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CONTENTS
• Why Mainline?
• Why linux on z Series?
• Steps for a successful POC
• What apps make sense?
• POC organizational issues
• Next steps after successful POC
About Mainline
• Founded in 1989; 20 year partnership with IBM
• Specializing in System z, System p, System i,
System x, System Storage, Software Networking, Retail and Services
• Has grown to become an IBM Premier Business
Partner and global provider of information
technology and infrastructure solutions with more than 600 employees nationwide
• Offices are located in Tallahassee, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Jersey City, Nashville Sao Paulo, and Monterrey
Revenue Growth
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Product Mix
System z
System p
System l
System x
Storage
Software
Services
Maintenance
2007 Performance Highlights
• Top IBM SP1 Solution Provider (buy direct from IBM)
• #1 IBM System z SP1
• #1 IBM System Storage SP1
• #1 IBM System p SP1
• #1 IBM System i SP1
• #1 IBM System x SP1
• #1 IBM Software SP1
• #1 IBM IGS SP1
• #1 IBM IGF SP1
“Mainline has set the standard for business excellence by delivering unique solutions as well as high customer satisfaction.”Ravi Marwaha, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners
98% Customer Satisfaction | Premier Business Partner Status
Awards
Beacon AwardBP Leadership Award BP Growth Award
Wyse Rookie of the Year First National VMware Partner
Local Teams, National Coverage
Cross Brand Technical Team - Number of resources: 155Nationwide |
Central East
Southeast
Mid-Atlantic
NortheastWest Region
Central West
2008 EAST Objectives• Revenue $472 M
2008 WEST Objectives
• Revenue $171.5M
2008 CENTRAL Objectives• Revenue $169.5 M
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TallahasseeBPICTallahasseeBPIC
New York CityBPIC
2008 MIS Objectives• Revenue $813 M
Why linux on z series?
• Leverage classic strengths of the zSeries
– High availability
– High i/o bandwidth capabilities
– Flexibility to run disparate workloads concurrently
– Requirement for excellent disaster recovery capabilities
– Security
• Shortening end to end path length for applications
– Collocation of applications
– Consolidation of applications from distributed servers
– Reduction in network traffic
– Simplification of support model
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What System z brings to Linux
• The most reliable hardware platform available
– Redundant processors and memory
– Error detection and correction
– Remote Support Facility (RSF)
• Centralized Linux systems are easier to manage
• Designed to support mixed work loads
– Allows consolidation while maintaining one server per application
– Complete work load isolation
– High speed inter-server connectivity
• Scalability
– System z10 EC scales to 64 application processors
– System z9 EC scales to 54 application processors
– System z9 BC scales to 7 application processors
– eServer zSeries 990 scales to 32 application processors
– Dedicated I/O processors
– Hundreds of Linux virtual servers
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Source: Capricorn whitepaper
Web Trading Application CostsWebLogic/Oracle
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TCO Impact of Mainframe Consolidations
Workload consolidation using
Linux on a mainframe can result
in significant TCO savings
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Source: Scorpion Study 1999 - 2005
• Potential for dramatic reductions in software expense for processor based licenses
• Significant reductions in power and cooling costs are typical
–Cost curve is not linear: when will infrastructure break?
• Reductions in Floor Space
• People savings from virtualization
• Increased processor utilization
details on next slide
72% reduction in SW maintenance costs95% reduction in connectivity costs75% reduction in power/cooling costs60% reduction in System Admin costs
Note: Upgrade required for mainframe; Dell and HP were existing HW
Bank consolidates 45 Oracle x86 Servers to one System z !
“ Power and cooling will be a top 3 issue with all CIO’s in the next
6-12 months”
Michael Bell – Gartner Group
“ Power and cooling costs will increase to more than one-third of the total
IT budget”
Robert Frances Group, January 2006
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What is the greatest facility problem with your pri mary data center?
Gartner 2006
IDC 2006
Source: IDC, Virtualization 2.0: The Next Phase in Customer Adoption, Doc #204904, Dec 2006
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Business Case for Linux on System z
1. Increased solutions through Linux application portfolio
2. Large number of highly skilled programmers familiar with Linux
3. Integrated business solutions
� Data richness from System z
� Wide range of Linux applications
4. Industrial strength environment
� Flexibility and openness of Linux
� Qualities of service of System z
5. Unique ability to easily consolidate large number of servers
Steps in a successful POC
• Pick appropriate application,appropriately sized for a POC
• Build POC organization / team
• Detail project plan with success criteria
• Execute the plan
• Present results to customer management
• Define next steps
• Leverage classic strengths of the System z – High availability– High i/o bandwidth capabilities – Flexibility to run disparate workloads concurrently – Requirement for excellent disaster recovery capabilities– Security
• Shortening end to end path length for applications– Collocation of applications– Consolidation of applications from distributed servers– Reduction in network traffic– Simplification of support model
• Consolidation Effect– Power requirements– Software costs– People Costs– Real Estate– Workloads requiring EXTREME Flexibility
What makes best fit?
Best Fit applications
Websphere MQ Series DB2 Connect CICS Transaction Gateway , IMS Connect for Java SAPWebSphere and JAVA applications developmentWebSphere Application Server (WAS), PortalDominoNetwork Infrastructure, FTP, NFS, DNS etc.., Oracle DatabaseApplications requiring top end disaster recovery mo delComServer and Communications Controller for LinuxVirtualization and Security Services InfoSphere/CognosCommunigate Pro (VoIP)Weblogic
What Makes Good Fit Applications
• Evaluate server choices
– Correct application availability, – Supporting applications, – Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) – Politics within the organization.– Porting issues
• Shortening end to end path length for applications
– Collocation of applications
– Consolidation of applications from distributed servers
– Reduction in network traffic– Simplification of support model
•Consolidation Effect•Power requirements•Software costs•People Costs•Real Estate•Workloads requiring EXTREME flexibility
Good Fit Application Workloads
• UDB (DB2)
• Informix, (IDS)
• Apache web serving
• SAMBA
• TIM/TAM (LDAP Services)
• TSM
• Existing Linux Workloads
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Selecting an application
• Performance on System z CPUs is superior to any other CPUs on any other platforms
– CPU speed is not the entire story – it’s in the architecture!
– Architecture designed for multiple or consolidated workloads
– System z has definite advantage with applications that have mixed CPU and I/O
– System z10 Enterprise Quad Core 4.4 GHZ
• System z and z/VM provide the best virtualization capabilities
– All workload types are eligible
• Good planning is essential
• Mainline with IBM’s assistance can:
– Perform sizing estimate with actual server statistics
– Perform Application Assessment
– Perform TCO Business Case Analysis (Alinean tool,RACEv)
– Assist with planning and initial installation needs
Organizational issues that need to be addressed
• Need executive sponsor
• Customer must provide systems, application and network representation
• Customer must have dedicated resource for the POC
• Get distributed team engaged
• Customer assigned tasks and accountability
• Status calls required on a weekly basis measuring progress
Detailed project plan
• Project plan clearly defined and agreed upon by all parties involved (examples are available upon request)
• CLEARLY defined success criteria must be agreed upon (examples available upon request)
• Dates and names assigned to each task
• Loaner equipment (if required) needs lead time for paperwork to be processed and equipment installed
• Determine loaner software (if needed) with required lead time
• Weekly status calls required for measure of progress
• Engage technical resources (MIS and IBM) when issues arise
What’s next after success?
• Present success story to customer management
• Get management commitment for production
• Plan for production
• Develop support organization structure within customer
• Plan for additional applications
• Develop a cross platform virtualization strategy