IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - (Page 22) distributed computing may not be the best solution if they’re going to embrace the inevitable integration of multiple data sources that defines the smarter planet. In fact, they’re beginning to realize that other forms of computing may be the best way to cut costs, risks and threats while also improving service-level expectations, especially with emerging technologies that have made it easier, safer and more cost-effective to do so. In keeping with this, IBM has developed a dynamic infrastructure framework that emphasizes seven initiatives, according to Scot t Handy, v ice president, worldwide marketing and strategy, IBM Power* Systems. These include virtualization, energy efficiency, service management, asset management, security, business resiliency and information infrastructure. Power offerings are well positioned to address these areas, helping customers reduce not only hard costs related to servers and software, but also those related to systems management and ongoing application availability management (e.g., moving an application while running to another server to keep 100-percent availability even during planned server downtime). The platform can also help users manage risks, so businesses don’t lose data, and improve overall service levels for internal end users and external customers and business partners. As part of this, IBM is offering migration and consolidation assessments, looking at, according to Handy, “what customers currently have in their IT departments and then crunching the numbers to see what their savings could be by making adjustments in these departments. That includes examining older, competitive hardware from not only companies such as Sun and HP, but also IBM itself. We call this strategy ‘performance plus,’ because companies require not only increased performance, but also—the plus part—the elements that support a more dynamic infrastructure to get true business value.” Dynamic Shifts In the distributed-computing world, the costs related to attaining true business value by maintaining many servers, A Dynamic Example I BM’s Dynamic Infrastructure* strategy focuses on three fundamental benefits for customers: reduce cost, manage risk peaked and some may have been idle. Now, they have a more balanced set of performance across every server image.” The customer also reduced data-center floor space by about 80 percent, according to Handy. “Many customers are running out of data-center space, which can be a big issue,” he says, “but what they’re really running out of is energy.” The IBM solution equated to an 84-percent drop in energy consumption. “Put another way,” Handy says, “it takes just 16 percent of the amount of energy to run this Power solution compared to what they were running before. They can save tens or hundreds of thousands a year on energy cost and they save it every year. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.” Another dynamic infrastructure gift is related to softwarelicensing costs. Most software vendors charge these fees on a per-core basis. By consolidating to fewer servers with fewer cores using advanced virtualization, companies can dramatically cut those costs. This customer went from 624 cores to only 64, a near-90-percent reduction, which translates to much lower licensing costs—money that can be used elsewhere to further enhance companywide innovation and competitiveness. “This is the perfect example of where a customer’s monthly cost can drop dramatically,” Handy says. —J.U. and improve service. And the company is talking very real and practical results. “It has to reduce their total cost,” says Scott Handy, vice president, worldwide marketing and strategy, IBM Power* Systems. “It’s not just the cost of the servers they acquire but people costs, management costs and ongoing monthly costs.” Dynamic infrastructure solutions must also effectively manage any downtime or data-loss risks and boost the overall service levels companies provide to internal and external customers. Handy offers an example of a real customer who is accomplishing all of this with a dynamic infrastructure. “We were able to consolidate 39 Sun SPARC enterprise servers, specifically M5000s, onto one Power 595 server,” Handy says. “That’s 39 servers onto one with equivalent or better performance. You’re literally taking 624 processor cores on the Sun side down to just 64 cores on the Power side.” The company has seen amazing results thanks in part to the capabilities of PowerVM* virtualization, which let those 39 servers run in a more dynamically load-balanced environment. As Handy further explains, “Originally, some of those 39 servers may have 22 AP RIL/MA Y 2 009 i bms ystemsmag . com /aix http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/aix Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 Editor's Desk: High-Flying Security Focus of Storage: Solid-State Disks Will Become Integral to Many Enterprise Storage Infrastructures Case Study: ProHealth Care Improves Backup and Recovery Processes by Deploying a Near Real-time Mirroring Solution. Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. Feature: Dynamic Infrastructure Helps Companies Reduce Costs, Manage Risks and Improve Services. 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