New IBM LinuxONE release delivers breakthrough for next-generation applications

[September 13, 2017, Los Angeles, North American Open Source Summit] Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) released a new generation of enterprise-class Linux systems, IBM LinuxONE Emperor II, which will deliver upgraded security and data privacy for enterprises. Help companies quickly respond to unpredictable data and transaction growth.

One of the highlights of the new LinuxONE Emperor II is its support for IBM Secure Service Container technology. As a unique technology for IBM LinuxONE, IBM Secure Service Container marks a major leap in data privacy and security. . Data show that in 2016 more than 4 billion data records were lost or stolen, a figure that was up 556% from 2015 [1]. Of the more than 9 billion records leaked in the past five years, only 4% of the records were secured by the cryptographer, and the rest of the data was vulnerable. [2]

With IBM Secure Service Container, organizations can protect data from threats from outside the system, as well as protect against internal attacks from hackers with higher-privileged credentials or stealing user credentials. Software developers can take advantage of these advanced security features without having to create proprietary dependencies in their code. Enterprises simply prepare their Secure Service Containers by placing them in a Docker container. In addition, companies can manage the application using the Docker and Kubernetes tools included in the container, which simplify the use of the Secure Service Container environment.

Helping customers transform their business and achieve greater innovation

Since its introduction in 2015, LinuxONE has become an important part of the IBM cloud and the foundation platform for IBM's first blockchain solution. By leveraging IBM LinuxONE, Everledger was able to subvert the diamond industry, and The Plastic Bank was able to eliminate plastic waste in the global ocean. Previously, The Plastic Bank Working with IBM and service provider/system integrator Cognition Foundry Excavate the value of plastic waste, recycle and prevent plastic waste from flowing to the sea, for companies to use this resource in new products.

“As a service provider, we can leverage LinuxONE to build a complete IT infrastructure that helps customers like The Plastic Bank serve millions of users in the blink of an eye,” said Cognition Foundry CEO Ron Argent. "We can also provide LinuxONE with unparalleled security to our customers, as this solution places the user environment on the server independently, which greatly reduces the risk of sensitive data being invaded by anyone. It is different from other general solutions. There will be no malware sharing the same storage space with the enterprise system."

“We have to have an integrated solution that must be put into use from the start, and not only to meet our current requirements, but also to meet the needs of the next 20 years. Part of the demand, in the future to stop operating and reconfiguring the technology environment to meet the growing number of users, we can't afford such losses,” said Shaun Frankson, co-founder and chief strategy officer of The Plastic Bank. “The key issue is that LinuxONE provides us with the functionality to meet our needs and to minimize the slowdown or related losses in the future.”

The most advanced enterprise Linux data platform

“LinuxONE is a well-designed platform with unique security, data privacy and regulatory compliance features that companies can use without any developer or open source code. In addition, it is designed for very large data loads. Processing was optimized," said Ross Mauri, general manager of IBM LinuxONE. "IBM's release of the next-generation LinuxONE further embodies IBM's continued focus and commitment to delivering differentiated value innovations to its customers."

The new LinuxONE Emperor II is the world's first enterprise-class Linux platform with the industry's fastest microprocessor and unique I/O architecture, providing up to 640 cores for I/O processing. The vertical expansion feature of LinuxONE Emperor II and its "shareable everything" system design give it the following advantages:

A single MongoDB instance can scale to 17 TB in a single system and use other memory to increase throughput to 2.4 times Emperor I, reducing latency to 2.3 times that of Emperor I for faster application delivery and more secure Data access, and more simply to achieve larger system expansion [3].

Performance is 2.6 times better than competing x86 products, and integrates garbage collection hardware that reduces pauses; supports mission-critical Java workloads that require high throughput and low latency, minimizing unpredictable transaction latency due to garbage collection [4 ].

A Docker-proven infrastructure for Docker EE with integrated management capabilities, and extended capabilities tested up to 2 million containers to help developers build high-performance applications. At the same time, the microservice architecture is adopted to eliminate delay problems or extend the limitation.

“Data is critical to any business, and based on this, MongoDB can run anywhere to help companies deal with today's ultra-large, multi-class data,” said MongoDB President and CEO Dev Ittycheria. "We are very excited to support MongoDB Enterprise Server on LinuxONE to help companies that want to run business-critical applications on high-performance, high-availability, high-security platforms."

“As companies scale up to run large-scale container-based infrastructure, reliable and highly secure systems remain an important cornerstone for all businesses,” said Loris Degioanni, CEO and founder of Sysdig. "More importantly, IBM built a strong ecosystem around the LinuxONE Emperor II system. Through the strong alliance between IBM and Sysdig, IBM customers can get ready-made container monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities. When these companies are new containerized When the application infrastructure goes into production, they can be confident that the infrastructure is scalable, highly secure, and easy to monitor."

"The LinuxONE platform provides one of the most scalable computing environments on the market. LinuxONE has unparalleled advantages in CPU frequency, number of cores, and I/O device speed, so it also fits well with ScyllaDB's upward-scaling attributes," ScyllaDB CEO Co-founder Dor Laor said. “We found that it has twice the performance of comparable x86 machines. With its security features and open environment, there is no doubt that it is the best choice for customers.”

1. Source: IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index

2. Source: Gemalto's Breach Level Index,

3. Performance results are based on IBM internal testing, where MongoDB on LinuxONE Emperor II with other memory has native LPAR performance compared to Linux CS Emperor (write very dense, read-only) driven by YCSB 0.11.0 . Actual results may vary. LinuxONE Emperor II configuration: LPAR, 12 dedicated cores running on SLES 12 SP2 (SMT mode) and 20 TB of memory, MongoDB Enterprise Release 3.4.1 instances (no partitions, no replicas), and 17 GB of database. The database is located in a LUN on IBM FlashSystem 900 (18 TB). LinuxONE Emperor configuration: LPAR, 12 dedicated cores running on SLES 12 SP2 (SMT mode) and 10 TB of memory, MongoDB Enterprise Release 3.4.1 instances (no partitions, no replicas), and 17 GB of database. The database is located in a LUN on IBM FlashSystem 900 (18 TB).

4. Compared to x86 systems, with IBM Java 8 SR5, customers running WebSphere Liberty on z14 Linux on z (with explicit key encryption) can increase throughput by 2.6 times per core. The test results are based on IBM internal tests, which run DayTrader 3 and WebSphere Liberty 8.5.5.9 with SSL clear key and TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 password. The test results for Liberty DayTrader 3 are based on IBM z14's stand-alone dedicated LPAR, where IBM z14 runs SLES 12 SP1 and 4 IFLs, while 8 hardware threads are configured in SMT. Liberty uses the IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS and Java Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 5 (Java 8 SR5).

 

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