Why Adopt IBM LinuxONE?
IBM LinuxONE is the ideal choice of platform for companies looking to modernize the infrastructure supporting their mission-critical workloads. Powered by the Telum II processor, LinuxONE delivers AI acceleration, security, and high performance. Adding the Spyre accelerator enables the latest version of LinuxONE to support GenAI and AI model architectures. Companies can achieve enterprise-level security with LinuxONE through cryptographic algorithms, end-to-end encryption, and confidential computing. By combining energy efficiency with high performance, LinuxONE supports sustainable IT. Core consolidation through LinuxONE can reduce energy use and emissions to help companies meet sustainability goals and cut costs without sacrificing performance.
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Predictive and generative AI
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Enhanced security
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IT optimization
Core Consolidation with LinuxONE
LinuxONE is powered by the Telum II processor, allowing users to consolidate dozens or hundreds of servers onto a single system. Core consolidation enables LinuxONE to replace racks of x86 servers, eliminating sprawl. With LinuxONE, high-efficiency IBM Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) cores deliver superior throughput per core for enterprise workloads, including databases and containerized applications. Core consolidation through LinuxONE dramatically lowers hardware acquisition and per-core software licensing costs. Other economic benefits of core consolidation include lower power and cooling expenses and a smaller data center footprint for greater sustainability. All these cost savings can be accomplished while achieving high performance and availability.
 Massive Shared Memory through LinuxONE
While using fewer cores, LinuxONE leverages a massive, centrally shared memory pool. LinuxONE provides a centralized memory architecture with four levels of cache. These levels include a massive on-chip L4 cache, which is 40% larger in Telum II. The centralized LinuxONE architecture means that data stays in memory longer, slashing Input/Output (I/O) rates to reduce bottlenecks and latency and enabling huge database caches. The use of one large memory pool avoids the need for duplication by serving hundreds of consolidated workloads, eliminating the need to buy separate Dual In-Line Memory Modules (DIMMs) for every x86 node. Memory sharing in LinuxONE works through dynamic memory reallocation, in which users can add or remove memory from running Logical Partitions (LPARs) with zero downtime for greater availability.
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4 levels of cache
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40% larger on-chip L4 cache with Telum II
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Serves 100s of consolidated workloads
Added Benefits from LinuxONE and Flash Storage
When paired with IBM FlashSystem, the performance and economic advantages of LinuxONE increase exponentially through lightning-fast, intelligent all-flash storage. Fiber Channel Protocol (FCP) connectivity gives LinuxONE low-latency block access to FlashSystem’s millions of Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) and sub100 µs latency delivered through its NVMe architecture and FlashCore Modules (FCM). Built-in redundancy, Live Partition Mobility (LPM), and non-disruptive scaling provide 99.999999% availability. With LinuxONE and FlashSystem, Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and MongoDB data files sit on high-performance, cyber-resilient volumes with Safeguarded Copy immutability and policy-based disaster recovery replication provided by FlashSystem. The entire stack runs high utilization with minimal hardware, allowing companies to escape from the constraints of x86.
Greater Efficiency and AI Capabilities with LinuxONE and FlashSystem
When working together to support databases, LinuxONE and FlashSystem deliver Return on Investment (ROI) and futureproofing. Due to reduced energy consumption and a smaller footprint, users experience lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for hardware, software, and energy. FlashSystem further optimizes the capacity of LinuxONE through hardware-accelerated compression, deduplication, and thin provisioning for a 5:1 data reduction. FlashSystem.ai augments the AI capabilities of LinuxONE by acting as a co-administrator, using AI automation to provide proactive tuning, predictive analytics, and dynamic policy enforcement.
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Zero downtime data movement
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5.5x more write cycles
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40% cost savings
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43% less energy used
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5:1 data reduction
LinuxONE Use Cases
Availability and Performance for Financial Services
LinuxONE combined with IBM FlashSystem provides the levels of availability and scalability needed to meet the demands of high I/O workloads in the fast-paced financial services industry.
Sustainability for Ports
LinuxONE can support thousands of workloads using one consolidated system, enabling ports to increase performance while lowering costs and reducing emissions.
Enhancing Customer Service for Financial Institutions
LinuxONE provides reliable infrastructure to support mission-critical financial operations, giving banking customers greater access to secure services.
Why Choose PSR for IBM LinuxONE and Flash Storage
As a valued and certified IBM Partner, PSR has the expertise needed to help your company realize the value of IBM LinuxONE and FlashSystem. We understand how LinuxONE and FlashSystem work together to increase the memory and performance capabilities of the infrastructure you use to support your workloads. Our team can work with you to evaluate your current systems and find a more powerful and cost-efficient alternative that will take your company into the future.