Ibm smarter data center at citi

IBM Press room - 2010-07-22 IBM Unveils zEnterprise System, Ushers in Era of Sma... Page 1 of 8

IBM Unveils zEnterprise System, Ushers in
Era of Smarter Data Centers
Technology Breakthroughs Rewrite Rules for Data Centers by Extending Mainframe Quality
of Service to IBM Power, System x Architectures

Press release
Related XML feeds

Contact(s) information
Related resources

NEW YORK - 22 Jul 2010: -Industry first: IBM mainframe governance and management
benefits extended to select POWER7, System x environments(1)

-New technology boosts complex analytics performance up to 10X,(2) delivering insight from
business data in minutes versus hours

-zEnterprise is the most powerful, scalable mainframe server ever – up to 60% faster than
System z10(3) for new workloads

-Most energy efficient mainframe--more than 100,000 virtualized servers can be managed as a
single system; 60% more capacity than z10 while using same amount of energy

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the zEnterprise mainframe server and a new systems design
that allows workloads on mainframe, POWER7 and System x servers to share resources and be
managed as a single, virtualized system. The new mainframe is also the most powerful and energy-
efficient mainframe ever.

The new systems design combines IBM's new zEnterprise mainframe server with new technology--
the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension and the IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager--
that enable it to manage workloads running across System z, and select POWER7 and System x
servers. The new technology is the result of an investment of more than $1.5 billion in IBM research
and development as well as more than three years of collaboration with some of IBM's top clients
around the world.

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32166.wss 13.05.2011


As a result, customers can integrate the management of zEnterprise System resources as a single
system and extend mainframe qualities, such as governance and manageability, to workloads running
on select IBM POWER7 and System x blade servers. With the ability to manage workloads across
systems as one, the zEnterprise System can drive up to 40% lower acquisition costs and reduce cost
of ownership by 55%.(4)

IBM designed the zEnterprise System to address an important issue for corporate data centers -- the
jumble of disparate technologies added over time to run specific applications and which operate in
silos, sometimes unable to communicate with each other in real time and requiring separate staff and
software tools to manage. This long-standing challenge for customers is aggravated by dramatic
increases in cost and complexity amid a rising tide of sophisticated, data-intensive workloads in an
increasingly interconnected world.

For example, using the zEnterprise System with the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension and IBM
zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager, a financial services company managing credit card
transactions on the mainframe using an IBM blade optimized for analytics can gain insights from the
information in seconds. Previously, it would have taken hours for the two disparate systems to
integrate their databases. IBM estimates that complex database queries can experience up to a ten-
fold performance improvement in this hybrid environment.(2) In addition, with IBM's new design,
the financial services company can extend the mainframe's always-on reliable qualities to its
customer service applications running on IBM blades servers.

At Citi, IBM System z plays a major role as a core processing engine of virtually every line of
business at the global financial services company.

"The new IBM zEnterprise System represents a potentially revolutionary change to the platform and
the next phase in the evolution of highly efficient, scalable processing opening up the possibility of
hosting entire workloads on a single highly integrated system," said Martin Kennedy, Managing
Director, Citi's Enterprise System Infrastructure. "The new zEnterprise also paves the way to
enhance the energy dynamics of our data centers. As one of America's greenest banks we plan to
take full advantage of the additional capacity and advanced power and cooling capabilities unique to
zEnterprise. Citi's unified technology decision making model and its recent efforts to gain
efficiencies prepared us to invest in these innovative technologies that benefit our clients."

"The new IBM zEnterprise System represents a bold move to fundamentally change how data
centers are managed," said Tom Rosamilia, General Manager, IBM Power and z Systems. "The new



mainframe is the fastest enterprise server in the world and represents a giant leap forward in
performance. This new dimension in enterprise computing-- extending mainframe governance to
POWER7 and System x blades integrated into the zEnterprise System architecture--was developed
over the past three years with direct involvement from a team of IBM's 30 top customers, which
provided direct input at every stage of the development process."

IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension

The IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension allows supports purpose IBM POWER7 and System x
BladeCenter systems as well as blades optimized for specific workloads, such as analytics and
managing Web infrastructure.

IBM blade servers inside the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension--which can be managed like
mainframe resources--integrate with System z and can run tens of thousands of off-the-shelf
applications. Later this year, IBM will deliver the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension with support
for IBM POWER7 blades running AIX, IBM's UNIX operating system. IBM is also introducing the
IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer to accelerate the performance of complex analytic workloads at a
lower cost per transaction.

Next year, IBM plans to announce additional general purpose blades for the IBM zEnterprise
BladeCenter Extension including select IBM System x-based blades running Linux. Additional
workload optimized blades are planned to include IBM DataPower for improving website and
network performance.

IBM zEnterprise System Mainframe: Cover Time - IBM employees James Geuke, (top)
Poughkeepsie, and Larry Terpak (standing), Johnson City, N.Y., install covers on the new IBM
zEnterprise System mainframe. The zEnterprise System, the result of three years and $1.5 billion in
IBM research and development, marks the most significant design change in 20 years for the IBM
mainframe, extending the mainframe’s powerful reliability and security features to additional
systems in the data center.

IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager

New IBM Systems Software called Unified Resource Manager is first-of-its-kind firmware--software
that controls how the hardware functions--that integrates multiple platform resources as a single
virtualized system and provides unified management for zEnterprise. More than 100,000 virtualized
servers can be managed as a single system on a fully-configured cluster of zEnterprise Systems.

The zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager is the key to using mainframe quality of service
attributes, including security and reliability, to benefit workloads running on select Power and



System x BladeCenter systems. For example, the Unified Resource Manager can identify system
bottlenecks or failures among disparate systems. If a failure occurs on a System x blade server, the
Unified Resource Manager can instantaneously move the affected application to another System x
blade to keep it running. At the same time, the Unified Resource Manager automatically sends an
electronic message to IBM to initiate a service call. The Unified Resource Manager can also help
prioritize compute workloads in line with changing business priorities.

Additionally, the zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager improves network security across
applications spanning the complete zEnterprise system, including workloads on IBM POWER7 and
System x blades. This helps reduce complexity and the need for additional encryption and firewall
security software within the zEnterprise environment.

The New zEnterprise 196

From a performance standpoint, the zEnterprise System is the most powerful IBM system ever. The
core server in the zEnterprise System--called zEnterprise 196--contains 96 of the world's fastest,
most powerful microprocessors running at 5.2Ghz, capable of executing more than 50 billion
instructions per second.

This new IBM microprocessor technology has new software to optimize performance of data-heavy
workloads, including up to a 60% improvement in data intensive(5) and Java workloads.(6)
Increased levels of system performance in turn increases software performance, which can reduce
software license costs.

The new system offers 60% more capacity than its predecessor, the System z10, and uses about the
same amount of electricity. For clients selecting Linux on System z, a single virtualized server can
be created and deployed for less than $1 per day.(7) It costs 74% less to run comparative Oracle
workloads on the zEnterprise 196 compared to x86 systems.(8)

Energy efficiencies were achieved through advances in microprocessor design, 45nm silicon
technology, more efficient power conversion and distribution, as well as advanced sensors and
cooling control firmware that monitors and makes adjustments based on environmental factors such
as temperature and humidity levels and even air density.

A water cooling option is also available for the z196 that can reduce energy use by up to 12%.(9) In
a normal data center environment, water cooling reduces the required system air flow by more than
20%, while removing more than 70% of the system air heat load. This can be particularly beneficial
for data centers with hot spots, or limited power and cooling capacity. Water cooling on the z196 is
designed to connect directly to typical data center chilled water systems and does not require an
external water conditioning unit.

The new z196 builds on the IBM System z industry leading security features. IBM System z servers
are the only commercial system to achieve Evaluation Assurance Level 5 security classification.

The z196 can be configured to include up to 80 specialty engines to further reduce costs and increase
performance including the System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) for integrating Java
workloads with core business applications, the System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP)
designed to help free-up computing capacity and lower IT costs, and the Integrated Facility for Linux
(IFL) to optimize Linux workloads running on the mainframe.

Smart Analytics Optimizer

IBM is also announcing the new IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer--created by IBM Research--an
accelerator for analytic workloads integrated to the new mainframe through the BladeCenter



Extension. With the hybrid features of the new zEnterprise system and the Smart Analytics
Optimizer customers can analyze data to anticipate emerging business trends, capture new
opportunities and avoid risks up to 10 times faster.(2) Using zEnterprise with DB2 10 for z/OS
(currently in beta), Cognos Business Intelligence and SPSS Predictive Analytics, clients will have a
single platform for unprecedented insight across their most critical core information resulting in
increased productivity.

New IBM Software

The unique value of zEnterprise System is the synergy among the range of IBM hardware and
software. New software has been optimized for the zEnterprise and finely tuned to work cross
platform when used in conjunction with the new Blade Center Extension. New Tivoli integrated
service management for zEnterprise software helps provide visibility, control, and automation for
applications, business services, infrastructure, and data resources. The new Tivoli security manager
for zEnterprise software will allow clients to report and analyze security events associated with
Linux on System z and include these reports in the mainframe reporting and analysis, and also easily
enroll and manage federated user access for zEnterprise and Linux on System z.

The new IBM Rational Developer for System z multi-platform environment for building, testing and
deploying zEnterprise applications now offers a new Rational Developer for System z Unit Test
feature. This feature improves zEnterprise development productivity by off-loading mainframe
application development and testing to a workstation, which frees the mainframe to run high-value
core business applications. New compilers also announced today help customers update applications
designed to work on older systems to take advantage of the zEnterprise architecture. The new IBM
Rational C++ compiler, for example, can boost overall application performance by as much as 60%
(10), when combined with new zEnterprise systems.

The new CICS deployment assistance for z/OS provides comprehensive reporting and improved
change management facilities for CICS, helping further reduce ongoing IT infrastructure costs.

IBM Information Management System (IMS) 11, which drives a high percentage of today's
transaction intensive workloads, extends its ability to easily interconnect with other applications
using extended web services and connectivity for SOA. IMS runs 50 billion transactions every day
on System z with real-time operational access from any application or platform.

The new Lotus collaborative tools on Linux on System z combine the productivity boost of
collaboration with enterprise grade processor speed, scalability, and reliability to help people inside
and outside an organization connect and collaborate faster and more reliably --- accelerating
business processes and driving growth. New versions of IBM Lotus Quickr and IBM Lotus
Sametime join other products in the IBM Lotus software portfolio in empowering globally
distributed and mobile employees with highly scalable communications and collaboration
capabilities.

IBM is also announcing a new z/OS Distributed Data Backup feature for its flagship DS8000 storage
system that can help lower data protection and disaster recovery costs by consolidating cross
platform disaster recovery environments on to the z196. Clients can now back up vital data from
multi-platform workloads over high performance connections with the unmatched reliability and
security of the mainframe.

For additional information please visit http://www.ibm.com/press/zenterprise

Footnotes:

1-The new IBM zEnterprise 196 will ship later this quarter. Select IBM POWER7 based blades that



connect to the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension and managed by the zEnterprise Unified
Resource Manager will ship in the fourth quarter of 2010. This feature will be extended to select
System x blades next year.

2-Average improvements of 5x to 10x were seen in internal IBM test results that reflect actual client
queries. Results can vary by user.

3-Up to 60% faster than z10 for new workloads.

4-Based on IBM analysis of a large Financial Services company Datacenter. See details on
ibm.com/systems/zenterprise/ Deployment configurations based on IBM studies and will vary based
on workload characteristics. Price calculations based on publicly available US list prices, prices will
vary by country.

5-Up to 60% increase in total system capacity for Data managed with DB2 and IMS. As measured
by IBM Large System Performance Reference (LSPR) workloads using z/OS® 1.11

6-Up to a 66% improvement in Java performance with Linux on System z. The improvement on
z196 compared to z10 was measured using a single Java application that focus on a variety of Java
Runtime Environment (JRE) application functions typically used in both client and servers.

7-Linux on System z virtual servers can be: Less than $1000 for 3 years; Less than $335 per year;
Less than $1 per day. Based on US ELS pricing. Pricing may vary by country. Model configuration
included 64 IFL cores running a mixed workload averaging 47 virtual machines per core with
varying degrees of activity. Includes zEnterprise hardware and z/VM virtualization software. Does
not include Linux OS or middleware software.

8-Distributed server comparison is based on IBM cost modeling of Linux on zEnterprise vs.
alternative distributed servers. Given there are multiple factors in this analysis such as utilization
rates, application type and local pricing, etc.; savings may vary by user

9-IBM estimates, based on typical 4 book system.

10-Results are based on a compute-intensive integer benchmark suite compiled with z/OS C/C++
V1R9 executing on a System z10 and compared to the same benchmark compiled with z/OS C/C++
V1R12 executing on a System zEnterprise 196. Performance gains from other applications may
vary.

Contact(s) information
Ron Favali
IBM Media Relations
813-356-4010
favali@us.ibm.com

Related resources
Site links

Note to registered journalists and bloggers: You can view and download b-roll (available in HD,
standard definition broadcast and streaming quality) and photos.[registration available online]

Photo



IBM zEnterprise System Mainframe: Cover Time 2

IBM employees James Geuke, (top) Poughkeepsie, and Larry Terpak (standing), Johnson City, N.Y.,
install covers on the new IBM zEnterprise System mainframe. The zEnterprise System, the result of
three years and $1.5 billion in IBM research and development, marks the most significant design
change in 20 years for the IBM mainframe, extending the mainframe’s powerful reliability and
security features to additional systems in the data center (Feature Photo Service for IBM).

IBM zEnterprise System Mainframe: In the Test Lab

IBM engineer Joseph Corrado, Marlboro, N.Y., installs a new x86 blade server into a test unit of
IBM’s new IBM zEnterprise System mainframe. The new mainframe is the first to manage
workloads running on IBM x86 and Unix systems -- enabling the data center to be centrally
managed. The zEnterprise System, the result of three years and $1.5 billion in IBM research and
development, marks the most significant design change in 20 years for the IBM mainframe,
extending the mainframe’s powerful reliability and security features to additional systems in the data
center (Feature Photo Service for IBM).

IBM zEnterprise System Mainframe: Cover Time

IBM employees Larry Terpak (foreground), Johnson City, N.Y., and Chris Wallner, Poughkeepsie,
size up covers ready to be installed on the new IBM zEnterprise System mainframe. The zEnterprise
System, the result of three years and $1.5 billion in IBM research and development, marks the most
significant design change in 20 years for the IBM mainframe, extending the mainframe’s powerful
reliability and security features to additional systems in the data center (Feature Photo Service for
IBM).

IBM zEnterprise System Mainframe: First Production from a New Facility 1

IBM employees Einar Norman, (left) Plattekill, N.Y. and Richard Lane, Rosendale, N.Y., prepare
IBM’s new zEnterprise System Mainframe for shipment in the company’s Poughkeepsie, N.Y. plant.
IBM added a new, 56,000-square-foot, $30 million production floor to its Poughkeepsie plant in
2010 to manufacture the new computer. Altogether the zEnterprise System represents $1.5 billion in
R&D investment for IBM and a three-year, 24-hour development cycle that spanned three continents
and involved more than 5,000 IBMers working a total of 31 million hours (Feature Photo Service for
IBM).


and involved more than 5,000 IBMers working a total of 31 million hours.


and involved more than 5,000 IBMers working a total of 31 million hours (Feature Photo Service for



IBM).

IBM zEnterprise System Mainframe: Deep Freezzzz

IBM engineer Don Gunvalsen, Poughkeepsie, loads the new IBM zEnterprise System mainframe
into a test chamber in the company’s Poughkeepsie, N.Y. facility that subjects the computer to
extreme variations in temperatures. The zEnterprise System, the result of three years and $1.5 billion
in IBM research and development, marks the most significant design change in 20 years for the IBM
mainframe, extending the mainframe’s powerful reliability and security features to additional
systems in the data center (Feature Photo Service for IBM).

Related XML feeds
Topics XML feeds
BladeCenter
Feed
The latest news about IBM BladeCenter servers.
Investors
Feed
News of interest to IBM investors
Servers
Feed
System i, System p, System x, System z, BladeCenter, and Supercomputers
System x
Feed
The latest news about IBM System x servers.

Build your own feed

New to RSS?


Ibm smarter data center at citi

More Related Content

What's hot (19)

Similar to Ibm smarter data center at citi (20)

More from Friedel Jonker (20)

Recently uploaded (20)

Ibm smarter data center at citi