IBM Power Systems Redbooks

SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers: Hybrid Cloud Solution
Power Systems

Redpaper, published 28 Apr 2023, last updated 2 May 2023

This IBM Redpaper publication will help you install, tailor and configure SAP HANA in your IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) hybrid cloud environment. We first provide a high level overview of hybrid cloud and then we show how you can integrate SAP services along with your SAP/HANA instances into a hybrid cloud environment. We present the benefits of running your SAP/HANA instance on IBM Power servers, either on premise or in the cloud. We then describe the currently available options for running SAP/HANA on PowerVS servers and provide you with installation and migration scenarios to help ... [more]

Security Implementation with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power Systems
Power Systems

Redpaper, published 25 Apr 2023

Red Hat OpenShift is a powerful and flexible container orchestration platform that enables organizations to build, deploy, and manage applications in a cloud-native environment. As with any production system, you must ensure the security of an Red Hat OpenShift deployment, which includes secure deployment and configuration of the Red Hat OpenShift components, and ongoing maintenance and monitoring to ensure the continued security of the environment. This IBM® Redpaper publication provides a comprehensive overview of the security best practices for deploying Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power. It ... [more]

Introduction to IBM PowerVM
Power Systems

Redbooks, published 13 Mar 2023, last updated 13 Mar 2023

Virtualization plays an important role in resource efficiency by optimizing performance, reducing costs, and improving business continuity. IBM PowerVM® provides a secure and scalable server virtualization environment for IBM AIX®, IBM® i, and Linux applications. PowerVM is built on the advanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features and leading performance of IBM Power servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces PowerVM virtualization technologies on Power servers. This publication targets clients who are new to Power servers and introduces the available ... [more]

IBM Elastic Storage System Introduction Guide
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 21 Nov 2022, last updated 22 Nov 2022

This IBM® Redpaper publication provides an overview of the IBM Elastic Storage® Server (IBM ESS) and IBM Elastic Storage System (also IBM ESS). These scalable, high-performance data and file management solution, are built on IBM Spectrum® Scale technology. Providing reliability, performance, and scalability, IBM ESS can be implemented for a range of diverse requirements. The latest IBM ESS 3500 is the most innovative system that provides investment protection to expand or build a new Global Data Platform and use current storage. The system allows enhanced, non-disruptive upgrades to grow ... [more]

IBM Power Systems S922, S914, and S924 Technical Overview and Introduction
Power Systems

Redpaper, published 26 Jul 2018, last updated 26 Aug 2022

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This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System S922 (9009-22A), IBM Power System S914 (9009-41A), and IBM Power System S924 (9009-42A) servers that support IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The objective of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power S914, Power S922, and Power 924 offerings and their relevant functions:
- The new IBM POWER9™ processor, which is available at frequencies of 2.3 - 3.8 GHz, 2.8 - 3.8 GHz, 2.9 - 3.8 GHz, 3.4 - 3.9 GHz, 3.5 - 3.9 GHz, and 3.8 - 4.0 GHz.
- Significantly ... [more]