New IBM LinuxONE 4 Express to Offer Cost Savings and Client Value through a Cyber Resilient Hybrid Cloud and AI Platform
- IBM® LinuxONE 4 Express is designed to save over 52% on the total cost of ownership over 5 years compared to x86 systems.
- The system is engineered to deliver cybersecurity, resiliency, scalability, and AI inferencing for hybrid cloud environments.
- It offers high scalability, availability, and security for a range of data center environments and use cases.
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The introduction of IBM LinuxONE 4 Express targets the growing need for scalable, secure and cost-efficient computing solutions within small and medium-sized businesses. The system's ability to save over 52% on total cost of ownership over five years presents a compelling economic argument that may influence purchasing decisions and potentially increase IBM's market share in this segment.
From a market perspective, the emphasis on cybersecurity and AI inferencing capabilities aligns with current industry trends where businesses increasingly prioritize data protection and advanced analytics. The pre-configured rack mount system simplifies deployment, which could be an attractive feature for companies looking to streamline IT operations and reduce time-to-market for their services.
Furthermore, the product's scalability speaks to the long-term investment value, allowing businesses to grow without immediate concerns for new infrastructure. This scalability, combined with the system's high availability and energy efficiency, positions IBM as a competitive player in the infrastructure market, potentially impacting its financial performance positively.
IBM LinuxONE 4 Express's integration of IBM Secure Execution for Linux is a significant advancement in the field of confidential computing. This hardware-based security technology provides scalable isolation for individual workloads, enhancing protection against both external and insider threats. This feature is particularly relevant for digital assets, where data security during processing is paramount.
The system's capability to deliver 99.999999% availability is noteworthy, as it ensures almost uninterrupted service, which is critical for businesses that operate under strict resiliency requirements or regulatory compliance mandates. This level of reliability could become a key selling point for industries where downtime equates to significant financial losses or legal repercussions.
IBM's focus on reducing energy consumption with the LinuxONE 4 Express addresses the increasing demand for sustainable technology solutions. Energy-efficient data centers are becoming a priority for businesses conscious of their environmental impact and operational costs. The ability of the IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 to decrease data center floor space requirements while maintaining performance is an attractive proposition for companies looking to adopt green practices without compromising on efficiency.
The system's potential role in supporting 'Trusted Research Environments' for academic and industry research further underscores its value in sectors where sustainability is coupled with the need for high-performance computing, such as biosciences and digital scholarship.
- Newest IBM LinuxONE system is engineered to deliver cybersecurity, resiliency, scalability and AI inferencing for hybrid cloud environments.
- Moving Linux workloads from a compared x86 system to an IBM LinuxONE 4 Express can save over
52% on the total cost of ownership over 5 years.1
Building an integrated hybrid cloud strategy for today and years to come
As businesses move their products and services online quickly, oftentimes, they are left with a hybrid cloud environment created by default, with siloed stacks that are not conducive to alignment across businesses or the introduction of AI. In a recent IBM IBV survey,
"IBM LinuxONE 4 Express is a chance for startups and small to medium-sized businesses to build an intentional hybrid cloud strategy from the ground up. IBM brings the power of hybrid cloud and AI in the latest LinuxONE 4 system to a simple, easy to use format that fits in many data centers," said Tina Tarquinio, VP, Product Management, IBM Z and LinuxONE. "And as their businesses grow with the changing shifts in the market, LinuxONE 4 Express can scale to meet growing workload and performance requirements, in addition to offering AI inferencing co-located with mission-critical data for growing AI use cases."
Accelerating computing research for bio sciences
University College London is one of largest universities in the
"Our Centre for Advanced Research Computing is critical to enable computational research across the sciences and humanities, as well as digital scholarship for students," said Dr. Owain Kenway, Head of Research Computing at University College London. "We're excited for LinuxONE 4 Express to support high I/O workloads like Next Generation Sequencing for Biosciences as well as supporting work in "Trusted Research Environments" (TREs), for example AI workloads on medical data. The system's high performance and scalability suit our crucial research needs, and its affordability will allow us to make it available to both university research and industry players as a test bed."
Delivering high scalability, availability and security for a range of data center environments and use cases
IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4, launched in April 2023 and based on the IBM Telum processor, features capabilities designed to reduce both energy consumption and data center floor space while delivering the scale, performance and security that clients need. Also built on the Telum processor and delivered in a rack mount format, IBM LinuxONE 4 Express offers high availability for clients who have strict resiliency requirements due to internal or external regulations. In fact, IBM LinuxONE 4 Express systems, with GDPS, IBM DS8000 series storage with HyperSwap and running a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environment, are designed to deliver
"IBM LinuxONE is rapidly becoming a foundational part of the wider Infrastructure story within IBM," states Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Leader at The Futurum Group. "With the new LinuxONE 4 Express solution, IBM is uniquely positioned to handle mission-critical workloads with high availability. When you combine this with the system's cybersecurity posture, IBM is well positioned for market traction."
The system addresses a whole new set of use cases that startups and small businesses are facing, including:
- Digital assets: IBM LinuxONE 4 Express provides a secured platform with confidential computing capabilities specifically designed to protect sensitive data, like digital assets. IBM Secure Execution for Linux is a hardware-based security technology that is now built into IBM LinuxONE 4 Express. Scalable isolation for individual workloads can help protect not only from external attacks, but also insider threats. This includes data in use, a particularly critical stage of security for digital assets use cases.
- Medical imaging with AI: With IBM Telum processor on-chip AI inferencing, clients can co-locate AI with mission-critical data on a LinuxONE system, allowing data analysis where the data is located. For example, health insurance companies could analyze large volumes of medical records in near real time to validate process claims, increasing the speed of business decision making.
- Workload consolidation: IBM LinuxONE 4 Express is designed to help clients simplify their IT environments and cut costs by consolidating databases onto a LinuxONE system. Designed to bring significant cost savings for clients over time, clients that move Linux workloads from compared x86 server to an IBM LinuxONE 4 Express can save over
52% on their total cost of ownership over 5 years.4
Activating the IBM Ecosystem for client success
With the IBM LinuxONE Ecosystem, including AquaSecurity, Clari5, Exponential AI, Opollo Technologies, Pennant and Spiking, IBM is working to provide solutions for today's sustainability and cybersecurity challenges. For clients that run data serving, core banking and digital assets workloads, an optimized sustainability and security posture is key to protecting both sensitive private data and sustainable organizational goals. IBM Business Partners can learn more about the skills required to install, deploy, service and resell IBM LinuxONE 4 Express here.
"We purchased an IBM LinuxONE III Express to run proofs of concepts for our strategic customers, and the feedback we have received so far has been excellent," said Eyad Alhabbash, Director, IBM Systems Solutions & Support Group at Saudi Business Machines (SBM). "LinuxONE III Express demonstrated better performance than the x86 running the same Red Hat OpenShift workload, and the customer noted how user-friendly the IBM LinuxONE is for server, storage and network management and operations."
The new IBM LinuxONE 4 Express, starting at
To learn more, join IBM clients and partners on February 20, at 11 am ET for a deep dive, live webinar on industry trends, such as AI, sustainability and cybersecurity, as well as receive behind-the-scenes access to the new IBM LinuxONE 4 Express system.
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3 Disclaimer: IBM internal data based on measurements and projections was used in calculating the expected value. Necessary components include IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4; IBM z/VM V7.2 systems or above collected in a Single System Image, each running RHOCP 4.10 or above; IBM Operations Manager; GDPS 4.5 for management of data recovery and virtual machine recovery across metro distance systems and storage, including Metro Multi-site workload and GDPS Global; and IBM DS8000 series storage with IBM HyperSwap. A MongoDB v4.2 workload was used. Necessary resiliency technology must be enabled, including z/VM Single System Image clustering, GDPS xDR Proxy for z/VM, and Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) 4.10 for management of local storage devices. Application-induced outages are not included in the above measurements. Other configurations (hardware or software) may provide different availability characteristics. |
4 DISCLAIMER: Compared IBM LinuxONE 4 Express Model consisting of a CPC drawer and an I/O drawer to support network and external storage with 12 IFLs and 736 GB of memory in 1 frame, versus compared 3 x86 servers with two Xeon Sapphire Rapids Platinum 8444 processors with 32 cores each (2ch/32c) with a total of 384 cores. All Systems are modeled to be running Linux Postgres Enterprise-DB workloads with virtualization and DB tools. Results may vary based on client-specific usage and location. LinuxONE hardware is the expected global price in $USD and discounts. X86 purchase price was included and maintenance costs is from IDC's Pricing Service: https://www.idc.com/myidc3/products with an aggressive discount. Postgres Enterprise-DB software and tools prices are based on street prices that is discounted from the list price. TCO is calculated over a 5-year horizon. Cost estimates include hardware costs and annual maintenance, Linux OS subscription costs, virtualization software, people cost, and infrastructure (network, energy, space) costs. |
5 This price reflects the base hardware configuration, and does not include additional items, maintenance, the operating system or other software. All prices are in USD. Prices shown do not include tax. Price will vary based on country and currency. |
6 Systems will not initially be available in |
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