Next generation LinuxONE servers extend IBM's capabilities
to help clients across industries, including Citibank, reach
sustainability targets
ARMONK,
N.Y., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today unveiled the next generation of its LinuxONE server, a
highly scalable Linux and Kubernetes-based platform, designed to
deliver scalability to support thousands of workloads in the
footprint of a single system1. IBM LinuxONE Emperor
4 features capabilities that can reduce clients' energy
consumption. For example, consolidating Linux workloads on five IBM
LinuxONE Emperor 4 systems instead of running them on compared x86
servers under similar conditions can reduce energy consumption by
75%, space by 50%, and the CO2e footprint by over 850 metric tons
annually2.
According to an IBM IBV study, 48% of CEOs across industries say
increasing sustainability is one of the highest priorities for
their organization in the next two to three years. However, 51%
also cite sustainability as among their greatest challenges in that
same timeframe, with lack of data insights, unclear ROI, and
technology barriers, as hurdles. For these CEOs, scaling their
business with modern infrastructure can often be one of the
barriers to achieving sustainability goals.
"Data centers are energy intensive, and they can account for a
large portion of an organization's energy use. But data and
technology can help companies turn sustainability ambition into
action," said Marcel Mitran, IBM
Fellow, CTO of Cloud Platform, IBM LinuxONE. "Reducing data center
energy consumption is a tangible way to decrease carbon footprint.
In that context, migrating to IBM LinuxONE is designed to help
clients meet their scale and security goals, in addition to meeting
sustainability goals for today's digital business."
IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 is an engineered scale-out-on-scale-up
system designed to enable clients to run workloads at sustained
high density and increase capacity by turning on unused cores
without increasing their energy consumption and associated
greenhouse gas emissions.2 In addition, clients can track energy
consumption with IBM Instana Observability on LinuxONE.
IBM's portfolio of sustainability technologies includes
solutions to design, deploy and manage energy efficient
infrastructures and innovations with a hybrid cloud approach. IBM
LinuxONE is one solution within the portfolio designed to optimize
data centers by reducing energy consumption and improving energy
efficiency. IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 will be generally available
globally on September 14, 2022, with
entry and mid-range systems to follow in 1H 2023.
Respond to unpredictable
demand
Shifts in the global economy have driven volatility and require
flexibility in operational and technical
decision-making. Built with the same security, scalability and
reliability that has been the hallmark of IBM infrastructure, the
next-generation LinuxONE also offers cloud-like flexibility. With a
system built for rebalancing of resources in combination with on
demand capacity, workloads can scale-up and scale-out dynamically
and non-disruptively.
"For CIOs, change is happening at an unprecedented rate and
requires organizations to invest in infrastructure that is stable,
high value and energy-efficient," said Bjorn Stengal, IDC Global Sustainability
Research and Practice Lead. "IBM LinuxONE provides organizations
with a secured, scalable architecture to meet their government
regulations and customer expectations."
At Citi, the bank's sustainability strategy is driven by a
commitment to advance solutions that address climate change
and support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Operationally, Citi is focused on reducing the environmental
footprint of its facilities, including through improving hosting
densities with lower power consumption. Citi is hosting MongoDB on
IBM LinuxONE, leveraging the platform's security and
resiliency, as well as elastic capacity to address unexpected
demand.
"As our business grows and becomes increasingly digital-first,
traditional IT solutions add more physical servers and increase
required floor space," said Martin Kennedy, Managing Director,
Citi Technology Infrastructure. "IBM LinuxONE with MongoDB provides
vertical scale and critical protection against data breaches and
cyber-attacks, helping optimize data
centers while lowering our overall carbon
footprint."
Sustainable without compromising
security
The new LinuxONE system also features pervasive encryption to
protect data at-rest and in-flight, a priority for clients in
regulated industries such as financial services. Building on IBM's
cloud security leadership in confidential computing, IBM LinuxONE
Emperor 4 protects data in use while providing end-to-end
encryption. This comprehensive data protection profile provides
businesses with a data protection strategy that
underpins current and anticipated future cyber security
protocols.
Hybrid cloud platform for cloud
and on-premises workloads
Today's hybrid and multicloud environments require clients to
deploy workloads where it makes the most sense for their business
needs. IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Virtual Servers provide a
public cloud environment in which the cloud tenant maintains
complete authority over Linux-based virtual servers for workloads
that contain sensitive data. Built on IBM LinuxONE and running
on IBM Cloud, this service provides customers complete
authority over their encrypted data, workloads and encryption keys
– not even IBM as the cloud provider has access.
IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 supports a large number of Linux and Red
Hat OpenShift-certified workloads, including data serving,
core banking and digital assets. IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 receives
support from IBM Ecosystem partners, such as Illmuio, Metaco,
MongoDB, NGINX, Nth Exception, Fujitsu Limited, Pennant, SQ
Solution, Sysdig, Inc. and Temenos.
With cloud native development on LinuxONE, teams of developers
can deliver portable and agile solutions without having to learn a
new operating system. IT managers need a system that is easy to
operate that supports common tools and provides a foundation for
the future. LinuxONE enables managers to focus on delivering new
services, instead of managing complexity across a vast number of
servers. Based on Linux and Kubernetes, everyone benefits from open
standards and an ecosystem that includes modern DevSecOps and cloud
native tools.
"Together, Temenos and IBM LinuxONE can help major banks
move to a modern architecture in a safe, predictable and scalable
way, while reducing total cost of ownership and meeting
their ESG obligations," said Philip Barnett, President of Strategy Growth at
Temenos. "Temenos core banking running on the new LinuxONE
servers can operate at a fraction of the cost of general-purpose
servers and offer great scalability, resilience and speed to
market."
To learn more, please visit:
- IBM LinuxONE TCO Calculator: by answering just a few questions
such as hardware, workload type and software, the IBM LinuxONE cost
estimator provides a high-level total cost of ownership based on
industry-proven assumptions.3
- Register for the IBM zDay, a no-cost virtual conference,
on Sept. 15, 2022 to learn more about
LinuxONE through a dedicated track of sessions
- IBM LinuxONE 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.
- IBM Technology Services provide infrastructure services to
help clients plan, deploy and optimize their IBM LinuxONE server
and software stack to meet business needs.
Statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are
subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals
and objectives only.
About IBM
IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business
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
breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing,
industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver
open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by
IBM's legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility,
inclusivity, and service. For more information,
visit www.ibm.com
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1 Performance result is extrapolated from IBM
internal tests running in an IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 LPAR with 24
dedicated cores, 1536 GB memory and FS9200 storage NGINX pods on
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4.10 running on a
RHEL 8.5 KVM host. 64 RHOCP Compute nodes with 230 NGINX pods were
running in parallel. The KVM guests with RHOCP Compute nodes were
configured with 2 vCPUs and 16 GB memory each. The KVM guests with
RHOCP Management nodes were configured with 16 vCPUs and 128 GB
memory each. Results may vary.
2 Compared 5 IBM Machine Type 3931 Max 125 model
consists of three CPC drawers containing 125 configurable cores
(CPs, zIIPs, or IFLs) and two I/O drawers to support both network
and external storage versus 192 x86 systems with a total of 10364
cores. IBM Machine Type 3931 power consumption was based on inputs
to the IBM Machine Type 3931 IBM Power Estimation Tool for a memo
configuration. x86 power consumption was based on March 2022 IDC QPI power values for 7 Cascade
Lake and 5 Ice Lake server models, with 32 to 112 cores per server.
All compared x86 servers were 2 or 4 socket servers. IBM Z and x86
are running 24x7x365 with production and non-production workloads.
Savings assumes a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) ratio of 1.57 to
calculate additional power for data center cooling. PUE is based on
Uptime Institute 2021 Global Data Center Survey. CO2e and other
equivalencies that are based on the EPA GHG calculator use
U.S. National weighted averages. Results may vary based on
client-specific usage and location.
3Disclaimer: This tool provides a high level view of
estimated costs and potential savings using publicly available IBM
and third party server and pricing information in the United States as well as certain other
information in consolidating from an x86 server environment to a
LinuxONE environment. For a "Total Cost of Ownership" estimate,
this tool considers certain factors involved in a three or
five-year total cost of ownership including hardware costs,
workload type, IBM and ISV software costs, certain facility costs
(space, energy), maintenance charges, server utilization,
hypervisors and migration. x86 hardware pricing is based on IBM
analysis of U.S. prices as of February
2021 from IDC with a 30% discount. Certain assumptions used
in the tool are based on data from hundreds of client studies
performed by IBM and your results will vary depending on your
environment and other factors. The information and data used to
generate the results in the tool is current as of February 2021. Results will also vary based on
the selections you make in using the tool. The output from the
tool, including, but not limited to any accompanying summary of
potential savings are estimates only and are provided on an 'AS IS'
BASIS. Any reliance by you on using the tool and any output is at
your sole risk and will not create any liability or obligation for
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