Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Power SystemsCapitalizing on the benefits of IBM Power Systems is now easier than ever

New technologies are driving change

• Increased demand for big data analytics, cloud, mobile, social and security solutions might require you to rethink your enterprise infrastructure.

• Responding to market shifts requires innovation.

Together, IBM and Red Hat have led the way in contributing to the open communities that are powering these innovative new solutions.

• Reliability: Reduce risks with a tested, proven, predictable and secure open platform.

• Flexibility: Tailor your Linux infrastructure and adapt to changes.

• Ecosystem: Connect with a large ecosystem of partners, customers and experts.

Why do organizations choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux is the world’s leading developer and supplier of open source software for enterprise IT.

• 70% of the enterprise Linux market

• 90% of Fortune 500 companies use Red Hat products and solutions1

More organizations choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Now more than ever, IBM® Power Systems™ is a compelling platform for your Linux environment:

• Greater choice and flexibility: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 now supports little endian mode for the newest Linux-only Power Systems servers equipped with IBM POWER8™ technology. Capitalize on enterprise Linux and next-generation Power Systems with both little endian and big endian applications.

• Fast time to value, more solutions: Accelerate innovation by removing application portability barriers. Take advantage of the vast Red Hat ecosystem of certified applications originally developed for x86 architecture.

IBM Power Systems: The right

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Why little endian support matters

• Big endian and little endian operating modes allowed application developers to maximize application performance by exploiting differences in processor architectures.

• Proprietary-minded vendors also capitalized on the reduced application portability: applications were more tightly tied to specific platform architectures.

• The pressures of open computing forced a change.

• Today, Power Systems can accommodate both big endian and little endian applications in one box.

Migrate to Power Systems without software development.

Wait less. Innovate more.It’s easy to make the move to Power Systems. Why?

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power Systems runs a wide array of Linux solutions.

— IBM adds value by offering integrated solutions that draw on deep industry expertise and a broad ecosystem of partners and alliances.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 introduces support for both big endian and little endian modes on IBM POWER8 processors.

— Migrate existing commodity applications and capitalize on the advantages of IBM Power Systems—with little to no additional development work.

An enterprise-grade solution

Run Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 on Power Systems for a truly enterprise-grade solution.

Enterprise applications + enterprise Linux + robust, open enterprise server architecture

Power Systems with POWER8 technology offers:

• Up to eight threads per core• Large internal bandwidth • Large caches

The result: Power Systems delivers industry-leading application performance on a variety of key enterprise workloads, including big data, analytics and business intelligence.

Designed for big data

“ Big data work requires lots of processors, cores and threads to spread out the queries for parallel analysis. These workloads also need large cache and memory spaces to provide the best context for business insights. And whether it be in the cloud or on-premises, network bandwidth with lower latency is critical to these new demands.”

—Doug Balog, General Manager, IBM Power Systems

Built-in capabilities help Power Systems provide strong reliability for mission- critical applications:

• Redundant bits in the cache area• Innovative error-correcting code (ECC) memory algorithm• Self-diagnosis during runtime • Automatic reconfiguration processes

Strong reliability for mission-critical applications

• Low acquisition costs: Cut the costs of new investments.

• More users, more transactions per core: Achieve faster time to value and maximize investments with high hardware utilization.

• Reduced operational costs: Control power, cooling, administration and maintenance expenses.

• Scalability: Scale to accommodate new workloads and build new cloud environments while keeping expenses in check.

Superior cloud economics

$ $ $Power Systems enables you to meet demands for new solutions while controlling infrastructure costs.

IBM together with Red Hat continues to build on this open server platform:

• IBM has a strong road map for ongoing Power Systems improvements.

• Innovation drives greater performance per watt through virtualization, advances in memory and I/O acceleration.

• IBM is also a founding member of the OpenPOWER Foundation—a consortium dedicated to facilitating collaborative innovation on the IBM POWER® platform.

Open innovation platform

With new Red Hat Enterprise Linux support for little endian mode on POWER8 processors, there’s no reason to hesitate. Move ahead with Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Power Systems and capitalize on:

• Enhanced application performance

• Improved reliability

• Reduced costs

Gain a complete, enterprise-grade Linux solution without software development work.

Move ahead with Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Power Systems

Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Power Systems can dramatically increase application performance while controlling costs. See how at: http://ibm.co/1JMO9MV

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