Marco SanzogniDirettore Business Unit Bull Technologies,
Bull Italia
I server NovaScale: innovazione e affidabilità
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IT challenges of today
Costoptimization
Low cost business modelsSimplify management
Strategicalignment
Efficient support of business processGuarantee scalability and flexibility
Riskmanagement
Guarantee operational availabilitySecure data and process integrity
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Software Infrastructure
Software, hardware, data
are fully distributed
Time-share Monolithic Applications
ModularComputing
Client Server
Server app& cluster
Multi-layer SOAWeb
Services
Hardware Infrastructure
J2EE ou .NET
The IT infrastructure is changing
Bull NovaScale® : a new generation of modular enterprise servers based on standard building blocks
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Current IDC market forecast (Western Europe) by CPUOnly growth markets: IA-32 and EPIC
Customer Revenue ($M) CAGR%CPU Type 2003 share 2004 share 2005 share 2006 share 2007 share 2008 share 03-08CISC $2 220 15,7% $2 196 14,4% $2 084 13,2% $1 920 12,0% $1 618 10,0% $1 392 8,4% -8,9%EPIC $50 0,4% $236 1,5% $525 3,3% $818 5,1% $1 133 7,0% $1 500 9,0% 97,7%RISC $6 549 46,3% $6 452 42,2% $6 956 44,0% $6 979 43,6% $6 643 41,0% $6 199 37,3% -1,1%x86 $5 318 37,6% $6 419 41,9% $6 261 39,6% $6 294 39,3% $6 796 42,0% $7 510 45,2% 7,1%Total $14 137 100,0% $15 303 100,0% $15 826 100,0% $16 011 100,0% $16 189 100,0% $16 601 100,0% 3,3%Source: IDC, Octobre 2004
Major trends
Ramp-up of 64-bit architecture (EPIC – Itanium2)
Blade serversMarket expected to grow 60% Use in physical consolidation, web servers, application servers, Citrix farms
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Bull launched the FAME program late 1997 to develop Large scaleenterprise servers buil on IPF and standard technologies
Early access to Intel® Itanium® processors specifications Common architecture reviews of Bull chipset influenced by Intel®E8870™ chipset designCreation of two Bull Application Solution Centers (Paris/Windows Server 2003 and Grenoble/Linux & Open Source) supporting the same software editor approach
Bull, one of the first to have introduced Windows 2000 Datacenter in Europe, has access to Windows Server 2003 source codeCommon review of the Bull server architectureCollaboration for future versions of Windows (partitioning, NUMA, management)
NovaScale: a strategic choice based on keypartnerships
®®
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A new generation of computers based on advancedenterprise processors from Intel
NovaScale: the engine for the Open ModelFour dimensions in innovation
Using market-standard, low-cost building blocksItanium 2 processor, Intel chipsets, standard disks and I/O
Based on an advanced architecture developed by Bullproviding strong multi-processor performance (including a Bull-designed complex VLSI)and mainframe-inspired management
Open, low-cost software propositionProviding the performance, reliability and security ofmainframe servers
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A new generation of mainframe-class servers based on a modular and standard architecture
Evolution capabilitiesManageabilityPartitioningScalability (SMP & Cluster)
RAS (Mainframe class)FlexibilityPrice/performanceTCO
NovaScale2-4-way server
NovaScale4-8-way server
NovaScale4-16-way server
NovaScale4-32 way server
Open, mainframe-
class servers
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A unique architecture to build SMP servers with shared memory, low memory latency and well balanced throughput
FSSFAME Scalability Switch
FAME: the powerful architectureof large NovaScale servers
Flexible Architecture for Multiple EnvironmentsMainframe disciplines and reliability: no single point of failureFlexible and scalable architecture
Multi-Operating SystemsPhysical Partitioning4- to 32-way servers
Low TCO : standard building blocksBuilt-in management
Open, mainframe-
class servers
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The FAME Scalability Switch to buildSMP servers
A highly integrated piece of silicon designed by Bull
Aggregates the Quad Brick Blocks and the I/O boxes60 Million transistors, 0.18µ Cu process
The core of a large multi-processor machine
Insures global memory and cache coherenceOptimizes coherence traffic Synchronizes, orchestrates, and routesall multiprocessor communicationsOptimizes the NUMA factor
Open, mainframe-
class servers
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A full scalable architecture to accompany business growth
No limit to the evolutionTotal flexibilityNo more frontiers between clusters & SMP
8 way 32 way N x 32 way
Standard-based servers combined to create large multi-processors systems
Open, mainframe-
class servers
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NovaScale and Microsoftlead benchmark results
# Vendor Server OS DB SD SAPS16 Bull Bull NovaScale 5160 Windows Server 2003 SQL Server 2000 2230 1140016 HP HP Integrity Superdome Windows Server 2003 Oracle 9i 2160 108708 Bull Bull NovaScale 5080 Windows Server 2003 SQL Server 2000 1300 65808 HP HP Integrity rx7620 Windows Server 2003 SQL Server 2000 1240 62508 IBM IBM xSeries 455 Windows Server 2003 DB2 UDB 8.1 1200 6070
Number one for Windows/SAP performance
Number one for 8-way Windows performanceNovaScale 5080 with Windows and SQL Server
175,366 tpmC at 4.53 $/tpm
November 1st, 2004
Open, mainframe-
class servers
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NovaScale: the power of the best mainframes with industry-standard and low cost
16 nodesNovaScale 5000
Management& IO
NovaScale 4000
StorageFDA 2300
June 2004: Ranked in the Top500 list of most fast super computersNov. 2004: World's highest sustained NAS Performance
Open, mainframe-
class servers
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OS Control
Inventory
Monitoring
Role-based
management
Event Handling
Bull NovaScale Master makes management easy
Integrated, distributed and securemulti-technology and multi-service
A correlated and completeview of all critical monitoring parameters
Open, mainframe-
class servers
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Brings to customers the expertise of MCSE certified specialists to design and deploy Microsoft-based solutions and infrastructuresEnterprise class-application deployment skills in e-infrastructure, data bases, datawarehousing, ERP/SCM
Performance optimizationSizingBenchmarking, High Availability solution supportCertified solutions in line with the software vendorsConsulting
Bull Microsoft Competence Centers:the best infrastructure expertise in Europe
Dedicated certified Windows experts of Itanium® 2-based mainstream commercial solutions
CompetenceCenters
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CompetenceCenters
A complete integration and support services offer for datacenter solutions
SQL Serverand Business Intelligence
Migration and consolidation
Architecture designand consultingProject managementIntegration and developmentSupport ServicesOutsourcingTraining and certification
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ApplicationServers
Major applications availableon Windows and Intel Itanium 2
Database BusinessIntelligence
ERP HPC
NovaScale
Storage
Operations
Qualifiedsolutions
sets
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NovaScale® AttitudeISVs and Customers benefit from the NovaScale advantages
Mainframe-class platform for enterprise applications TCO-optimized platformNovaScale provides the power necessary to new functionalities
A program based on an industrial process Deployment of joint business programsSupport of ISVs’ validation on NovaScaleExtension of the portfolio of applications validated on NovaScale
Technical Competence Centers to help ISV's and CustomersLes Clayes: NovaScale/Microsoft environments Echirolles: NovaScale + HPC ColognePregnana
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Recent NovaScale customers
Turkish Ministryfor Industry and
Commerce
Proven response to today IT challenges
Strategic alignment
Costs optimization
Risk management
Standard components: scalability, independenceInteroperabilityMulti-vendor purchase capabilitiesIndependent upgrade cycles (HW, OS, SW)
Standard components lower the costs Low cost business modelsOptimized management and training costs
Redundancy platform, high-availabilityMainframe-class servers Long-term technology, long-term and predictable roadmap