IBM i + POWER7

IBM Power Systems

IBM i Strategy & Roadmap
Power of i Webcast Series

Ian Jarman, Manager Power Systems Software
Mark Olson, Power Systems Product Manager

© 2010 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

Power your planet.
Introducing the next generation of Power Systems with POWER7
Smarter systems for a smarter planet.

 New technology
– POWER7 delivers a huge leap in capacity, virtualization and
energy efficiency, while still delivering leadership per core
performance

 New systems
Power 750 -- a midrange business server
Power 770 -- a modular enterprise server
Power 780 -- a new category of scalable high end servers

 IBM i
– IBM i 6.1.1 – supported with POWER7
– IBM i 7.1 – major new release coming in 2010

2 © 2010 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

IBM i Strategy and Roadmap

 “With our clearly defined roadmaps for POWER
processors and the IBM i operating environment,
IBM's commitment to our i clients is solid and
unchanged. We are making substantial
investments in the future of i as an important,
strategic element in the IBM product portfolio.”

 New IBM white paper reviews IBM i Strategy
and Roadmap
– Includes information about the IBM i market, Power
Systems and IBM i roadmap, and concludes with a listing of
the wide range of IBM initiatives to help businesses reduce
costs, improve service, and manage risk.

http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/rossmauri/index.html


IBM Power Systems

IBM i Offers Lower Total Cost of Ownership than x86 Systems

Three-year Costs by Platform
 New report from ITG Averages for All Installations
demonstrates value provided
with IBM i and unification of
Power Systems
– Costs for use of Power Systems and
IBM i 6.1 average

• 41 % less than x86 servers and
Microsoft Windows

• 47 % less than for x86 servers
and Linux

– IBM i deployments offer lower
software, support, and personnel costs

 Executive Summary and Full
Report available * Value Proposition for IBM Power Systems Servers and IBM i: Minimizing Costs and Risks for Midsize Businesses
International Technology Group, Los Altos, California http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/strategy.html


IBM Power Systems

Power your planet.

+ AIX - the future of UNIX
Total integration with i
Scalable Linux ready
for x86 consolidation
Workload-Optimizing Systems

Virtualization without Limits Dynamic Energy Optimization
 Drive over 90% utilization  70-90% energy cost reduction
 Dynamically scale per demand  EnergyScale™ technologies

Resiliency without Downtime Management with Automation
 Roadmap to continuous availability  VMControl to manage virtualization
 High availability systems & scaling  Automation to reduce task time

Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet.

IBM Power Systems

Technology leadership

✓4, 6 or 8 cores per socket
✓3.0 to 4.14 GHz
✓Up to 4 threads per core
✓Integrated eDRAM L3 Cache
✓Dynamic Energy Optimization

IBM Power Systems

POWER7 Operating System Support

Operating System GA

AIX 5.3 03/16/10 POWER7 is the first
processor technology
AIX 6.1 02/19/10
generation to support all
3 operating systems
IBM i 6.1.1 03/16/10
at first general
availability.
SUSE 10 SP3, 11 02/19/10

RHEL 5.5 SOD (03/10)


IBM Power Systems

Power is Workload Optimization

Power Systems offers balanced systems designs
that automatically optimize workload performance
and capacity at either a system or VM level

✓ TurboCore™ for max per core performance for databases
✓ MaxCore for incredible parallelization and high capacity
✓ Intelligent Threads utilize more threads when workloads benefit
✓ Intelligent Cache technology optimizes cache utilization flowing it from core to core
✓ Intelligent Energy Optimization maximizes performance when thermal conditions allow
✓Solid State Drives optimize high I/O access applications

Workload-Optimizing Features make POWER7
#1 in Transaction and Throughput Computing

IBM Power Systems

Power 750 Express

✓4 Socket 4U
✓6 or 8 cores per socket
✓3.0 to 3.55 GHz
✓Energy-Star Qualified
✓Up to 181,000 CPW


IBM Power Systems

Power 770

✓12 or 16 core 4U Nodes
✓Up to 4 Nodes per system
✓3.1 and 3.5 GHz
✓Capacity on Demand
✓Enterprise RAS
✓Up to 292,700 CPW


IBM Power Systems

Power 780
✓New Modular High-End
✓Up to 64 Cores
✓TurboCore
✓3.86 or 4.14 GHz
✓Up to 343,050 CPW
✓Capacity on Demand
✓Enterprise RAS
✓24x7 Warranty
✓PowerCare


IBM Power Systems

IBM i Roadmap

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

IBM i Next

IBM i 7.1
IBM i 6.1.1

IBM i 6.1

Planning a major new release of IBM i every two years


IBM Power Systems

IBM i 7.1 Highlights

PO Custome Date Credit Purchase
 DB2 # r# Card Order
~
– Support for XML and column level encryption 123 2468 5/27/09 &#^$&$^
XML
~
 PowerHA
– Async Geographic Mirroring & LUN-level switching

 Virtualization IBM i IBM i
PowerHA PowerHA
– IBM i 6.1 virtualization for i 7.1 partitions

 Solid State Drives
IASP IASP
– Automatic movement of hot data to SSDs

 Open Access for RPG
– Extend application reach to pervasive devices

VIOS
IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1

Power Systems


IBM Power Systems

DB2 for i Enhancements

PO # Customer Date Purchase

 Rich XML Support now available # Order

~
with DB2 for i 123 2468 5/27/09
XML
1. XML data type stores XML documents ~
supporting database operations 456 1357 6/10/09 ~
XML
2. Decompose (shred) XML documents into ~
relational columns
3. Generate XML documents from existing
relational data Name City State Credit
Card#
Megan Minneapolis Minnesota *&^%$*
– OmniFind Text Search Server provides
Casey Ames Iowa $%@^
support for searching XML documents

 Column Level Encryption
– Allows for transparent (no application changes)
encryption of a specific column in a database
table accessed through SQL or native


IBM Power Systems

PowerHA SystemMirror for i 7.1

 Asynchronous Geographic
Mirroring for multi-site DR solution IBM i IBM i
– IBM i based mirroring for geographically PowerHA PowerHA
dispersed systems
– Asynchronously mirrors disk writes to
target system IASP IASP
– Support for automatic failover
– Supports IASPs on integrated disk, SAN,
and virtual disk

 LUN level switching for local HA IBM i IBM i
PowerHA
PowerHA
solution
– Switch IASP on DS8000 or DS6000
between local systems
– Support for automatic failover
– Supports native and VIOS with NPIV IASP
attached SANs


IBM Power Systems

IBM i 7.1 Virtualization Enhancements

1. IBM i 6.1 partition can host
 IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions VIOS VIOS
 AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat
IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1
Linux partitions
 iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter POWER6 & POWER7

2. IBM i 7.1 partition can host
 IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
VIOS VIOS
 AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat
Linux partitions IBM i 7.1 IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1

 iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter POWER6 & POWER7

3. PowerVM VIOS can host
 IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
 AIX and Linux partitions VIOS
 VIOS supports advanced virtualization VIOS IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1
technologies including Active Memory
POWER6 & POWER7
Sharing and NPIV


IBM Power Systems

IBM i Storage Management Enhancements for SSD

 IBM i supports hierarchical storage
management
– Now IBM i automatically collects I/O performance
data and moves most active data to Solid State
Drives (SSD)
Associated Bank Reduces Batch Run Time
 DB2 for i supports SSD as preferred by 40% with SSDs*
media
– New DB2 Random Read Statistics Batch Performance Runs

 Additional enhancements for SSDs 5

– New “SSD-Aware” utilities 4 40% Reduction
– Improved performance instrumentation

Hours
3
– Usability enhancements 2

 SSD Analyzer Tool 1
– Designed to help determine if SSDs can help 0
improve application performance
– Runs on IBM i 5.4 or 6.1 system# 72 Drives 72 Drives + 8 SSD 60 Drives + 4 SSD

*http://www.ibmsystemsmagpowersystemsibmidigital.com/nxtbooks/ibmsystemsmag/ibmsystems_power_200909/index.php#/16
# Download http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3780

IBM Power Systems

Open Access for RPG

 Extends RPG application reach to pervasive
devices
– Provides ability for RPG programs to work with a variety of clients
including phones, XML, Web Services
– Developers write handlers for non-5250 interfaces

 Tool providers plan to offer handler solutions for
common devices and interfaces
 New product required to create or run programs
that utilize Open Access for RPG
 Rational Developer for Power with RPG
development feature is required to write
the code to invoke handlers
 Supported Environments
– IBM i 7.1 and 6.1


IBM Power Systems

COMMON 2010, Orlando, May 3 - 6…

…the event to learn all about IBM i 7.1


IBM Power Systems

Mark Olson
Power Systems Product Manager

© 2010 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

Processor Technology Roadmap

POWER8
POWER7 201x
2010
POWER6
2007
POWER5
2004
POWER4
2001

Transistors 276 M 790 M 1.2 B
Cores 2 2 4/6/8
Frequencies 1.9 GHz 3-5 GHz 3-4 GHz

21 Power your planet. © 2010 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

POWER6 / POWER7

POWER6

Alti SMT SMT Alti
Vec Core Core Vec

M L3 L3 4MB 4MB L3 L3
M
Dir L2 L2 Dir
E E
M Mem
Bus Fabric Controller
Mem
M
Ctrl Ctrl
O O
GX Bus Cntrl
R R
Y GX+ Bridge Y
Chip Chip
to Chip to Chip


IBM Power Systems

POWER6 / POWER7

POWER7
POWER6

Alti SMT SMT Alti
Vec Core Core Vec
L3 Cache
M L3 L3 4MB 4MB L3 L3
M
Dir L2 L2 Dir
E E
M Mem
Mem
M
Ctrl Ctrl
O O
GX Bus Cntrl
R R
Y GX+ Bridge Y
Chip Chip
to Chip to Chip


IBM Power Systems

POWER6 / POWER7

POWER7

P SMT SMT SMT SMT
O Core Core Core Core
W Alti L2 SMT L2 SMT AltiL2
L2
E
R Vec Core Core Vec
G
X L3 Cache
M L3 4MBL2 4MB L3
B
U
L2 L2 L2 M
SDir SMT L2 SMT L2
SMT Dir
SMT
E Core Core Core Core
E
M Mem
Mem
M
Ctrl Ctrl
O O
GX Bus Cntrl
R R
Y GX+ Bridge Y
Chip Chip
to Chip to Chip

Plus … up to 4 threads per core, faster memory bandwidth, and more


IBM Power Systems

IBM i Performance on Power 750, 770, 780
POWER7 750

# Cores CPW* %
POWER6 550 8 47,800 26%
 POWER7 delivers more 32 168,800 345%
# Cores CPW
performance per core Power 750 3.3 GHz
8 37,950
32 181,000 377%
Power 550 5.0 GHz
 POWER7 delivers more Power 750 3.55 GHz
performance per system
POWER7 770
POWER6 570
# Cores CPW* %
Model Max CPW* # Cores CPW 16 88,800 14%
750 181,000 16 77,600 64 292,700 277%
770 292,700 Power 570 5.0 GHz
Power 770 3.1 GHz

780 343,050

POWER6 570 POWER7 780
# Cores CPW* %
# Cores CPW
16 105,200 35%
16 77,600
64 343,050 342%
Power 570 5.0 GHz
Power 780 3.86 GHz


IBM Power Systems

Power Systems – February 2010
Power 780

Power 770

Power 750

Power 560

Blades


IBM Power Systems

Power 750 System Overview

Very similar structure/options
to POWER6 550

Up to 4 POWER7
Processor /
Memory Cards


IBM Power Systems

750 Processor Cards Offer Great Granularity

4 DIMM Slots

POWER7
chip

4 DIMM Slots

Processor Cards
 6-core 3.3 GHz 1 to 4 per server (6 – 24 core)
 8-core 3.55 GHz 4 per server (32 core)
All processor cards on the same server must be the same

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IBM Power Systems

Power 750 CPW & rPerf Details
6-core 3.3 GHz CPW rPerf
6-core 37200 70.07
12-core 69200 134.54
18-core 94900 193.40
24-core 135300 252.26
8-core 3.0 GHz
8-core 44600 81.24
16-core 82600 155.99
24-core 122500 224.23
32-core 158300 292.47
8-core 3.3 GHz
8-core 47800 86.99
16-core 88700 167.01
24-core 129700 140.08
32-core 168800 313.15
8-core 3.55 GHz
32-core 181000 331.06


IBM Power Systems

Power 750 Memory Granularity

DIMMs

1066 MHz
DIMMs

Power 750 DDR3 Memory

# Proc card 1 2 3 4

DIMM slots 8 16 24 32

Max GB 128 256 384 512

Min GB 8 8 8 8


IBM Power Systems

Power 750
2 GX (12X)
3 PCIe & 2 PCI-X slots
Slots
IVE
Optional 175 MB
cache &
battery

Dual Power
Supplies

Operator Panel

Half-High Bay
(LTO or DAT tape)

DVD-RAM 8 SFF Bays
(Disk or SSD)

IBM Power Systems

19-inch I/O Drawer Configuration Rules
Max
POWER7 model
loops
750 1 proc card 1
750 2-4 proc
2
card
770 or 780 1
2
proc enclosure
12X PCIe #5802 #5802
Max 2 per loop or 5877 or 5877 770 or 780 4
10 slots per drawer
8
proc enclosure

No mixing PCI-X 12X and PCIe 12X on same loop

12X PCI-X DDR #5796 #5796
Max 4 per loop 5714-G30 5714-G30 POWER7 Note:
6 slots per drawer • No RIO/HSL
• No IOPs (IBM i)


IBM Power Systems

Power 770 and Power 780

Max 3.55 GHz Max 3.86 GHz (4.14 GHz TurboCore)

9x5 Maint/Warranty 24x7 Maint/Warranty
Positioned as POWER6 570 Positioned between Power 770 and
follow on product Power 595
IBM i Medium Tier (P30) IBM i Large Tier (P50)
PowerCare Support

IBM Power Systems

Power 770 and 780 Processor Enclosure
2 GX++
NAMES
Slots
Processor enclosure
Processor drawer 6 PCIe
CEC enclosure Slots
System unit enclosure
Module
Node

16 DIMM slots
TPMD

6 SFF POWER7
Bays Processor
Chips


IBM Power Systems

Power 770 and Power 780 Processor Options

Memory
Socket

Memory

Socket
Memory

Power 770 Processor Options (2 Sockets per enclosure )
 12-core 3.5 GHz 1 to 4 per server
 16-core 3.1 GHz 1 to 4 per server
Use all 12-core or all 16-core processor cards per server

Power 780 Processor Options (2 Sockets per enclosure )
 16-core 3.86 GHz 1 to 4 per server - MaxCore mode
 8-core 4.14 GHz 1 to 4 per server - TurboCore mode
Only one 780 processor card option -- server IPLed to either 3.86 or to 4.14 GHz


IBM Power Systems

770 and 780 CPW & rPerf Details
12-core 3.5 GHz #4980 CPW rPerf
12-core 73100 140.75
24-core 131050 261.19

770 36-core * 377.28
48-core 248550** 493.37
16-core 3.1 GHz #4981
16-core 88800 165.30
32-core 155850 306.74
48-core 229800** 443.06
64-core 292700*** 579.39

8-core 3.86 GHz #4982 CPW rPerf
780 16-core 105200 195.45
32-core 177400 362.70
48-core 265200** 523.89
64-core 343050*** 685.09
780 TurboCore mode values not shown Wow!!! ***not measured, usepartitionsuse 12-core +24-core partitions to estimate
used two 24-core
WLE or

37 Power your planet. *** used two 32-core partitions © 2010 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

Capacity on Demand Enhancements

More attractive pricing of On/Off CoD and of Utility CoD
Applicable to Power 770, Power 780 and Power 595
New On/Off “breakeven” time periods compared to permanent activation
 Around 360 On/Off days (vs. previous 120 days)
 List price per day of 1 On/Off processor core running IBM i and 8 GB
memory now as little as $180
Utility CoD pricing also much more favorable

More Standard Trial CoD resource available
This is the no-charge repeatable 30-day trial,
Was: up to 2 processors and up to 4GB memory activated
New: up to 8 processors and up to 64GB memory activated
For the Power 770, Power 780 and Power 595

USA list prices. Prices and are subject to change without notice. Reseller prices may vary.


IBM Power Systems

POWER7 Modular Memory Card Options

DDR3 DDR3
DDR3

DDR3
DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3

DDR3

DDR3
Performance
&
Buffer Reliability
DDR3

DDR3
DDR3

DDR3
Feature DIMM Memory Max
Size (4 DIMM card) Size Speed Memory
32 GB 8 GB 1066 MHz 512 GB
64 GB 16 GB 1066 MHz 1 TB
128 GB 32 GB 800 MHz 2 TB
19 Nov 2010
planned GA


IBM Power Systems

POWER7 Modular Layout

Front View

DASD Backplane Operator Panel
Six SFF Bays & 1 DVD bay & two
SAS controllers
 SFF bays for disk or SSD

DVD-RAM
Note a dedicated SATA controller for the DVD is
included in processor drawer. It is totally
separate from the SAS disk/SSD controllers
thus providing LPAR config flexibility.


IBM Power Systems

Power 770 and Power 780 Disk/SSD (continued)
Great flexibility/power to run processor enclosure SAS Disk/SSD
Two SAS controllers in DASD backplane

Base: Dual Split Backplane – AIX/Linux, not IBM i
3/3
Optional: Triple Split Backplane - AIX/Linux, not IBM i
2/2/2

• Optional: No Split Backplane - 6 bays
• Add 175MB Cache Dual IOA Enablement
• Adds Option of RAID-5/6
6 • AIX/ IBM i /Linux support

+12 #5886 EXP12S • Add 12 SAS bays to above 175MB cache
option
• AIX/ IBM i /Linux support


IBM Power Systems

POWER7 Modular Rear View
GX++ slots do NOT share space with
PCIe slots, unlike POWER6 570

HMC
HMC Two GX++ Slots
Ports
Ports
P P P P P P
C C C C C C Two Power
I I I I I I Supplies
e e e e e e

SPCN
Ports

Serial
Port
IVE: 4 Ethernet ports. choose:
(4)1Gb (RJ-45)
(2) 10Gb Optical + (2) 1Gb
(2)10Gb Copper + (2) 1Gb


IBM Power Systems

19-Inch I/O Drawer Attachment & Configuration
#1808 GX++ 12X Adapter for Power 770 and 780
DDR capable adapter – faster than POWER6 570 GX+
Runs DDR for #5802/5877, SDR for #5796/5714-G30
Max
POWER7 model
loops
770 or 780 per
2
proc enclosure
12X PCIe #5802 #5802
Max 2 per loop or 5877 or 5877 770 or 780 with
10 slots per drawer 4 proc 8
enclosures
No mixing PCI-X 12X and PCIe 12X on same loop If server limited on number of
loops, I/O drawer selection
12X PCI-X DDR #5796
can be impacted
#5796
Max 4 per loop 5714-G30 5714-G30
6 slots per drawer Note:
• No RIO/HSL
• No IOPs (IBM i)


IBM Power Systems

19-inch Rack Considerations

Multi-enclosure configurations
supported in IBM “enterprise” racks:
 IBM 7014-T00, -T42, #0551, #0553
 No problem with a front door, but if use rack
trim kit, need new rack trim kit for multi-
drawer cabling Cables lay outside width
of processor enclosure

Be VERY careful of 19-inch, narrow racks!
 Not all 19-inch racks will handle Power 770 or Power 780
 POWER7 modular systems with interconnect cables are 535mm
(21 inches) vs. standard 19 inch. Cables extend out equally on both side.


IBM Power Systems

POWER6 to POWER7 Upgrades

3.5 GHz

POWER7 770

 Power 570 (POWER6) can be POWER6 570
3.86 GHz
upgraded to Power 770 or 780 4.14 GHz
– Upgrades GA on June 4, 2010

POWER7 780
 Power 520 Statement of Direction
– IBM plans to provide upgrade paths in 2010 from the POWER6 Power 520 2 and 4-core
servers to next generation POWER7 processor-based entry servers.

 Power 595 Statement of Direction
– IBM plans to deliver a new high-end server in 2010 with up to 256 POWER7 processor cores.
Designed to operate within the same physical footprint and energy envelope of the current 64-core
Power 595 server. IBM also plans to provide an upgrade path from the current IBM Power 595
server with 12X I/O to the new POWER7 high-end server.


IBM Power Systems

POWER7 / POWER6 Enclosure Comparison

Power 770 Power 570

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0
Energy Consumption Thermal
POWER7: 16 Cores active / POWER6: 8 Cores Active


IBM Power Systems

Power 780 & Power 770 vs Power 570/32

Performance* / KW Performance* / KBTU
120 35

100 30

25
80
20
60
15
40
10
20
5

0 0
Power 780 Power 770 Power 570/32 Power 780 Power 770 Power 570/32

* Calculated on rPerf, CPW results similar


IBM Power Systems

IBM Power Systems Comparisons
Power 750 Power 770 Power 780 Power 595
Nodes One Up to four Up to four Up to eight
Cores (single 6, 12, 18, 24 or 8 – 64
4 – 64 4 – 64
system image) 8, 16, 24, 32 Upgradeable to 256
Frequency 3.0, 3.3, 3.55 GHz 3.1, 3.5 GHz 3.8, 4.1 GHz 4.2, 5.0 GHz
SMP buses 4 byte 8 byte 8 byte 8 byte
System memory Up to 512 GB Up to 2 TB* Up to 2 TB* Up to 4 TB
Memory per core 16 or 21 GB 32 or 42 GB 32 or 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Bandwidth
273 GB/s 1088 GB/s 1088 GB/s 1376 GB/s
(peak)

Memory Bandwidth
8.5 GB/s 17 or 22 GB/s 17 or 34 GB/s 21.5 GB/s
per core (peak)

Memory controllers 1 per processor 2 per processor 2 per processor 2 per processor
I/O Bandwidth
30 GB/s 236 GB/s 236 GB/s 640 GB/s
(peak)
I/O Bandwidth per
0.9GB/s 3.6 or 4.9 GB/s 3.6 or 7.3 GB/s 10 GB/s
core (peak)
I/O loops Up to 2 Up to 8 Up to 8 Up to 32
Total disk drives Up to 576 Up to 1200 Up to 1200 Up to 2640
Enhanced Memory Enhanced Memory Enhanced Memory
RAS Standard Dynamic FSP & Dynamic FSP & Dynamic FSP &
clocks clocks clocks
Warranty 9x5 9x5 24 x 7 24 x 7
PowerCare No No Yes Yes

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UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States, other countries or both.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries or both.
Microsoft, Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries or both.
Intel, Itanium, Pentium are registered trademarks and Xeon is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States, other countries or both.
AMD Opteron is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries or both.
TPC-C and TPC-H are trademarks of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPPC).
SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPEC OMP, SPECviewperf, SPECapc, SPEChpc, SPECjvm, SPECmail, SPECimap and SPECsfs are
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp (SPEC).
NetBench is a registered trademark of Ziff Davis Media in the United States, other countries or both.
AltiVec is a trademark of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InfiniBand, InfiniBand Trade Association and the InfiniBand design marks are trademarks and/or service marks of the InfiniBand Trade Association.
Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.


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Notes on benchmarks and values
The IBM benchmarks results shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level and generally-available computer systems. Buyers should
consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering buying and should consider conducting application oriented testing. For
additional information about the benchmarks, values and systems tested, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller or access the Web site of the benchmark
consortium or benchmark vendor.

IBM benchmark results can be found in the IBM Power Systems Performance Report at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html.

All performance measurements were made with AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new and upgraded systems, AIX
Version 4.3, AIX 5L or AIX 6 were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2006, SPEC2000, LINPACK, and Technical Computing
benchmarks were compiled using IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX 5L and Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of
these compilers were used: XL C Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX, XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX, XL FORTRAN Enterprise Edition V9.1 for AIX, XL C/C++
Advanced Edition V7.0 for Linux, and XL FORTRAN Advanced Edition V9.1 for Linux. The SPEC CPU95 (retired in 2000) tests used preprocessors, KAP 3.2 for FORTRAN
and KAP/C 1.4.2 from Kuck & Associates and VAST-2 v4.01X8 from Pacific-Sierra Research. The preprocessors were purchased separately from these vendors. Other
software packages like IBM ESSL for AIX, MASS for AIX and Kazushige Goto’s BLAS Library for Linux were also used in some benchmarks.

For a definition/explanation of each benchmark and the full list of detailed results, visit the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.

TPC http://www.tpc.org
SPEC http://www.spec.org
LINPACK http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf
Pro/E http://www.proe.com
GPC http://www.spec.org/gpc
NotesBench http://www.notesbench.org
VolanoMark http://www.volano.com
STREAM http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
SAP http://www.sap.com/benchmark/
Oracle Applications http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/
PeopleSoft - To get information on PeopleSoft benchmarks, contact PeopleSoft directly
Siebel http://www.siebel.com/crm/performance_benchmark/index.shtm
Baan http://www.ssaglobal.com
Microsoft Exchange http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/performance/default.asp
Veritest http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports
Fluent http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm
TOP500 Supercomputers http://www.top500.org/
Ideas International http://www.ideasinternational.com/benchmark/bench.html
Storage Performance Council http://www.storageperformance.org/results
Revised January 15, 2008


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Notes on performance estimates
rPerf for AIX
rPerf (Relative Performance) is an estimate of commercial processing performance relative to other IBM UNIX systems. It is
derived from an IBM analytical model which uses characteristics from IBM internal workloads, TPC and SPEC benchmarks.
The rPerf model is not intended to represent any specific public benchmark results and should not be reasonably used in that
way. The model simulates some of the system operations such as CPU, cache and memory. However, the model does not
simulate disk or network I/O operations.
rPerf estimates are calculated based on systems with the latest levels of AIX and other pertinent software at the time of system
announcement. Actual performance will vary based on application and configuration specifics. The IBM eServer pSeries 640
is the baseline reference system and has a value of 1.0. Although rPerf may be used to approximate relative IBM UNIX
commercial processing performance, actual system performance may vary and is dependent upon many factors including
system hardware configuration and software design and configuration. Note that the rPerf methodology used for the POWER6
systems is identical to that used for the POWER5 systems. Variations in incremental system performance may be observed
in commercial workloads due to changes in the underlying system architecture.
All performance estimates are provided "AS IS" and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied by IBM. Buyers
should consult other sources of information, including system benchmarks, and application sizing guides to evaluate the
performance of a system they are considering buying. For additional information about rPerf, contact your local IBM office or
IBM authorized reseller.
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CPW for IBM i
Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) is a relative measure of performance of processors running the IBM i operating
system. Performance in customer environments may vary. The value is based on maximum configurations. More
performance information is available in the Performance Capabilities Reference at:
www.ibm.com/systems/i/solutions/perfmgmt/resource.html

Revised April 2, 2007


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