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IBM Builds on Industry-Leading UNIX Portfolio With New Servers, Software
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ARMONK, NY, October 7 / MARKET WIRE/ --
IBM (NYSE: IBM), the world's leader in UNIX?
revenue share (1), today announced new POWER6(TM) processor-based servers
for enterprise and SMB clients and updated virtualization and systems
management software designed to help clients improve performance, drive
innovation, and maximize return on their IT investments in the new
enterprise data center.
The new offerings provide a clear alternative to HP, Sun and other
competitive systems by helping customers consolidate their data centers or
departmental workloads, increase operational efficiencies, and reduce
energy costs.
More and more companies are choosing IBM Power Systems(TM) servers to
simplify their IT infrastructures. According to International Data
Corporation (IDC), in 2Q08 IBM UNIX grew revenue 25.8% YTY, outpacing all
others, outgrowing HP by 2 to 1 with Sun in decline. (1) Clients are using
innovative IBM solutions, services, virtualization, and the technology that
produced POWER6, the world's fastest microprocessor, to manage a broad
variety of business applications -- from multiple servers in the large data
center to standalone computers supporting the small business franchise.
For example, IBM today announced a new Power(TM) 570 with more than twice
the performance per core and more than twice the performance per watt as
HP's Superdome. (2)
As the world's most popular midrange server, the IBM Power 570, now offers
more energy efficiency and consolidation options with new processor cards
that double the number of cores in the same system footprint. Starting at
just 4 cores, the system can be upgraded to a full 32-core single system
image (32-core SMP); and with hot-node add, businesses can install more
server modules without having to take the system down when the time comes
for growth.
IBM also announced that the Power 570/16, which supports from 2 to 16
POWER6 cores, now features faster speeds of 4.4 GHz and even 5.0 GHz -- the
fastest of the POWER6 processors -- previously available only in the top of
the line Power 595.
With twice the number of cores for performance and efficiency packed into
the same system footprint as previous 570 systems, the Power 570/32 gives
users more than 2.4 times the performance per watt compared to the Sun
M8000 system. (3)
Helping Businesses Consolidate Workloads
The Power 560 Express, a commercial computer system, is a new POWER6 server
model that sits between the Power 550 and Power 570. The Power 560 features
4-, 8- and 16-core configurations and is designed to help businesses
consolidate multiple UNIX, i or x86 workloads onto less footprints.
The Power 560 can save companies up to $840,000 and 83 percent in energy by
consolidating 13 Sun Fire V490 servers on a single Power 560 server with
PowerVM, as compared to consolidating the same number on four Sun SPARC
Enterprise M5000 servers with dynamic system domains. (4)
The Power 560 Express provides an 80-percent performance boost and
60-percent performance per watt improvement compared to a 16-core HP
Integrity rx7640. (5)
IBM today also announced:
The Power 520 Express and Power 550 Express, providing new 4- and
8-core options for i editions. AIX? and Linux users can now add i on the
same system.
The JS12 blade server running on IBM BladeCenter can now be
pre-installed with i and easily attached to low cost DS3200 storage to
create a SAN.
Enhanced RAS features for hot-node add and repair for Power 570 and
Power 595 servers, allowing concurrent repair of one node while the system
continues to operate, even while PowerHA is mirroring transactions across
multiple systems and storage.
The new Power 570/32, 570/16, and 560, expanded capabilities of the Power
550 and 520 systems and the new SAN options on blades all run any
combination of AIX, i, and Red Hat or Novell Linux.
Virtualization, Energy Management, and Availability Software
Enhanced Power Systems software for AIX, i and Linux, includes:
A beta version of PowerVM(TM) Active Memory Sharing, new
virtualization software that helps clients improve memory utilization by
pooling resources between partitions.
IBM Systems Director, a new foundation for enterprise platform
management, spanning multiple platforms and operating environments. Systems
Director helps clients deploy, monitor, analyze, optimize and update Power
server and storage physical and virtual resources running any combination
of AIX, i or Linux workloads. Systems Director is managed through an
intuitive graphical interface and provides upward integration to enterprise
service management tools, including IBM Tivoli.
A new version of Active Energy Manager, an extension to IBM Systems
Director, featuring advanced energy control options designed to boost
performance per watt by slowing processor clock speed or even putting
processors in "nap" mode when not in use. It also allows users to set an
energy cap a for a single POWER6 server, or even across a pool of
POWER6-based servers.
PowerHA(TM) for AIX, enhanced with asynchronous GLVM support that
enables geographic dispersion of systems to improve business resiliency and
disaster recovery.
A new release of IBM iCluster, a high-availability solution based on
logical replication, that integrates with IBM i service and fix management
tools.
A new distribution agreement with Vision Solutions for IBM to
distribute Vision Cluster1(TM), Vision's flagship enterprise cluster
management solution for IBM i.
New and updated Rational software for the i operating environment that
helps geographically-distributed software delivery teams collaborate.
In addition to IBM Systems Director, IBM recently introduced AIX Enterprise
Edition to help UNIX clients discover applications and server
relationships, monitor and report service status, manage workload
partitions (WPARs), and enable cost analysis of server usage. Systems
Director and AIX Enterprise Edition have been designed to provide a full
platform management solution for UNIX servers, and to integrate with IBM
Tivoli tools for enterprise service management.
"Today's broad set of announcements span performance, virtualization,
energy efficiency, availability and management and demonstrate convincingly
that IBM is clearly the smart choice for businesses looking to reduce total
IT costs, including the often more expensive operational aspects," said
Scott Handy, vice president of worldwide marketing and strategy, IBM Power
Systems. "With new servers and our systems software offerings moving higher
up the customer value chain, we're continuing to demonstrate the added
value we provide to customers when compared to HP and Sun."
"We are offering customers more attractive total infrastructure solutions
whether they are replacing one workload at a time in a department or are
consolidating, simplifying and integrating their IT and moving to a shared
infrastructure approach that supports tens or hundreds of applications from
one or more groups of users or lines of business."
Zappos.com Chooses IBM Power Systems
Zappos.com is an online retailer stocking more than one million pairs of
shoes and handbags, with selections from more than 1,800 brand names. With
a focus on service, the company has grown rapidly since its inception in
1999, with sales more than doubling year-over-year, every year since
Zappos.com was founded.
From servers to storage, Zappos.com is a true blue customer. IBM Power 570
systems running Linux host the Zappos.com databases, providing the
performance and capability required to meet the challenging daily demands
of this successful Internet retailer. IBM BladeCenter, IBM System
Storage(TM) and IBM WebSphere? technologies are also deployed by
Zappos.com, working with IBM Premier Business Partner Sycomp.
Currently, the company is in the process of updating its disaster recovery
site with IBM POWER6 microprocessors and plans to take advantage of IBM
Live Partition Mobility continuous availability capabilities for new
application development and testing.
"Our number one core value is to deliver 'wow' through service, and we've
been committed to outstanding service for Zappos online buyers since day
one," said Kris Ongbongan, systems manager at Zappos.com. "We evaluated a
variety of vendor solutions and determined that the IBM solution was the
right one for us. IBM Power Systems have enabled the infrastructure to grow
with our business and have far exceeded our expectations on every front."
Winning UNIX Revenue Share
As industry studies demonstrate, IBM continues to lengthen its lead in
revenue share for UNIX and RISC + Itanium (R+I) servers. According to IDC,
IBM gained 5.1 points of revenue share with 25.8% growth YTY in 2Q08 for
UNIX servers, and holds the #1 position with 35.7% revenue share, +4.6
points ahead of #2 Sun and nearly 10 points (9.9) ahead of HP. (1) In fact,
IBM is the only major UNIX vendor to gain revenue share in the past five
years, picking up points while both HP and Sun lost share. (6) IBM's #1
position is even stronger in the 20 designated growth segments. (7)
And in the R+I server space, which features IBM Power Systems servers
running on AIX, Linux and i, IBM continues to gain revenue share at the
expense of HP and Sun. (8)
Through its Power Systems Migration Factory offering, IBM has helped nearly
1,200 customers migrate from competitive Sun, HP and other platforms to
IBM's AIX or Linux on Power, resulting in more than $1 billion in revenues.
(9)
IBM has demonstrated that robust and mature technologies such as
virtualization have become a key factor in the customer-buying decision.
IBM recently reported that a threefold increase in customer adoption of
virtualization (10) on its unified Power Systems line of servers is being
fueled by customers consolidating additional partitions onto existing
servers. This significant leap in the uptake of virtualization -- 64
percent in the second quarter alone -- exceeds by a large margin levels
common on x86 systems. (11)
Overall, IBM Power Systems with POWER6 technology have recorded more than
70 industry-leading performance benchmarks.
About IBM
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IBM is a trademark of IBM Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries. All other company/product names and service marks may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. UNIX is
a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed
exclusively through The Open Group. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvald.
(1) IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, August 2008.
(2) SPEC? is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results based on
SPECint_rate2006 as of October 2, 2008 and published on www.spec.org.
Power 570 results to be submitted on October 7, 2008. System data for HP
is from the "QuickSpecs HP Integrity Superdome Servers 16-processor,
32-processor, and 64-processor Systems" available at
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/Division/Division.html#11715
as of October 2, 2008. Systems were compared based on maximum processor
configuration because that is the data point for which power requirements
are defined. Other configurations could have different performance per watt
metrics. IBM Power 570 results are for a system with 16 chips, 32 cores
and two threads per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of 832. The
recommended maximum power usage for site planning is 5,600 watts. HP
Integrity Superdome results are for a system with 32 chips, 64 cores and 1
thread per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of 824. The recommended
power usage for site planning is 12,196 watts. Performance per watt is
calculated by dividing the performance by the maximum system power.
(3) SPEC? is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results based on
SPECint_rate2006 as of October 2, 2008 and published on www.spec.org.
Power 570 results to be submitted on October 7, 2008. System data for Sun
is from the "Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server Site Planning Guide"
available at http://docs.sun.com/source/819-4203-12/21ch3p.html as of
October 2, 2008. Systems were compared based on maximum processor
configuration because that is the data point for which power requirements
are defined. Other configurations could have different performance per watt
metrics. IBM Power 570 results are for a system with 16 chips, 32 cores
and two threads per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of 832. The
recommended maximum power usage for site planning is 5,600 watts. Sun
Microsystems Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 results are for a system with 16
chips, 64 cores and 2 threads per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of
637. The recommended power usage for site planning is 10,500 watts.
Performance per watt is calculated by dividing the performance by the
maximum system power.
(4) SPEC? and the benchmark names SPECrate?, SPECint?, and SPECjbb?
are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation. The SPECint_rate2006 results can be found at www.spec.org.
Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on
www.spec.org as of October 2, 2008. The comparison presented above is based
on the best performing 8-chip servers currently shipping by IBM and Sun
respectively. SPECint_rate2006 results are: IBM Power 560 Express with 8
chips and 16 cores and two threads per core with a result of 363 peak. Sun
SPARC Enterprise M5000 with 8 chips and 32 cores and 2 threads per core
with a result of 264 peak.
Power 560 Express Pricing: $140,955
Power 560 Express Server, Includes 16 Core 3.6 GHz POWER6 Processors 64GB
System Memory, 4 x 146 GB SAS Disk Drives, 1 DVD-ROM, 2 Gb Ethernet Ports,
and 4 Power Supplies (220 V with N+N Redundancy)
Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 pricing: $181,340 + $64,000 (64GB of memory) =
$245,340 times 4 servers = $981,360
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Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server, Includes 8 Quad-Core 2.4 GHz SPARC64 VII
Processors, 4 CPU Board with 2 CPUs each 5 MB On Chip L2 Cache, and 64 GB
System Memory (4 Memory Modules with 8 x 2 GB DDR2 DIMMs), 4 x 146 GB SAS
Disk Drives, 1 DVD-ROM, 4 Gb Ethernet Ports, 2 I/O Trays with 4 PCI-e and 1
PCI-X Slots, 4 Power Supplies (110 V or 220 V with N+N Redundancy), RoHS-5
Compliant plus Quantity 4 SELX2B1Z $ 16,000.00 - Sun SPARC Enterprise
Server Memory Module, 8 x 2 GB DIMMs, 16 GB total memory, for SPARC
Enterprise M4000 and M5000 servers, RoHS-5 Compliant Power Consumption:
This information for the Power 560 is in "Model 8234-EMA server
specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss -
search for Power 560. The power for the Power 560 is 2,400 WATTs. The
information for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server is in the "Sun SPARC
Enterprise M5000 Servers Site Planning Guide" available at
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/m5000-hw. The power requirement for the
M5000 is 3,738 WATTS. Four M5000 servers times 3,738 watts equals 14,952.
83% more power than one Power 560 at 2,400 Watts.
(5) SPEC? and the benchmark names SPECrate?, SPECint?, and SPECjbb?
are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation. The SPECint_rate2006 results can be found at www.spec.org.
Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on
www.spec.org as of October 2, 2008. The comparison presented above is based
on the best performing 8-chip servers currently shipping by IBM and HP
respectively.
SPECint_rate2006 peak results are: IBM Power 560 Express with 8 chips and
16 cores and two threads per core with a projected result of 363. HP
Integrity rx7640 with 8 chips and 16 cores and 2 threads per core with a
result of 201. Performance per watt is calculated by dividing the
performance by the recommended maximum power for site planning. Actual
power used by the systems will be less than this value for all of the
systems. The information for the Power 560 is in "Model 8234-EMA server
specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss -
search for Power 560. The power for the Power 560 is 2,400 WATTs. The power
requirement for the HP integrity rx7640 is 2128 watts and specifications
are available at
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12470_div/12470_div.PDF.
Hence, the performance per watt for the Power 560 Express is 151.3 and the
performance per watt of the HP Integrity rx7640 is 94.5.
(6) IBM is the only major vendor to gain revenue share in the UNIX segment
for the past five years (+11.2 points) while both Sun (-1.9 points) and HP
(-5.7 points) lost share. (Source: IDC) IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server
Tracker, August 2008.
(7) IBM's #1 UNIX position is stronger in the 20 growth markets (40.3%
share for R4Q 2Q08 vs. 34.9% for the G7 countries). The BRIC subset is even
higher at 43.0%. (Source: IDC) IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker,
August 2008.
(8) In the R + I server space, IBM has gained 4.8 points of share in this
space in the past five years on a rolling, four quarter basis, while HP has
lost -3.1 points and Sun -2.7 points. In the past five years, IBM has
achieved 17.0% revenue growth, while HP revenue declined 7.9% and Sun
declined 8.0%. (Source: IDC) IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, August
2008.
(9) Source: IBM internal numbers.
(10) Worldwide IBM data from online configurators used by IBM sales
personnel, customer and business partners to order Power Systems. 2Q 2008
data includes all unified Power systems (POWER6-based). 2Q 2007 data
includes POWER5-based System p.
(11) IBM calculation divided the 150,000 new x86 servers shipped with
virtualization sourced from Gartner Group presentation, "Server
Virtualization for x86: Trends, Best Practices and Future", Page 5
delivered at Gartner Infrastructure Operations & Management Summit by
Thomas Bittman, June 23-25, 2008 by 8,841,052 total x86 server units
shipped in 2007 sourced from Gartner Quarterly Statistics, July 2008.
Virtualization attach rate for x86 in 2007 = 150,000 / 8,841,052 = 1.69663%
= 1.7 percent.
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IBM Media Relations
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