IBM Linux Update for CAVMEN Jim Savoie Linux Sales IBM Americas Group October 21, 2004

Recent Announcements - Storage IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Series -- Setting new standards for on demand enterprise disk storage IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Series -- Function Authorizations IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series offers enterprise disk technology on a modular platform VTS attachment of 3592 Tape Drives and additional open system attachment options enhance 3494 capacity, connectivity, and availability Enterprise Tape Controller 3592 Model J70 supports new attachment features The IBM TotalStorage EXP710 Fibre Channel Storage Expansion Unit offers new options for performance and reliability for DS4000 family for IBM eServer xSeries The IBM TotalStorage DS4000 EXP710 Fibre Channel Storage Expansion Unit offers new options for performance and reliability for the DS4000 family

Recent Announcements – xSeries & Blade IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20 -- Fast 2.2 GHz SMP processor brings more power to the BladeCenter Environment IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20 -- Fast 2.8 GHz, 3.0 GHz, 3.2 GHz, 3.4 GHz, and 3.6 GHz/800 MHz 1 MB L2, Xeon Processors with EM64T capability, new Enet, Fibre Channel, BSE-2 adapters, and SCSI HDDs IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20 Fibre Channel Expansion Card enables SAN booting of BladeCenter JS IBM eServer SMP-capable, rack-optimized servers include improved I/O performance and powerful AMD Opteron processors IBM eServer xSeries 255 Express Server: 2.0 GHz/1 MB L3 Cache Xeon MP Processors offer greater system availability and management IBM eServer xSeries 365 Express models -- Up to 2.7 GHz processing power ready for next-generation e-business IBM eServer xSeries 346 Express model GHz/800 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache Intel Xeon processors for greater performance IBM Virtualization Engine Suite for Servers V1.1 brings on demand services to multiple systems

Recent Announcements - Power IBM eServer i5 595 delivers fast 8-way to 64-way POWER5 processing to high-end servers IBM eServer i5 520, 550, and 570 servers now even more functional, flexible, and affordable IBM eServer i Express Edition -- A basic infrastructure for running core business applications IBM eServer p5 I/O sub-system for i5/OS consolidates i5/OS workloads on eServer p5 servers , 381 IBM eServer p5 595 delivers 16-way to 64-way POWER5 processing to high- end servers IBM eServer p5 520 and way and 2-way 1.5 GHz processors offer new processor speed options Additional Editions for IBM eServer i5 Model IBM i5/OS V5R3 available on IBM eServer p5 570, p5 590, and p5 595 servers IBM AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3 extend support to IBM eServer p5 590 and IBM Partition Load Manager and Virtual I/O Server support IBM eServer p5 590 and 595 hardware systems

Recent Announcements – OpenPower IBM POWER Hypervisor technology delivers enhanced resource management for the IBM eServer OpenPower 720 server IBM POWER Hypervisor technology delivers enhanced resource management for IBM eServer OpenPower servers IBM Virtual I/O Server V1.1 helps maximize physical resources on OpenPower systems IBM eServer OpenPower 720 strengthens Linux systems presence IBM eServer OpenPower 720 strengthens Linux systems presence

Recent Announcements - zSeries New Hardware Management Console, Trusted Key Entry Console, and Flat Panel displays for IBM eServer zSeries and select S/390 systems Significant IBM eServer zSeries mainframe security, SAN, and LAN innovations IBM z/VM V New enhancements added IBM z/Transaction Processing Facility Enterprise Edition V The future of high availability transaction processing IBM WebSphere Host Integration Solution for Multiplatforms V5.0 delivers program updates and introduces Host Integration Solution for IBM eServer zSeries IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux, UNIX and Windows, V8.2 delivers manageability, performance, and availability for on demand business IBM DB2 Connect for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, V8.2 delivers new levels of availability, security, and ease of application development IBM DB2 Server for VSE and VM V7.4 delivers solid base for building on demand solutions Mainframe Charter II...

The Mainframe Charter

Linux for ^ z/OS z/VSE, z/TPF Linux 1 to 32 SMP z/VM LPAR zSeries 31/64 Windows NetWare Linux 1 to 32 SMP VMware xSeries IA32, EM64T IA64 Opteron AIX5L Windows NetWare Linux 1 to 4 SMP VMware BladeCent er Power, 64 IA32 EM64T i5/OS AIX5L Linux i5/OS AIX5L Linux Linux 1 to 64 SMP LPAR 1 to 64 SMP LPAR 2 to 4 SMP LPAR iSeries Power, 64 pSeries Power, 64 OpenPowe r Power, 64

OpenPower™  Where is the data? Is there legacy data & transactions or will it be all new?  Where are my skills? What platforms do I already have?  Is the platform certified by the application vendor?  Is the application compute intense? Floating point?  Is the application data intense? Heavy I/O?  Scale up or scale out? Large single system image or “lots of little”.  What is the projected growth of the application? Does it align well with the product roadmap?  Now that you’ve narrowed it down, how do the Total Costs of Ownership compare? Linux ^ Selection zSeries™ iSeries™ pSeries™ BladeCenter™ xSeries™

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