IBM NYSE event - 1-16 IBM's Alex Yost and Sean Poulley on IBM X6 Technology Breakthroughs
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The document outlines the advantages of IBM's sixth generation x86 architecture, emphasizing its speed, agility, and cost-effectiveness for enterprise workloads. Key innovations include enhanced memory capabilities, optimized performance for analytics with DB2 and Blu Acceleration, and modular designs that protect investments. Additionally, it highlights IBM's leadership in solutions for big data and cloud computing, positioned to drive significant improvements in operational efficiency and analytics performance.
IBM NYSE event - 1-16 IBM's Alex Yost and Sean Poulley on IBM X6 Technology Breakthroughs
- 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 Agility Speed Efficiency Infrastructure must: • • • • Execute quickly and efficiently Minimize costs and complexity Foster innovation Stay up and running Economics © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 3. IBM’s long history of x86 leadership EXA 1st VMware development partner EXA2 1st 1st x86 server with 100 #1 benchmarks Intel co-innovation partner © 2014 IBM Corporation X3 X4 1st hot-swap memory to surpass 1 million tpmC eX5 1st scalable memory #1 market share Largest SAP HANA System X6
- 4. Mission critical workloads are increasingly moving to x86 Enterprise Resource Planning Execute strategies and meet demand Business Analytics Real-time trends and patterns Database Access core information Virtualization © 2014 IBM Corporation IT optimization
- 5. Introducing the sixth generation of IBM Enterprise X-Architecture FAST AGILE RESILIENT Superior performance 43% lower solution cost Up to 28% lower acquisition costs Multiple generations of investment protection 3X the memory More reliable IBM System x3950 X6 IBM System x3850 X6 8-way rack 4-way rack © 2014 IBM Corporation 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 © 2014 IBM Corporation 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 © 2014 IBM Corporation Better awareness FASTER IT optimization Competitive advantage 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 1. 2. Leveraging X6 innovations on memory, IO, and storage 2.3x increase for transactional throughput using eXFlash DIMM2 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. © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 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 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 10. AGILE Multiple generations on one server Upgrade technology using the modular “book” design Eliminate “server rip and replace” © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 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 © 2014 IBM Corporation • • • • 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 © 2014 IBM Corporation 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: 100TB Investment protection: Add X6 to existing eX5 clusters Leadership 400TB of IBM Systems in SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud X6 is optimized for analytics: I/O performance, memory and core scalability © 2014 IBM Corporation 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 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 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) © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 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 © 2014 IBM Corporation Cloud-enable mission critical applications
- 18. The Next Generation Database and X6 Sean Poulley Vice President, Databases and Data Warehousing IBM Software Group
- 19. What does the next generation of database look like? ü The most advanced in-memory technology on the market today ü Hybrid columnar row based ü Super fast for transactional and analytic workloads ü Leading NOSQL and SQL capabilities ü Highly available, highly reliable, highly resilient, and simplified with advanced workload capability © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 20. DB2 with BLU Acceleration Change the game for in-memory § In-memory columnar processing § Dynamic memory technology § Data skipping § Parallel vector processing § No need for indexes or tuning § Create, load and go § Modular, flexible system design § Clients reporting 10x compression3 § Compressed data remains actionable § Very high compute and storage density § Lowest TCA through efficient configurations § Lower license costs with terabyte pricing § Upgrade with lower cost, no overhead © 2014 IBM Corporation 1Client-reported testing results in DB2 10.5 early release program. Individual results will vary depending on individual workloads, configurations and conditions, including table size and content.
- 21. DB2 Performance Change the game for Analytics and Super Fast Transactions Super Fast Analytics Super Fast Transactions § 99x faster analytics using BLU Acceleration on X6 Architecture1 § In-memory columnar processing § POPS (Proof of Perf Scalability) workload § IBM eXFlash DIMM technology improves transaction throughput2 § High-speed uncore I/O § Complex OLTP Workload 100 50 Throughput (tps) 150 Good 99x 200 2.3x 0 DB2 10.1 on w hitebox 1Based 2Based DB2 10.5 w ith BLU Acceleleration w ith X6 Architecture on internal tests comparing DB2 10.1 on a whitebox with XIV storage vs. DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration on X6 Architecture on internal tests comparing DB2 10.5 on X6 with SSD vs. with eXFlash DIMM © 2014 IBM Corporation Good Elapsed time (min.) 250
- 22. Current System x clients are seeing remarkable results with BLU Acceleration “Our query process that used to take 7 minutes can now be run in 20 seconds, an improvement of 21X. One of the great benefits of BLU Acceleration is that this great query performance came without any tuning!” - Shohei Kato, Engineer And… OVER 1000 customers entitled to the power of BLU Acceleration !!!!!!! © 2014 IBM Corporation