New Power10 scale-out and midrange models extend IBM's
capabilities to deliver flexible and secured infrastructure for
hybrid cloud environments
ARMONK,
N.Y., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced a significant expansion of its Power10 server
line with the introduction of mid-range and scale-out systems to
modernize, protect and automate business applications and IT
operations. The new Power10 servers combine performance,
scalability, and flexibility with new pay-as-you-go consumption
offerings for clients looking to deploy new services quickly across
multiple environments.
IBM announced an expansion of its Power10
server line with mid-range and scale-out systems.
Digital transformation is driving organizations to
modernize both their applications and IT infrastructures. IBM Power
systems are purpose-built for today's demanding and dynamic
business environments, and these new systems are optimized to run
essential workloads such as databases and core business
applications, as well as maximize the efficiency of containerized
applications. An ecosystem of solutions with Red Hat OpenShift also
enables IBM to collaborate with clients, connecting critical
workloads to new, cloud-native services designed to maximize the
value of their existing infrastructure investments.
The new servers join the popular Power10 E1080 server introduced
in September 2021 to deliver a
secured, resilient hybrid cloud experience that can be managed with
other x86 and multi-cloud management software across clients' IT
infrastructure. This expansion of the IBM Power10 family with the
new midrange and scale-out servers brings high-end server
capabilities throughout the product line. Not only do the new
systems support critical security features such as transparent
memory encryption and advanced processor/system isolation, but also
leverage the OpenBMC project from the Linux Foundation for high
levels of security for the new scale-out servers.
Highlights of the announcements include:
- New systems: The expanded IBM Power10 portfolio, built
around the next-generation IBM Power10 processor with 2x more cores
and more than 2x memory bandwidth than previous Power generations,
now includes the Power10 Midrange E1050, delivering record-setting
4-socket compute1, Java2, and ERP3
performance capabilities. New scale-out servers include the
entry-level Power S1014, as well as S1022, and S1024 options,
bringing enterprise capabilities to SMBs and remote-office/branch
office environments, such as Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CuOD).
- Cloud on premises with new flexible consumption choices:
IBM has recently announced new flexible consumption offerings
with pay-as-you-go options and by-the-minute metering for IBM Power
Private Cloud, bringing more opportunities to help lower the cost
of running OpenShift solutions on Power when compared against
alternative platforms. These new consumption models build on
options already available with IBM Power Virtual Server to enable
greater flexibility in clients' hybrid journeys. Additionally, the
highly anticipated IBM i subscription delivers a comprehensive
platform solution with the hardware, software and support/services
included in the subscription service.
- Business transformation with SAP®: IBM continues its
innovations for SAP solutions. The new midrange E1050 delivers
scale (up to 16 TB) and performance for a 4-socket system for
clients who run BREAKTHROUGH with IBM for RISE with SAP. In
addition, an expansion of the premium supplier option is now
available to provide more flexibility and computing power with an
additional choice to run workloads on IBM Power on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux on IBM Cloud.
"Today's highly dynamic environment has created volatility,
from materials to people and skills, all of which impact
short-term operations and long-term sustainability of the
business," said Steve Sibley, Vice
President, IBM Power Product Management. "The right IT investments
are critical to business and operational resilience. Our new
Power10 models offer clients a variety of flexible hybrid cloud
choices with the agility and automation to best fit their needs,
without sacrificing performance, security or resilience."
The expansion of the IBM Power10 family has been engineered to
establish one of the industry's most flexible and broadest range of
servers for data-intensive workloads such as SAP S/4HANA – from
on-premises workloads to hybrid cloud. IBM now offers more
ways to implement dynamic capacity – with metering across all
operating environments including IBM i, AIX, Linux and
OpenShift supporting modern and traditional applications on the
same platforms – as well as integrated infrastructure
automation software for improved visibility and management.
The new systems with IBM Power Virtual Server also help
clients operate a secured hybrid cloud experience that delivers
high performance and architectural consistency across their IT
infrastructure. The systems are uniquely designed so as to protect
sensitive data from core to cloud, and enable virtual machines and
containerized workloads to run simultaneously on the same systems.
For critical business workloads that have traditionally needed to
reside on-premises, they can now be moved into the cloud as
workloads and needs demand. This flexibility can help clients
mitigate risk and time associated with rewriting applications for a
different platform.
"As organizations around the world continue to adapt to
unpredictable changes in consumer behaviors and needs, they need a
platform that can deliver their applications and insights securely
where and when they need them," said Peter
Rutten, IDC Worldwide Infrastructure Research Vice
President. "IBM Power continues its laser focus on helping clients
respond faster to dynamically changing environments and business
demands, while protecting information security and distilling new
insights from data, all with high reliability and
availability."
Ecosystem of ISVs and Channel
Partners Enhance Capabilities for IBM Power10
Critical in the launch of the expanded Power10 family is a
robust ecosystem of ISVs, Business Partners, and lifecycle
services. Ecosystem partners such as SVA and Solutions II provide
examples of how the IBM Ecosystem collaborates with clients to
build hybrid environments, connecting essential workloads to the
cloud to maximize the value of their existing infrastructure
investments:
"SVA customers have appreciated the enormous flexibility of IBM
Power systems through Capacity Upgrade On-Demand in the high-end
systems for many years," said Udo
Sachs, Head of Competence Center Power Systems at SVA. "The
flexible consumption models using prepaid capacity credits have
been well-received by SVA customers, and now the monthly
pay-as-you-go option for the scale-out models makes the platform
even more attractive. When it comes to automation, IBM helps us to
roll out complex workloads such as entire SAP landscapes at the
push of a button by supporting Ansible on all OS derivatives,
including AIX, IBM i and Linux, as well as ready-to-use modules for
deploying the complete Power infrastructure."
"Solutions II provides technology design, deployment, and
managed services to hospitality organizations that leverage mission
critical IT infrastructure to execute their mission, often
requiring 24/7 operation," said Dan
Goggiano, Director of Gaming, Solutions II. "System
availability is essential to maintaining our clients' revenue
streams, and in our experience, they rely on the stability and
resilience of IBM Power systems to help solidify their uptime. Our
clients are excited that the expansion of the Power10 family
further extends these capabilities and bolsters their ability to
run applications securely, rapidly, and efficiently."
For more information on IBM Power and the new servers and
consumption models announced today, visit:
https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/power
- Read today' s blog by IBM Power GM Ken
King, Announcing IBM Power10 Scale-Out and Midrange
Servers: The Right Compute Architecture for Today's Unpredictable
and Dynamic Business Climate.
- Sign up to attend the July 14
webinar, Creating business agility with IBM Power, to learn
more about the latest from IBM Power and hear from clients and IBM
experts about how Power helps create digital advantage with hybrid
cloud infrastructure to modernize, automate and secure businesses
with class-leading reliability.
- Read more about the expanded IBM Power10 product family.
- IBM Power Expert Care offers a way of attaching services and
support through tiers at the time of product purchase. This
offering provides the client an optimum level of support over
multiple years for mission-critical requirements of the IT
infrastructure. Read more about IBM Power Expert Care.
About IBM
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services provider, helping clients in more than 175 countries
capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business
processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their
industries. Nearly 3,800 government and corporate entities in
critical infrastructure areas such as financial services,
telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud
platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital
transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBM's
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1Comparison based on best performing 4-socket systems
(IBM Power E1050 3.15-3.9 GHz, 96 core and Inspur NF8480M6 2.90
GHz, Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H) using published results at
https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/results/rint2017.html as of 22 June
2022. For more information about SPEC CPU 2017, see
https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/.
2Comparison based on best performing 4-socket systems
(IBM Power E1050 3.15-3.9 GHz, 96 core; and Inspur NF8480M6 2.90
GHz, Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H) using published results at
https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/results/rint2017.html as of 22 June
2022. For more information about SPEC CPU 2017, see www.
http:/spec.org/cpu2017
3Comparison based on best performing 4-socket systems
(1) IBM Power E1050; two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark
running SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5; Power10 2.95 GHz processor, 4,096 GB
memory, 4p/96c/768t, 134,016 SD benchmark users, 736,420 SAPS, AIX
7.3, DB2 11.5, Certification # 2022018 and (2) Dell EMC
PowerEdge 840; two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark
running SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5; Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2.7
GHz, 4p/112c/224t, 69,500 SD benchmark users (380,280 SAPS),
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and SAP ASE 16, Certification #
2019045. All results can be found
at sap.com/benchmark Valid as of 7 July 2022.
Contact:
Ben Stricker
ben.stricker@ibm.com
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