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Virtualization and cloud computing are compelling technologies that are driving the future of

computing. By transitioning workloads from physical servers to virtual machines, datacenter

cslidai sigical icreases he iliai ad agili f cmig resrces while

redcig eraig css wih mre efcie se f wer ad sace. Caial cs savigs i

server hardware is he ms immediae bee ad ca rage frm a redci f 40-75%.

Daaceer erais als bee frm he imrved -gig maageme f servers as well

as reduced requirements for space and power.

Virtual machines can be provisioned much more rapidly than physical servers. High availability

and rapid recovery can easily be built into the solution much more cheaply than with physical

servers (offering cost savings for ongoing business continuity). Through resource scheduling

ad lic-drive wrklad balacig, imiai f he eire viral ifrasrcre ca be

mre effecivel maiaied. A he same ime, viraliai slis ms deliver eerrise-

level functionality and capabilities in terms of performance, scalability, security, and manage-

ability in order to be viable. Based on a long and successful collaboration, Red Hat and IBM are

poised to offer organizations unparalleled virtualization opportunities through the unique com-

biai f Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai 3.0 ad IBM Ssem x.

IBM and Red hat:

a StRong hIStoRy of InnovatIon and CollaBoRatIon

I wld be a challege d a rgaiai wih a lger ad greaer deh f viraliai

exeriece ha IBM. Wih a hisr f viraliai ivai exedig back i he 1960s,

IBM is i a iqe sii add vale e viraliai slis. As shw i Figre 1,

IBM ad Red Ha have a srg ad lg-sadig radii f idsr-leadig cllabrai

ard Lix, ad ard viraliai echlg i ariclar.

Red Hat enteRpRise ViRtualization 3.0 oniBM systeM X – a sMaRteR CHoiCe



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RED HAt EntERpRISE VIRtuALIzAtIon 3.0 on IBM SyStEM X

This close collaboration enables IBM to leverage new capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise

Viraliai 3.0 earlier wih IBM Ssem x hardware. I fac, IBM Ssem x is secicall i-

mied fr Red Ha Eerrise Lix ad Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai. these ssems have

been shown to deliver dramatically better performance and scalability than alternative combi-ais. I ariclar, IBM’s eX5 server ivais rvide breakhrgh viraliai agili.

MAX5 memr allws rgaiais scale memr caaci ve imes ha f -eX5

servers. Memr ca w be scaled ideedel frm Cpus ge mre f bsiess-cri-

ical, enterprise solutions such as business intelligence, enterprise resource planning, and data-

bases. I/ (I/o) caaci is als serir wih fr imes he I/o rs f radiial

ssems eqied wih 10 Gigabi Ehere.

OVA and oVirt

KVM goes upstream

Intel adds x86 hardware virtualization

Virtualization on POWER

Virtualization on IBM mainframes

1967 1997 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Power Systems

Systems z

Red Hat & IBM start KVM investment

System x &

Blade Center

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S stem x &

Figre 1. IBM has a lg ad assa ilable recrd f ivai i viraliai echlg, daig back i he 1960s.

The collaboration between IBM and Red Hat brings the following advantages to enterprises:

• Lower total cost of ownership

• Eerrise-class erfrmace, scalabili, ad secri

• Technical leadership and business agility through the open source development community

• A lwer-cs, mre scalable ad e cld

• A ecssem f viraliai maageme ls ad ISV alicais



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Red hat enteRpRISe vIRtualIzatIon 3.0

As adi f viraliai echlg grws, i is fllwig a w-familiar ah. oce he l

option, early proprietary solutions are gradually giving way to open standards and open source

echlgies. Js as e srce Lix slis sch as Red Ha Eerrise Lix have raidlrelaced rriear unIX ssems, e srce hervisr echlg w cmees direcl

with proprietary virtualization technologies. The payoff is predictable in terms of reduced costs

ad elimiaed vedr lck-i.

the irdci f Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai 3.0 i ariclar siis he e srce

Kerel-based Viral Machie (KVM) hervisr as a sraegic aleraive. ulike rriear

virtualization technologies that restrict organizations to proprietary virtualization and cloud

sacks, Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai 3.0 ffers a serir balace f eerrise viralia-

i maageme feares, erfrmace, ad scalabili fr Lix ad Widws wrklads a a

fraction of the cost. Because Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is based on the open source KVM

hypervisor, it offers an open, interoperable solution from Red Hat, a trusted enterprise vendor,

wih he lck-i f rriear hervisr slis.

Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai 3.0 is a cmlee viraliai maageme sli fr

server ad desk viraliai, ad i is he rs eerrise-read, fll e srce viral-

ization platform. It is based on the powerful KVM hypervisor and the oVirt open source virtual-

ization management project.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization represents a true strategic virtualization alternative for orga-

iais lkig fr beer al cs f wershi (tCo), faser rer ivesme (RoI), ad

acceleraed RoI whe cmared rriear viraliai vedrs.

An enterprise-ready offering ideal for large-scale virtualization and inter-nal cloud deployments

Virtualization provides the foundation for a gradual transition to the cloud, and Red Hat’s KVM

hervisr iegraes viraliai direcl i he Lix kerel. As a resl, viral evir-mes w amaicall iheri he advaced caabiliies f Red Ha Eerrise Lix. this

approach has helped IBM and Red Hat rapidly deliver leadership in performance, scalability,

maageabili, ad secri i viralied evirmes. Develme is greal simlied, as

egieerig eams lger have fcs bare-meal, viraliai, ad cld as hree dis-

tinct operating environments.

Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai ffers eerrises he ideal lafrm fr large-scale viral-

iai iiiaives ad ieral/rivae cld delmes. KVM has achieved recrd-seig

virtualization benchmark results as well as unmatched consolidation ratios. Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization enables organizations to centrally and effectively manage their entire virtual envi-

ronment, including virtual datacenters, clusters, hosts, guest virtual servers, networking, and

storage. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is also fully featured, with high availability, live migra-

i, lic-based wrklad balacig, image maageme, sashs, ad hi rvisiig.

Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai fr Servers icldes he Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai

Maager, a feare-rich server-viraliai maageme ssem ad he Red Ha Eerrise

Virtualization hypervisor, and supports server operating systems as virtual guests. Red Hat

Eerrise Viraliai fr Desks is available as a add-, ad rvides sr fr desk-

top operating systems as virtual guests as well as support for desktop management functional-

ity. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization has been engineered to support the most demanding IT

ifrasrcres, wih ges eraig ssem sr fr Red Ha Eerrise Lix gess (32-

bi ad 64-bi) ad fr Micrsf Widws gess (32-bi ad 64-bi), cmlee wih araviral-

ized network and block drivers.



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KVM’s open source momentum

Red Hat and IBM understand that the growth of an open virtualization ecosystem requires more

ha js a hervisr. A sli ms rvide a feare-rich maageme lafrm, well-

deed ApIs hrgh he sack, a acive ad e develme cmmi, ad hird-arrdcs ha exed he hervisr. t saisf his eed, KVM ad Vir echlgies are ej-

ig grwig idsr sr hrgh he oe Viraliai Alliace (oVA) ad he Vir cm-

munity project.

the oVA is drive b leadig viraliai, daaceer, ad cld sli rviders ha are

focused on driving awareness and adoption of KVM solutions. Fostering interoperability and a

hrivig ecssem f hird-ar slis ard KVM is a rimar fcs fr he oVA, while

Vir services he exeded echical cmmi ard KVM maageme.

A distinct value advantage

Ma rriear viraliai slis rerese he r ceers fr heir resecive w-

ers, reslig i sigica exeses csmers i he frm f licese fees ha l grw as

virtualization technology is scaled out. In contrast, Red Hat’s subscription model allows organi-

ais del eerrise-grade viraliai echlg a a fraci f he cs f rri-

ear cmeirs, while als avidig vedr lck-i.

IBM SySteM x foR BReakthRough vIRtualIzatIon agIlIty

the lg ad dee cllabrai bewee IBM ad Red Ha meas ha he bees f a ji

solution go well beyond those of typical open source distributions. Both companies use each

her’s echlg exesivel, wih Red Ha rig IBM ad IBM rig Red Ha. Fr

isace, he IBM SmarCld Eerrise ilies Red Ha Eerrise Lix wih KVM ver

1,000 hsical hss, 6,000 viral machies, acrss eigh daaceers, all rig IBM

Ssem x iDaaplex servers.

The benets of a strong collaboration: IBM and focused KVM development

IBM has a large development effort dedicated to KVM and has been actively contributing key

KVM feares sice 2007. Mre ha 60 IBM rgrammers wrk KVM as a ar f he cm-

munity and collaborate with Red Hat in key areas such as engineering, performance, test, valida-

tion, support, and consulting. Beyond merely contributing to the community, IBM focuses on key

development priorities for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, including:

• perfrmace ad scalabili hrgh sr fr large memr ad faser viralied I/o

wih SR-IoV

• Secri ad reliabili, sch as MAC-level secri wih SELix ad cmm crieria ceri-

cai wih EAL4+

• Cld imiai, icldig high desi f viral machies ad amaed rvisiig

and migration




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IBM System x: X-Architecture® tuned for Red Hat EnterpriseVirtualization

Aher resl f IBM ad Red Ha’s clse arershi is ha IBM Ssem x is desiged r

Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai, fferig beer erfrmace ad scalabili. Fr examle,iqe IBM eX5 mdels have bee ed deliver ke characerisics ad fciali ha

can deliver virtualization advantages, including:

• oimied server erfrmace hrgh mached memr maageme

• Dramaicall faser I/o wih greaer srage desi ad imrved reliabili

• Idsr-leadig scalabili hrgh a-as--grw caabili

• Serir asse iliai ad wrklad maageme

These advantages translate directly into better virtualization performance. As shown in Figure

2, a IBM x3850 X5 server delivered 18% beer viral machie cslidai erfrmace as

cmared a Hp DL580 G7 server i he SpECvir_sc2010 bechmark (40 rcessr cres @

2.4 GH).


Figre 2. IBM Ssem x is imied wih Red Ha Eerrise Lix ad Red Ha

Enterprise Virtualization to deliver better performance and scalability as shown

b he SpECvir_sc2010 bechmark.

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

HP DL580-G7 IBM X3850 X5

These results are remarkable in that they demonstrate that IBM can derive greater performance

through better system design, even with systems that use the same industry standard compo-

es as cmeirs. As measred b he SpECvir_sc2010 bechmark, beer viral machie

consolidation essentially implies that organizations can:

• Cslidae mre wrklads er viralied server

• Attain unmatched scalability and performance

• Reduce the overall cost of managing workloads



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ConCluSIon

Enterprise IT organizations are challenged to provide rapidly increasing IT capability while con-

taining or reducing total costs. The strong collaboration between IBM and Red Hat means that

rgaiais ca deliver eerrise-read viraliai slis while realiig real bees

in terms of value, performance, scalability, security, and manageability.

Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai 3.0 rereses a sraegic ad cs-effecive aleraive ra-

ditional virtualization solutions that lock organizations into proprietary virtualization and cloud

sacks. Delig Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai 3.0 IBM Ssem x ields aralleled vir-

tualization agility.

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perfrmace Evalai Crrai (SpEC). Cmeiive mbers shw reec resls b-

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foR MoRe InfoRMatIon

To learn more about how Red Hat and IBM can help optimize your IT infrastructure, contact yourlocal salesperson or visit redhat.com or IBM.com

Fr a free, fll sred, 60-da rial f Red Ha Eerrise Viraliai 3.0, visi:

redhat.com/promo/rhev3

For more information on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, visit:

redhat.com/rhev3

Fr mre ifrmai IBM Ssem x ad BladeCeer wih Red Ha Eerrise Lix, visi:

www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/os/linux/rhel.html

Fr mre ifrmai he oe Viraliai Alliace (oVA), visi:

openvirtualizationalliance.org

For more information on the oVirt project, visit:ovirt.org

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