission Critical workloads
RAS and Security years ahead of the competition
Sample size 43,260
 Power Systems has zero reported
security vulnerabilities versus x86
– Average of 50+ breaches for Windows 1
– Average of 25+ breaches for Linux 1
 Superior availability of AIX/Power
over the competition
– 80% more downtime for Windows/x86 1
– 35% more downtime for Linux/x86 1
 PowerSC Security and Compliance
simplifies management and
measurement of security while
reducing costs
Source: Does Your OS Matter? Selecting a Strategic Operating System; Solitaire Interglobal Ltd (All rights reserved); October 2011.
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POWER7+ continues to deliver more
Performance per Watt
>5X increase in performance per watt over POWER6+
>10X increase in performance per watt since POWER5+
rPerf per KWatt
>10 years of changing the server landscape
POWER4™
p670
1.1 GHz
rPerf: 24.46
KWatts: 6.71
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POWER4+™
p670
1.5 GHz
rPerf: 46.79
KWatts: 6.71
POWER5™
p5-570
1.65 GHz
rPerf: 68.4
KWatts: 5.2
POWER5+™
p570
1.9 GHz
rPerf: 85.20
KWatts: 5.2
POWER6™
Power 570
4.7 GHz
rPerf: 134.35
KWatts: 5.6
POWER6+™
Power 570
4.2 GHz
rPerf: 193.25
KWatts: 5.6
POWER7™
Power 780
3.8 GHz
rPerf: 685.09
KWatts: 6.9
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POWER7+™
Power 780
3.7 GHz
rPerf: 1380.19
KWatts: 7.7
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POWER7+ System Upgrades – You can get there!
Upgrades from POWER6, POWER6+ & POWER7
All existing Power 570 & 770 systems can upgrade to POWER7+
POWER7 770
List prices <45% of new hardware
for “C” upgrades
9117-MMC
POWER7 770
9117-MMB
POWER6 570
9117-MMA
Power 770
9117-MMD
Clients with multiple systems can use
LPM to avoid outages during upgrade
 POWER6 upgrades to POWER7+
 POWER6+ upgrades to POWER7+
 POWER7 upgrades to POWER7+
GA = 11/16/12
9406-MMA systems must first convert to a 9117-MMA system prior to upgrading
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The Power 770 continues to evolve with technology
New with the “D” models
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POWER7+ processors
Processor backplane
Operator panel
Service processor
New DDR3 memory technology
(existing memory carries forward)
New with the “C” models
• POWER7 processors
• PCIe Gen2 I/O backplane
• Integrated I/O adapter
Design for new “D” models
New with the “B” models
Operating System support
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•
•
•
•
AIX 7.1 or 6.1 with the latest TL and SP levels
AIX 5.3 SOD
IBM i 7.1 or IBM i 6.1 if I/O virtualized
SUSE SLES 11 with SP2
RHEL 6.3 or 5.7
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•
•
•
•
•
•
POWER7 processors
Processor backplane
I/O backplane
Integrated I/O adapter
Operator panel
Service processor
DDR3 Memory
See operating system details in backup for specifics
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New 4 Gb technology augments existing memory
DIMM size
Feature
code
Feature
code
F/C size
Node
maximum
System
maximum
8 GB
5600
EM40
32 GB
128 GB
512 GB
16 GB
5601
EM41
64 GB
256 GB
1024 GB
32 GB
5602
EM42
128 GB
512 GB
2 TB
64 GB
5564
EM44
256 GB
1024 GB
4 TB
4X
4X
• New memory DIMMS should be used for all new orders
• Existing memory DIMMS can be migrated with model upgrades
• Memory technology can be mixed within a system/node
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4X
• 16 DIMM slots per node/enclosure
• 4 feature codes per node/enclosure
• 2 feature codes required per node/enclosure
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Workload Optimization requires automation
 Workloads and systems are becoming more complex
 Virtualized environments can change rapidly making
yesterday’s tuning obsolete
 Little time to build experience when everything is just
expected to work
POWER7 supports several features that were designed to bring automation
to IT workload optimization
– Intelligent Threading – POWER7 processor based ability to dynamically switch from one to
two to four threads to enhance throughput depending on need
– Intelligent Caching – POWER7 processor based ability to use cache from nearby cores to
enhance performance depending on need
– Capacity on Demand – System ability to activate cores and memory dynamically without
disruption to applications to respond to changing business needs
– Active Memory Expansion – System ability to virtualize physical memory to increase
capacity of system
– Active Memory Mirroring – System ability to maintain dual copies of hypervisor memory in
order to maintain system availability
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Introducing a new tool for workload optimization
- Dynamic Platform Optimizer
 Designed to reduce the complexity and time required for clients to
manage and tune their systems
– DPO optimizes processor and memory affinity in virtualized
consolidated environments
– Process first runs to assess level of affinity by partition
– User then selects partitions for system optimization
– System and workloads continue to run during optimization process
– System adjusts workload placement in background to optimize
performance without requiring additional interaction
 Dynamic Platform Availability
– Available at no additional charge for the new Power 770 & 780 systems
– Also available for the Power 795 with eFW 7.6
– Feature code EB33 must be ordered, either initially or as MES
– Requires eFW 7.6 and is supported by all operating systems
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Dynamic Platform Optimizer Function
Legend
Partition X
Memory
Partition Y
Memory
Partition Z
Memory
Free LMBs
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…and another new tool for workload optimization
- Dynamic System Optimizer
 The challenge
– Improve “out-of-the-box” performance
– Improve “real-world” client performance
– Reduce time and complexity required to
optimize systems
Monitor
System
Optimizer
Analyze
 The solution
– New separately packaged AIX software called
Dynamic System Optimizer
Modify
AIX Kernel
Controls & Policies
– Targeted at large scale databases or large
memory usage workloads
PowerVM
Controls & Policies
– Works autonomously in the background
– Dynamically adapts to workload and
configuration changes
HW
Controls & Policies
– Monitors and adjusts configuration parameters
for page size and memory prefetch options by
partition
– Planned for AIX 7.1 TL 2 and AIX 6.1 TL8
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Workloads
Planned to announce and GA in November
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New Elastic Capacity on Demand
- stretch your system, not your budget
Elastic CoD replaces On/Off CoD on enterprise class systems
• Prior approach could require numerous enablement keys which limited usage
• New approach provides one key for 90 days of system usage
• Less work and longer periods of usage means easier implementation
Most importantly, systems can easily grow when needed to meet demand:
quickly and without disruption to your operation
Enablement is tailored to each system
• One key now equals 90 days of usage based on the specific system configuration
• Example:
•10 inactive cores x 90 days = 900 processor core days available
•100 GB inactive memory x 90 days = 9,000 GB memory days available
• Client still controls specific activation and usage in partitions
• Usage is reported to IBM and furnished to sales team for billing
Power 770 systems are priced for today’s cloud environment
• Prices start as low as $8 per day (per core) and $1 per day (per GB)
Try out that new application today for as little as $16 a day
($8 for one core and $8 for 8 GB memory for one day)
Prices reflect US list prices as of 10/03/12 for Power 770 @ 3.8 GHz
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What if your 770 client needs more capacity?
Workload Scenarios
• Development and test / skunk works
• Workload or system migration
• Service / maintenance windows
• Peak workloads (projects, month-end, annual cycles)
• Utility model for cloud environments
Advantages of Elastic (On/Off) CoD
• Elastic CoD is immediately available; without disruption, installation or set-up
• Elastic CoD use is priced by the day and can therefore be turned off on the
weekend, holidays, or any period of low use
• Elastic usage is paid only after it is used, not upfront…
• Elastic CoD usage is not subject to additional hardware maintenance
• Elastic CoD usage is not subject to additional software charges
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–
–
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Applicable to all Power Systems software that is licensed to the system
Applies to both base license and SWMA
Includes both standard and enterprise editions
Does not include SWG products or ISV software
• Partitions in a shared processor pool can utilize other unused capacity, saving
Elastic usage for critical periods
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What are the options for expanding capacity?
Workload Options
• Activate additional processors and memory
• Purchase a Power 740
• Leverage Elastic CoD and pay when used
• Add workload to shared pool and use existing
unused cycles
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Single
8 systems
system
withwith
8 cores
24 cores
each- for
60%
64utilization
cores – no
– 80%
sharing
peak
62%
82%
90%
80%
70%
90%
90%
60%
50%
40%
30%
Effect of adding one
new 8-core LPAR
20%
10%
0%
80%
80%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
70%
70%
10%
0%
90%
80%
LPAR 9
70%
60%
50%
40%
60%
60%
LPAR 88
LPAR
30%
20%
10%
LPAR 77
LPAR
0%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
50%
LPAR 66
LPAR
50%
40%
30%
20%
LPAR 55
LPAR
10%
0%
90%
40%
40%
LPAR44
LPAR
80%
70%
60%
50%
LPAR 33
LPAR
40%
30%
20%
10%
30%
30%
0%
LPAR 2
LPAR2
90%
80%
70%
60%
LPAR 1
LPAR1
50%
40%
30%
20%
20%
20%
10%
0%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
10%
10%
30%
20%
10%
90%
0%
80%
70%
60%
0%
0%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
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What are the options for expanding capacity?
Workload Options
• Activate additional processors and memory
• Purchase a Power 740
• Leverage Elastic CoD and pay when used
• Add workload to shared pool and use existing
unused cycles
Elastic CoD on Power 770 vs purchase of Power 740
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•
•
•
•
Compare both 8 and 16 cores with 8 GB memory per core
Include AIX, PowerVM, PowerSC, VMControl and PowerHA
Compare both standard and enterprise levels of software
Assume average discounts to end users
Project over three years
What is the ratio of purchase to CoD with various assumptions?
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Ratio of Power 740 purchase to Elastic CoD
- most cases favor CoD usage
Ratio of 16-core 740 to Elastic
5
4 cores are used
8 cores are used
4
3
16 cores are used
2
1
0
5
4
3
2
1
Activated days per week
Dashed line is standard software
Solid line is enterprise software
• “1” on the vertical scale means the price is equal
• High numbers means the 740 purchase is more expensive
• AIX, PowerVM, PowerSC, VMControl & PowerHA included
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Ratio of Power 740 purchase to Elastic CoD
- most cases favor CoD usage
Ratio of 8-core 740 to Elastic
5
4
Summary:
4 cores are used
 Breakeven points will vary depending on
8 cores are
used
software, software levels, usage, discounts
and
project timeframes
3
2
 Most cases will show breakeven points around
three years
1
0
5
4
3
Activated days per week
2
1
Dashed line is standard software
Solid line is enterprise software
• “1” on the vertical scale means the price is equal
• High numbers means the 740 purchase is more expensive
• AIX, PowerVM, PowerSC, VMControl & PowerHA included
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Power Systems Cloud Solutions – Optimized for Cloud
 Accelerates infrastructure delivery and speeds service
deployments
 Dramatically increases IT efficiency with standardization
and automation
 Improves quality and meets demand with continuous
availability, scalability
 Streamlines operations with simple self service interface
and oversight
“By using IBM System
NEW IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems bundle
- Announces October 9th
Includes SmartCloud Entry and Systems Director pre-requisites in an
easily orderable “one-click” offering at a 12% discount off of list price
Director, VMControl and
SmartCloud Entry, a single
portal was introduced to
monitor all our power
systems, also virtual
appliance management such
as capture and deploy are
totally automated, which
saves us huge efforts.”
Evergrowing Bank
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IBM Power Systems Solution Edition for Cloud
Pre-built, pre-installed entry cloud system delivers fast time to value with
enterprise performance, availability and IT efficiency
 What’s new:
– Power Systems 770 (with POWER7+) enterprise system completely
assembled, cabled and integrated at manufacturing
– Entire software stack pre-installed including OS, hypervisor,
management and cloud delivery
– Configuration options allow client customization
– “One-button” eConfig ordering
 Features / Business Value:
– Built on Power Systems 770 (with POWER7+) for the highest
reliability, scalability and serviceability
– Gets clients up and running and realizing the value of cloud delivery
quickly and easily
– Accelerates service delivery with approval process automation and
automated provisioning of resources
– Provides an enhanced request-driven "user experience,” while
driving down costs and accelerating time to market
– Improves utilization & efficiency without interruption to the endusers with virtualization on Power
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
POWER7+ configuration

32 – 128 processor cores

7 – 72 TB V7000 Storage

1 and 10 GB switches

IBM FC Networking Switch

IBM SmartCloud Entry +
prerequisites

Set-up Services
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What’s up with the pricing?
Better economics for your clients!

Hardware prices have decreased
–
–
–
–
–
–

Power 770 (& Power 780) hardware prices have decreased
System performance has increased
Price performance has improved significantly
POWER7+ improves AIX file encryption by adding hardware assist
POWER7+ AME improves compression capabilities
POWER7+ delivers twice the Single Precision Floating Point
performance
System gaps have decreased
– Pricing delta between the two configurations has decreased
– Pricing delta between the 770 and the 780 has decreased

Memory / processor ratio has changed
–
–
–
–
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Memory pricing has decreased significantly
Processor pricing has increased modestly
System price has decreased with average amount of memory
Large memory configurations have decreased the most
 Continued Modular Scalability
 POWER6 & 7 Upgrades
 Flexible Capacity on Demand
 Faster Live Partition Mobility
 Enhanced PowerVM
 Improved Energy Efficiency
 Increased System Performance
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Repair use
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Virtualize, Consolidate, Save
Still on POWER5?
You can dramatically reduce your energy usage, floor space, software license
costs, maintenance costs AND increase your performance and capacity
Two POWER5 590 systems
• 64 cores @ 2.1 GHz
• 30% utilization
POWER7 770+
• 18 cores @ 4.2 GHz
• 60% utilization
30% effective capacity increase
Reduce energy usage by 90%
Save ~$600k over 3 years in maint.
Save >$1M in database license
Four POWER5 570 systems
• 64 cores @ 1.9 GHz
• 30% utilization
Power 780
• POWER7 technology
POWER7
• 64770+
cores @ 3.8 GHz
• 18 cores
@watts
4.2 GHz
• 6,400
• 60%• 80
utilization
virtualization
50%• effective
capacity
increase
40% more
performance
Reduce
energy~ usage
84%
• Payback
12-15 by
months
Save ~$250k over 3 years in maint.
Save >$1M in database license
And still have room to
consolidate x86 workloads!
* Based on US list price at announce
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Announcement Availability
• IBM AIX Solution Edition for Cognos BI on Power
 POWER7+ announcement
 First software GA
•
•
•
•
October 3
October 12
AIX 7.1 TL2, AIX 6.1 TL8, IBM i 7.1 TR5
Linux RHEL 6.3, SLES 11SP2
PowerVM 2.2.2 (POWER7+ only)
SmartCloud Entry & Bundle
 General availability of Power 770/780
•
•
•
•
eFW 7.6 available for Power 795
EXP30 SSD I/O Drawer
IBM AIX Solution Edition for SPSS on Power
IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics
 Second software GA
•
•
•
•
•
•
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October 19
October 25
October 31
November 9
AIX Enterprise Edition
IBM i 6.1.1-J
Power SC Family (including new Trusted Surveyor)
Power HA SystemMirror 7.1.2
PowerVM 2.2.2
Power Systems Solution Edition for Cloud
 General availability of system upgrades
•
•
•
•
•
September 21
Power 795 PCIe Gen2 adapter
VMControl V2.4.2
IBM Systems Director V6.3.2
AIX 5.3 support for P7+
CHARM on new “D” models
November 16
December 14
December 14
SoD
February 14, 2013
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Adobe Systems
Technology giant Adobe partnered with IBM to strategically migrate its
SAP environments and Oracle databases – Beating our x86 alternative
Business challenge:
Solution:
• Hundreds of physical servers
• Slow to respond to new business
demands
• Costs did not scale efficiently
• Delays in responding to new
business requirements.
Working with IBM, Adobe Systems
moved from a traditional server
environment to a fully virtualized
environment
• Private Cloud capabilities
• Hundreds of business-critical SAP
consolidated to just five IBM Power
770 servers running IBM PowerVM.
Benefits:
• IBM/SAP consolidation key
contributor to company wide IaaS
Project that is estimated to save ~
$60 million over five years
• Optimized infrastructure and
simplified landscape makes the
solution easier and more costeffective to manage
• New servers provisioning reduced
from weeks to hours
• Accelerated time to market for new
offerings
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“Once we got them in and we
started to do the testing, we
started to see the benefits from
the performance perspective.
We actually made the decision
to run all our Oracle databases
on the Power Systems.”
Paulette Scheffer: Senior Director of
Core Infrastructure and Service
Management, Adobe
Video
http://bit.ly/migratelikeadobe
Solution components:
Hardware:
Power Systems: IBM Power 770
servers
Software:
IBM AIX®, IBM PowerVM, Oracle DB
Services:
IBM Migration Factory
Applications:
SAP ERP
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AriZona Beverage Company achieves superior
economics moving its SAP applications from
x86 to Power
40%
less expensive overall, with 50% savings in
maintenance and license expenses
 Beverage Company
– leading brands of iced teas, sports drinks,
specialist water, and energy drinks
 Near-continuous operations
– no unplanned downtime, no performance
issues
 Direct sales company serving large retail
chains
 Route settlement tasks reduced 79%
 Three distribution companies serving
independent stores.
 Fleets of trucks handle thousands of
deliveries daily
 Route sales increased 14%
 Maintenance and license expenses reduced
by 50%
 SAP production and reporting applications
run simultaneously
“As soon as we looked at the projected total costs, we saw that the IBM Power Systems platform
running IBM i would be 40 percent less expensive. The tight integration between operating
system, database and virtualization layer dramatically cuts infrastructure administration costs.”
Joe DeBella Chief Information Officer, AriZona Beverage Company
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Why is Performance Redefined good for you?
Clients that
have deployed
Power Systems
have realized
value along
multiple
dimensions.
TU München
Created a state-of-the-art research environment with a smart cloudenabled infrastructure based on IBM Power Systems, dramatically
reducing provisioning time, floor space and energy costs.
Reduce time to market
China Evergrowing Bank
Reduced time to market for
new image deployment from
2 - 4 weeks to a few hours
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Reduce Total Cost
of Ownership
Europe Airpost
Reduced TCO by 60% and
reduced power consumption
by 55%
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SPEC Details
SPECint_rate2006
Benchmark
CINT2006rate
CINT2006rate
CINT2006rate
CINT2006rate
CINT2006rate
CINT2006rate
Hardware Vendor System
IBM Corporation
IBM Power 770 (4.2 GHz, 48 core)
IBM Corporation
IBM Power 795 (4.25 GHz, 128 core)
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.ASUS RS920-E7(Z9PX-Q32) Server System (Intel Xeon E5-4650)
IBM Corporation
IBM Power 595 (5.0 GHz, 64 core, SLES)
SGI
SGI Altix 4700 Density System (Itanium Processor 9150M 1.66GHz/24M)
Oracle Corporation SPARC Enterprise M9000
Result
2800
6150
1250
2160
3350
3150
Per Core
58.3333
48.0469
39.0625
33.7500
13.0859
12.3047
# Cores
48
128
32
64
256
256
# Chips # Cores Per Chip # Threads Per Core
Processor
16
3
4
POWER7+
32
4
4
POWER7
4
8
2
Intel Xeon E5-4650
32
2
2
POWER6
128
2
1
Dual-Core Intel Itanium 9150M
64
4
2
SPARC64 VII+
SPECfp_rate2006
Benchmark
CFP2006rate
CFP2006rate
CFP2006rate
CFP2006rate
CFP2006rate
CFP2006rate
Hardware Vendor System
IBM Corporation IBM Power 770 (4.2 GHz, 48 core)
IBM Corporation IBM Power 795 (4.25 GHz, 128 core)
IBM Corporation IBM Power 595 (5.0 GHz, 64 core)
IBM Corporation IBM Flex System x440 (Intel Xeon E5-4617, 2.90 GHz)
Hewlett-Packard Company
HP Integrity BL870c i2 (1.73 GHz/24MB Quad-Core Intel Itanium 9350)
Oracle Corporation SPARC Enterprise M8000
Result
2280
5870
2110
751
270
786
Per Core
47.5000
45.8594
32.9688
31.2917
16.8750
12.2813
# Cores # Chips # Cores Per Chip # Threads Per Core
48
16
3
4
128
32
4
4
64
32
2
2
24
4
6
1
16
4
4
2
64
16
4
2
Processor
POWER7+
POWER7
POWER6
Intel Xeon E5-4617
Intel Itanium 9350
SPARC64 VII+
SPECjbb2005
Benchmark
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
Company
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Fujitsu Limited
System
Power 770 (4.2 GHz, 48 core)
IBM Power 780 (4.14 GHz, 32 core)
IBM System x3750 M4
IBM Power 570 (5.0 GHz, 16 core)
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
PRIMEQUEST 540A
BOPS
BOPS per JVM BOPS per core JVM instances
5,130,786
106,891
106,891
48
3,030,000
94,725
94,688
32
2,818,990
176,187
88,093
16
867,989
108,499
54,249
8
841,380
26,293
26,293
32
656,285
41,018
20,509
16
# cores
48
32
32
16
32
32
# chips # cores per chip
16
3
8
4
4
8
8
2
4
8
16
2
Processor
POWER7+
POWER7
Intel Xeon E5-4650
POWER6
UltraSPARC T2 Plus
Dual Core Intel Itanium 9150M
Best results listed per core for systems with four or more sockets with
IBM POWER, Itanium, SPARC and Xeon processors
Source: http://www.spec.org as of 9/18/12.
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Operating System Levels for new “D” models
AIX
• AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-02 or later
• AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-01 and SP 6 or later (GA 12/19/12)
• AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-00 and SP 8 or later (GA 12/19/12)
• AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-08 or later
• AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-07 and SP 6 or later (GA 12/19/12)
• AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-06 and SP 10 or later (GA 12/19/12)
• AIX 5.3 Statement of Direction
IBM i
• IBM i 7.1 TR5
• IBM i 6.1 with machine code 6.1.1; requires all I/O to be virtualized
SUSE
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 or later
Red Hat
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 for Power or later
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 for Power or later
VIOS
• VIOS 2.2.2.0
• VIOS 2.2.1.5 (GA 12/1912)
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IBM Power 770
Multiuser performance
Technology
Chips
POWER7+
4
POWER7+
8
POWER7+
12
POWER7+
16
POWER7+
4
POWER7+
8
POWER7+
12
POWER7+
16
Cores
16
32
48
64
12
24
36
48
Threads
64
128
192
256
48
96
144
192
GHz
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
4.2
4.2
4.2
4.2
rPerf
219.3
410.8
570.1
729.3
184.2
345.1
478.9
612.7
CPW
110,000
191,500
290,500
379,300
90,000
154,800
242,600
306,600
IBM Power 780
Multiuser performance
Technology
Chips
POWER7+
4
POWER7+
8
POWER7+
12
POWER7+
16
POWER7+
4
POWER7+
8
POWER7+
12
POWER7+
16
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Cores
16
32
48
64
32
64
96
128
Threads
64
128
192
256
128
256
384
512
GHz
4.42
4.42
4.42
4.42
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
rPerf
245.6
460.2
638.7
817.1
383.8
690.0
1,151.5
1,380.1
CPW
123,500
214,000
326,100
424,400
209,500
414,900
622,300
829,800
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What is a Power 770?
The Power 770 is:
• a mid-range server for AIX, IBM i & Linux
• An enterprise class system for your business critical workloads
• a modular system that can expand from 1 to 4 enclosures
• a flexible system that can grow from 4 to 64 cores
• a cloud based system that can expand rapidly to meet your demands
• an available system that can be repaired while it is running
• a secure place to store your company’s information and conduct business
• an efficient place to consolidate your business applications
• a powerful system with excellent performance
• a high-tech system that includes the latest in technology
• a responsible system that optimizes your energy usage
• a perfect place for your company’s most critical business applications
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IBM Power 770
POWER7+ technology in a mid-range system provides enterprise class availability,
modular flexibility and Capacity on Demand for critical business workloads
 What’s New
– POWER7+ technology brings faster frequencies and larger L3 cache sizes which helps improve performance by
over 20% on most workloads
– Hardware assisted memory compression helps reduce memory requirements without penalizing performance
– Hardware assisted AIX file system encryption improves security without penalizing performance
– Improved RAS and energy efficiency features improve system attractiveness
– Increased VM’s per core improve virtualization efficiency
 Features / Business Value
– Industry leading performance per system and per-core, especially OLTP/database applications
– Advanced virtualization capabilities including Micro-Partitions and the ability to move live applications from one
physical system to another without user interruption which enables higher system utilization and efficiency
– Extraordinary reliability with comprehensive redundancy and system enablement for reduced unplanned
downtime and elimination of planned application downtime
– Modular systems design, Utility CoD, and Hot-Node Add capabilities for easy “pay-as-you-grow” scenarios that
respond quickly to change yet are easy on the bottom line
– Highly stable and reliable POWER roadmap
 Client Benefits
–
–
–
–
Easily handles virtualized consolidation of large mission critical applications and workloads
Enables OLTP workloads to be managed in the most demanding service level agreements
Supports highly secure environments for commercial applications
Enables flexible, non-disruptive growth for highly available workloads
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