THE TOTAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTION IBM DB2 Universal Database cluster on Linux and IBM ^ xSeries

The Total Enterprise Solution

The Challenge

Organizations today face the

challenging job of integrating

technologies to pull together a

comprehensive solution that fits

their business needs and IT

budgets.

A complete data center solution

consists of enterprise class

applications, databases,

management tools, network

infrastructure and server

hardware. Until recently such

solutions were based on

proprietary systems and involved

significant investment in capital,

time and resources to assemble,

integrate, test, manage and

support. This scenario has

changed dramatically with Linux®

clusters and best-of-breed

software, hardware and services

from IBM and its partners.

This demonstration is a proof of

how even the strictest

requirements can easily be

satisfied, with the right

combination of products, to

implement a total data

management solution.

SMART database

The benefits of Linux clusters,

including superior performance

at a low cost, are well known.

When you add to the mix the

built-in clustering capabilities of

IBM DB2® Universal Database™

for Linux, you get a rock-solid

foundation for all your enterprise

e-business data processing

needs.

Powerful hardware

IBM has extensive and proven

experience with clustered UNIX®

computers. IBM ^

xSeries™ has applied that

knowledge to produce servers

that are armor-plated for Linux,

optimized for database

workloads, and deliver

tremendous power at a fraction

of the price.

Demanding applications

The combination of DB2 and

Linux on xSeries, with the latest

Intel® and AMD® processors –

32 and 64bit technologies alike,

is powerful enough to run highly

demanding business

applications, including SAP® R/3,

mySAP Customer Relationship

Management (CRM), mySAP

Business Intelligence (BI) and

IBM Websphere Application

Server.

Reliable management

Managing a clustered

environment is easy using

SMART technologies built into

DB2 software and xSeries

hardware along with

management tools from IBM

Tivoli software. The availability

and reliability of the solution is

further enhanced using Legato

NetWorker® and SteelEye

LifeKeeper®. Turbolinux

PowerCockpit™ facilitates time-

saving deployment of servers in

the cluster.

High-speed network

Products from Mellanox,

InfiniSwitch, Lane15, Paceline

and Voltaire, based on

InfiniBand architecture, provide

the network fabric to meet the

high-speed connectivity

requirements of database

servers and storage within in the

cluster. The InfiniBand fabric

features chips from IBM

InfiniBlue and Mellanox.

Platform support and services

You don't have to go at it alone.

IBM Global Services Linux

professionals help you install,

migrate, configure and tune your

database solution. IBM’s strong

relationships with its Linux

partners, supplemented by

expertise from SuSE Linux,

United Linux and Mandrakesoft

gives you the confidence and

support to deploy even the most

critical solutions.

• SAP R/3• mySAP Business Intelligence• mySAP Customer Relationship Management • IBM WebSphereApplication Server

Applications

• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server• Mandrake Linux ProSuiteEdition

Operating System

IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux(Enterprise Server Edition with partitioning support)

Relational Database

TOTAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTION

Server Hardware

InfiniBandNetwork Fabric

• DB2 Control Center, DB2 Health Center (Database management, monitoring & tuning)

• Tivoli Monitoring (Systems monitoring)

• Turbolinux PowerCockpit (Server Provisioning)

Management • Legato NetWorker (Backup and Restore)

• SteelEye LifeKeeper (Failover)

High Availability

• IBM TotalStorage NAS100

Network Attached Storage

• IBM x330 (40 node cluster)• IBM x342 (system management node)• IBM x440 (database management node)

Logical Overview

• Mellanox • JNI and Mellanox HCAs • Voltaire InfiniBand Router

Managers and IT professionals

tasked with selecting and

implementing a data

management solution that is

robust enough for mission critical

enterprise needs, yet flexible

enough to deliver exceptional

value to small businesses, often

evaluate technologies based on

the following criteria:

Scalability

Price/Performance

Availability

Manageability

Interoperability

Scalability pays great returns

Many IT professionals are

concerned about whether their

relational database system on

Linux will be able to scale as

workloads increase. DB2

software and xSeries servers for

Linux help you avoid large

upfront costs as well as

migration and training costs

later. They can be deployed

based on your initial

requirements and then scale as

large as your business demands.

The possibilities are indeed

empowering. You can build

powerful clusters using IBM

^ xSeries servers

running Linux. IBM DB2

Universal Database Enterprise

Server Edition provides a single

database that can be distributed

across such a cluster. You can

easily scale up by adding a new

machine to the cluster, which will

trigger DB2 to automatically

redistribute data to the new

partition.

Proven performance at a low

cost

When you run DB2 Universal

Database and xSeries servers

on the Linux platform, you can

expect the high performance

your business needs to support

its growth.

DB2, running on xSeries server

hardware, is a proven leader in

several performance

benchmarks on Linux.

The performance story gets even

better with high-speed InfiniBand

network fabric. Host channel

adaptors and switches based on

IBM InfiniBlue and Mellanox

InfiniBridge silicon featured in

components from InfiniSwitch,

JNI, OmegaBand, Paceline and

Voltaire can meet the most

demanding needs for fast, low-

latency communication between

database partitions in the cluster.

The result of combining these

leading technologies is a

powerful supercomputer at a

fraction of the cost of a special

purpose machine with equivalent

capabilities.

High levels of availability

DB2 Universal Database is

setting the standard for quality

and reliability in the database

industry. As more mission-critical

applications are implemented on

Linux, IBM's ability to bring

mainframe-level

reliability to this environment has

become a major factor for

customers choosing DB2.

IBM ^ xSeries servers

offer a reliable foundation for

leading Linux-based computing.

With the IBM X-Architecture™

advantage, you can feel

confident about the availability of

the hardware running your core

business applications.

“DB2 for Linux lets us maximize our benefit from the

economies and performance of the Linux operating

system, providing a powerful, cost-efficient data

management foundation for our BI cluster.”

- Wolfgang Schlippes-Thiede, BISP Product Manager and Operational Manager of

Hosting Center, Triaton

Legato NetWorker protects

critical business information by

simplifying, centralizing, and

automating backup and recovery

operations. Legato NetWorker

Module for DB2 provides online

backup and quick, granular-level

recovery, helping to reduce

downtime and administrative

costs.

SteelEye’s LifeKeeper affords

increased availability to DB2

operating environments on

xSeries hardware by effectively

monitoring system and

application health. In the event of

an outage, LifeKeeper allows

applications to automatically

failover to other servers in the

cluster providing continuous

access to DB2 and restored

data.

Easily managed

DB2 greatly reduces the

complexity of data management

by eliminating, simplifying, and

automating many tasks

traditionally associated with

maintaining an enterprise class

database. These advances are

the first implementation of the

Self Managing and Resource

Tuning (SMART) project and the

first step towards making

autonomic computing a reality

for database implementations.

Tivoli management products

simplify the management of

distributed systems. Tivoli

Monitoring provides monitoring

for essential system resources,

to detect bottlenecks and

potential problems, and to

automatically recover from

critical situations. Tivoli NetView

extends traditional network

management to ensure the

availability of critical business

systems and to provide rapid

resolution of problems.

Turbolinux PowerCockpit

dramatically slashes the time

required for server provisioning

from hours or days to minutes.

Using multicast technology,

for example, PowerCockpit can

get several database servers up

and running in just a few

minutes.

Seamless interoperability

We recognize that today's

business environment is

heterogeneous and there is a

great need for different

technologies to integrate

seamlessly. Starting with a vision

of making Linux ready for

business, coupled with strong

relationships, the technology

vendors featured here have

created a highly capable

enterprise class solution.

Furthermore, DB2 and xSeries

have introduced validation

programs designed to set

standards in interoperability on

Linux.

Conclusion

This demonstration is a proof

point for implementing total

enterprise solutions on Linux

using scalable data management

software, running on a powerful

server cluster and an extremely

fast network fabric,

complemented with tools that

provide extreme reliability and

intelligent management.

The right products working in

harmony enhance productivity,

reduce costs of deployment and

simplify management of critical

e-business applications. In other

words, they empower you to

focus on your business rather

than the technology on which it

runs.

Infrastructure Technologies Delivering the total enterprise

solution does emphasize the

needs for choosing the right

team of partners supporting the

customer in a smooth integration

and fast deployment cycle. The

chosen connectivity and physical

layout is only one way to

implement and the redundancy

of components is not only a sign

of choice for the customer but for

the excellent integration and

interoperability giving reference

for the cooperation leading to

such a solution.

IBM NASDatabase storage File Server

Database Node 1

Database Node 20

…

Ph ys i c a l O ve rv i ew

Database Node 1: SAP R/3

Database Node 2: SAP BW Application Server

Database Node 3: mySAP CRM Application

Server

Database Nodes 1- 40: IBM DB2 UDB ESE eServer xSeries x330 Legato NetWorker Agent SuSE Enterprise Server Tivoli Agent Mellanox HCA (nodes 1-16)

Database Nodes 4-40: SAP database partitions

InfiniBand

Ethernet

IP to InfiniBand Router

Database Node 21

Database Node 40

…

Network Attached Storage

Voltaire nVigor

E th e r n e t

InfiniBand Switches

Switch

Cluster Management

Cluster Management IBM eServer x440

IBM DB2 UDB ESE Control, Health Center

Turbolinux PowerCockpit Mandrake Linux ProSuite Edition Tivoli Agent Tivoli Applications Websphere Application

Server

M el l an o x

Backup, Restore, Availability

Backup, Restore & Avai labili ty Management IBM eServer x342

DB2 UDB EE Legato NetWorker Tivoli Management

InfiniBand fabric management

software provides the

intelligence necessary to bring

up an InfiniBand fabric and

enable efficient inter-node

communication. Without fabric

management software,

InfiniBand technology is just

racks of processors and I/O

modules that cannot

communicate with each other.

The potential size and

complexity of InfiniBand subnets

means that problems must be

automatically detected and

remedied to reduce the burden

on network administrators and

prevent the propagation of

errors. Lane15 Software

understands the InfiniBand

promise of reliability, longevity,

and extensibility in unforeseen

directions and the Lane15

architecture meets those

requirements.

Product Architecture Vision

Focusing solely on the software

side of the InfiniBand value

chain, Lane15 provides

heterogeneous, management

software for multiple IB silicon,

operating systems, and

processor architectures. Lane15

software is based on an

extensible architecture that

allows partners to provide their

own value-added features

through vendor extensions.

Lane15 provides a complete

software management stack for

InfiniBand subnets.

Architecture is at the Crux

With the heterogeneous and

long-lived nature of InfiniBand

subnets and the dynamic

introduction of vendor hardware

and software enhancements,

management complexity

increases exponentially.

Foresight in architecture is

paramount to averting long-term

deterioration of the system.

Management facilities cannot

afford to fail when there are

constant changes in current

system devices or addition of

new devices with rich feature

sets. The Lane15 architecture is

designed to easily adapt to new

and evolving execution

environments.

Adding Value

Lane15 management software

goes beyond the base

functionality defined by the

InfiniBand specification to

include key enabling

components that allow InfiniBand

vendors to extend the Lane15

management software with their

own products. Lane15 has

focused on providing our

customers with increased

flexibility by greatly simplifying

the process of building custom

managers and agents by which

OEMs can extending the Lane15

management software and add

their own value. This approach

allows extension as needed yet

maintains Lane15's vendor

neutral approach.

See How Easy InfiniBand

Management Can Be

The Lane15 Management Suite

encompasses IB management

functionality for managers,

agents, and application

enablement supported across

multiple silicon, OS, and

processor platforms. The three

products included in the Lane15

suite are the Lane15 Fabric

Manager(tm)(LFM), the Lane15

Application Enabler(tm) (LAE),

and the Lane15 Vendor

Extension Kit (VEK).

The Lane15 Fabric Manager

(LFM) includes the Subnet

Manager, a Performance

Manager, the Lane15 Fabric

Console, and an integration

interface. The Subnet Manager

is used to configure, reconfigure,

bring up, tear down, and manage

the health of the subnet. The

policy-based Performance

Manager initiates and gathers

performance statistics from the

multi-vendor nodes.

The Lane15 Fabric Console can

display graphical or text topology

of the subnet allowing a view of

manager functions. The

integration interface uses XML

over HTTP to make possible a

connection to any remote

console, as well as a

straightforward mechanism for

integrating with existing

enterprise management

consoles.

The Vendor Extension Kit (VEK)

provides facilities for building

custom vendor-specific

managers and agents that can

be used to communicate and

modify vendor-specific data. A

meta-data mechanism is used to

simplify the definition of data

types and construction of MADs

(Management datagrams).

The IB Architecture provides for

high-speed transfers with very

low protocol overhead. This

transfer of data requires a

connection between participating

nodes combined with an efficient

application-level interface. The

LAE provides a stable, flexible

software solution for data

transfers over IB. The LAE

includes: Communications

Manager (CM) for setting up I/O

connections between IB nodes;

Channel Interface (CI) to allow

for upper layer protocols and

existing applications to run

natively on an IB subnet at a

high level of performance; and a

Virtual Interface Provider Library

(VIPL) implementation. VIPL is a

standard interface allowing

existing VI applications to run on

an IB subnet. Lane15 is also

involved in the development of

uDAPL solutions which will be

essential for enterprise solutions

such as DB2 Universal

Database.

Enterprise-Class Protection

with LEGATO NetWorker®

Businesses perform thousands

of transactions a day using DB2

data management software from

IBM. Keeping this information

protected and recoverable while

maintaining continuous database

application availability is critical

for survival. In today’s economy,

it is imperative for a business to

deploy a data protection solution

that delivers the performance,

manageability and scalability

needed for growing

environments, while keeping

overhead costs down. LEGATO

NetWorker, an integral

component of the IBM’s Total

Enterprise Solution can help

businesses achieve enterprise-

class data protection.

LEGATO NetWorker protects the

critical business data of more

than 13,000 enterprise

customers worldwide by

simplifying, centralizing, and

automating backup and recovery

operations across UNIX, Linux,

Windows, and NetWare

platforms in DAS, NAS, and SAN

environments. Built upon open,

highly scalable client-server

architecture, NetWorker reduces

management overhead by

providing “lights out”

protection of storage assets in

the largest corporate data

centers and the smallest satellite

branch offices. With NetWorker,

businesses can standardize on a

single application provide

complete, fast, and reliable

protection of critical information,

resulting in lower downtime

costs, less management

overhead, and greater ROI of

storage resources.

Superior Performance and

Reliability

NetWorker speeds backup and

recovery operations through

built-in parallelism, data

multiplexing, calendar-based

scheduling, and extensive

support for high-speed tape

drives, libraries, and silos.

Advanced indexing architecture

eliminates risk of corruption and

further reduces time to restore.

Storage Nodes allow Information

Technology (IT) departments to

distribute or free the LAN from

backup traffic. Cluster support,

cloning, backup to disk, and

dynamic drive sharing further

enable IT to protect Linux

storage assets and minimize

downtime.

Ease of Integration

NetWorker provides extensive

support for Linux and wide range

of server platforms, clients,

storage systems, file systems,

and volume managers.

In addition, its Open Tape

Format allows tape

interoperability between Linux,

UNIX, Windows backup

platforms, increasing disaster

recovery and platform migration

capabilities.

Online Protection for DB2

Databases

Tightly integrated with the DB2

Universal Database through the

X-Open Backup Service

Application (XBSA API),

LEGATO NetWorker® Module for

DB2 enables administrators to

achieve 24x7 service levels and

simplify the complexities of

database backups. Working in

tandem with NetWorker,

NetWorker Module for DB2

enables “hot”, online backup and

restore of DB2 databases with

maximum reliability. Should data

be lost, databases, tablespaces,

or transaction logs can be

restored individually to speed

recovery and reduce costly

downtime.

Simple graphical user interfaces

and automated management of

backup and recovery operations

allow database administrators to

effectively fulfill service level

agreements while ensuring

comprehensive DB2 protection

and database performance.

The NetWorker Module for DB2

backup and recovery can even

be initiated directly from DB2.

Peace of mind

Achieve maximum reliability,

scalability, and availability from

LEGATO Systems Inc., the

leader in enterprise-class Linux

protection - with 24/7 worldwide

service and support.

Highlights:

Integration through

XBSA API allows for

automated “online”

backup of all DB2

database files using

NetWorker’s backup

scheduling and

automated tape

handling

Maximum backup

performance is

delivered using

advanced parallelism

and multiplexing

technology to drive

the latest high-speed

drives and libraries to

their maximum

capacity

Fast, granular

recovery of

tablespaces and

transaction logs

using XBSA allows

for the fastest and

most reliable recovery

Utilizes XBSA API in

order to provide the

safest backup and

recovery solution

supported by DB2

Automated backup of

critical DB2 database

files including the

control and parameter

files, combined with

automated tape

cloning for creating

duplicate off-site

tapes provides true

disaster recovery

Mandrake Linux was created in

1998 with the goal of making

Linux easier to use for

individuals and business /

enterprise users. At that time,

Linux was already well-known as

a powerful and stable operating

system that demanded strong

technical knowledge and

extensive use of the "command

line"; MandrakeSoft saw this as

an opportunity to integrate the

best graphical desktop

environments and contribute its

own graphical configuration

utilities and quickly became

famous for setting the standard

in ease-of-use and functionality.

Mandrake Linux is famed as the

most feature-rich, multi-purposes

Linux operating system ever

made available to enterprises.

ProSuite Edition, the flagship

product of MandrakeSoft,

combines the power and

flexibility of a full-featured Linux

server with the easiness and

elegance of well designed

graphical user interfaces.

Depending on your

requirements, Mandrake Linux

can be installed either as a full-

featured & powerful Linux server,

or as a highly productive

personal workstation.

Being one of the first

distributions achieving LSB

certification, Mandrake Linux

ProSuite offers a rich

development and end user

environment that is

complimentary to the strengths

of DB2 database and its tools.

To both end users and technical

staff, it is easy to deploy

Mandrake Linux ProSuite in an

existing Unix-based

environment.

Mandrake Linux ProSuite

Features

Kernel and Memory

Management

The Kernel-Enterprise is

compiled for up to 4GB memory

support in native mode. To

secure the DB2 transaction

MandrakeSoft recommends the

usage of ECC. This is

particularly important for DB2

databases, which can frequently

use RAM and disk because of

their typical industrial strength

deployments.

Symmetric Multi-Processing

(SMP)

Mandrake Linux ProSuite kernel

supports up to 8 processors.

Journalized File Systems

MandrakeSoft has been

pioneering the Linux

development by including

journalized file

systems as a standard for its

Mandrake Linux distribution. By

default, Mandrake Linux

ProSuite uses EXT3 Linux

standard journalized file system,

and you can choose among

XFS, JFS or ReiserFS as

alternatives. All these file

systems ensure no data loss and

fast system reboot in the event

of emergency stop of the server.

The maximum file system size is

over several terabytes for all of

them.

SCSI

Mandrake Linux ProSuite

supports the 160M SCSI

standard from Adaptec and LSI

Logic. It allows you to build

servers capable of sustaining

enormous I/O loads. As a result,

you get faster backups, faster

data loads and exports, and

overall better system

responsiveness under Mandrake

Linux ProSuite.

Hardware Support

Mandrake Linux ProSuite

supports a broad range of

computer hardware. It has

extensive driver libraries, and it

supports IDE, SCSI, Ethernet,

Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet;

industry standard memory; and

video cards from all major

manufacturers. We work closely

with hardware vendors, including

HP and IBM, to certify new

hardware as soon as it's

available.

Development Environment

Mandrake Linux ProSuite ships

with a rich set of development

tools, including the full gcc,

C/C++, ADA, FORTRAN,

compilers tools, libraries,

debugger and utilities. Kdevelop,

EMACS, and a lot of other

editors and IDE are provided,

and you could use Borland Kylix

environment. Also included with

IBM DB2 in the Mandrake Linux

ProSuite is IBM's Java runtime

and development environment.

Shell scripts

Mandrake Linux ProSuite

includes the bash shell, a Korn

shell, pdksh, and tcsh. Other

widely used scripting languages

like Perl, Python, TCL/Tk are

also provided. Moreover, remote

administration can be secured by

the use of ssh family of remote

commands.

System Automation Scheduling Mandrake Linux ProSuite

includes the same standard

scheduling tools that are being

used in commercial UNIX

systems: cron and at. These

tools can be used to schedule

automation tasks on a one-off or

routine basis. Moreover, log

analysis tools like swatch, permit

complex automation tasks.

End User Environments Mandrake Linux ProSuite ships

with the standard set of

command line tools, and

includes X Window System for

GUI tools, with KDE, GNOME

and other common window

managers.

Support for Large Databases

Mandrake Linux ProSuite

delivers the power to run large-

scale DB2 database

installations. ProSuite allows

create and access to files of

several TeraBytes (with XFS or

JFS), and is robust enough to

handle the terabytes of data

common with enterprise

applications.

Scalability

Mandrake Linux ProSuite kernel

is fully optimized for handling

CPU-intensive applications like

DB2. Its scalability is particularly

attractive for clustered Web and

e-business environments.

Java Support , Apache

Advanced Extranet server, SSL

Mandrake Linux ProSuite

supports the Java development

kit and run time environments.

Moreover, its Advanced Extranet

Server, a powerful Apache

configuration, includes optimized

internet technologies, from SSL

to webDAV, PHP...

Remote Management

System administrators can

efficiently run and manage their

systems from remote locations.

Remote administration tools like

Webmin provide graphical

interface, through secured

communication channel.

IBM DB2 and InfiniBand – A

Winning Combination

The clustering capabilities of IBM

DB2 Universal DatabaseTM

enable exceptional database

performance with the added

benefit of superb reliability. Of

course the clustering

interconnect needs to deliver

these same features and

InfiniBandSM delivers both

performance and RAS (reliability,

availability, and serviceability).

Delivering Usable 10 Gb/sec

Performance

While other technologies boast

of 10Gb/sec link speeds only

InfiniBand delivers usable

10Gb/sec bandwidth with

minimal CPU overhead.

Mellanox HCAs offer hardware

transport and kernel bypass

which makes server CPU power

available to deliver the maximum

DB2 performance, without

wasting precious cycles on

delivering reliable

communications between

servers. Furthermore highly

integrated switches with low cost

copper cabling deliver the most

cost effective 10Gb/sec

technology available.

Ease of Integration

PCI /PCI-X based HCA boards

allow InfiniBand connections to

be simply and quickly integrated

into existing high performance

server platforms. Furthermore

with full support for all

TCP/IP and UDP based

processes InfiniBand integrates

simply and quickly into existing

data center environments. When

adopting new technologies like

InfiniBand it is always reassuring

to know that the existing

software infrastructure just

works, without any changes.

InfiniBand offers more than

backwards compatibility and

simple integration. The real

benefits of InfiniBand are

recognized by taking advantage

of advanced features of the

technology such as kernel

bypass and RDMA (Remote

Direct Memory Access). Again

InfiniBand technology and DB2

complement each other as the

highly scalable DB2 Universal

Database Architecture is

designed to be able to take

advantage of these high

performance InfiniBand

capabilities.

Advanced Management and

RAS

InfiniBand technology offers

Management and RAS

(Reliability Availability, and

Serviceability) capabilities at

every level of the architecture

from hot swappable modules,

embedded intelligent health

monitoring agents, to failover

capabilities. The InfiniBand

Architecture achieves new level

of manageability by incorporating

intelligent management agents in

each channel adapter and switch

element in the cluster network.

These mandatory management

agents make detailed transaction

level information available to

application management

software. Providing this

information at unprecedented

levels enables management

packages to become proactive -

recognizing and fixing problems

before they occur. Furthermore

with the new level of information

available root cause analysis can

be performed at the application

and transaction level insuring

even higher levels of

transactional reliability.

InfiniBand includes advanced

failover

mechanisms such as APM

(Automatic Path Migration) that

enable a self-healing InfiniBand

fabric. The DB2 Universal

Database can take advantage of

these powerful management and

RAS mechanisms and integrate

this with state of the art

management tools to provide the

highest levels of robustness and

uptime.

Advanced Platforms for DB2

Today InfiniBand and DB2 can

be delivered on standard server

platforms using traditional

PCI/PCIX HCA add-in cards.

Even greater performance,

density, and Total Cost of

Ownership (TCO) benefits are

just around the corner with new

modular InfiniBand compute

platforms from the major server

vendors. A vision of how these

new platforms might look can be

gleaned from the Mellanox Nitro

II server blades reference

design.

The Nitro II incorporates three

powerful components into a

highly integrated modular

chassis. These three

components are: Up to twelve

4U high server blades, dual 16-

Port 10Gb/s switch blades, and

integrated chassis with passive

backplane supporting 480

Gb/sec of

aggregate bandwidth.

Commercial platforms

assembled from industry

standard components similar to

this will support the DB2

Universal Database and will be

able to deliver new levels of

scalability, performance, and

reliability. Diskless server blades

are made possible by

InfiniBand’s low latency

hardware transport, thereby

overcoming the latency and

bandwidth penalties of LAN

based remote storage.

Eliminating the local disk

improves reliability, lowers cost

and enables more power for

improved CPU and memory

performance. Such highly

integrated InfiniBand server

blade platforms eliminate

cabling, reduce power and

cooling overhead, and deliver

better total cost of ownership

and will once again showcase

the synergy between InfiniBand

technology and the IBM DB2

Universal Database.

SteelEye’s™ LifeKeeper®

software enables businesses to

get the best of both worlds –

industry-proven enterprise-grade

reliability together with low total

cost of ownership (TCO).

SteelEye’s LifeKeeper software

for IBM’s DB2 UDB enables

enterprises to protect the

reliability of their business-critical

applications on DB2 database

servers running in Intel-based

Linux environments.

LifeKeeper maintains the high

availability of clustered Linux

systems by monitoring system

and application health,

maintaining client connectivity

and providing uninterrupted data

access regardless of where

clients reside – on the corporate

Internet, intranet, or extranet.

To enable automatic system and

application recovery if the

system goes down or is taken

down for scheduled

maintenance, LifeKeeper allows

applications to failover to other

servers in the cluster. This helps

LifeKeeper minimize the risk of a

single point of failure and allows

Linux systems to meet the

stringent availability

requirements of mission-critical

operations by creating a fault

resilient environment.

Continuous Availability of Critical

Applications

No business should suffer

downtime of critical database

applications. The reliability of

LifeKeeper with DB2 UDB is a

lower cost alternative to more

expensive database solutions,

and delivers the same benefits.

Fault Resilient Clusters

LifeKeeper provides fault

resilience for Linux environments

by enabling other servers in a

cluster to take over for failed

servers or applications. In

addition, LifeKeeper supports

active-active server

configurations, thus eliminating

the need for extra servers

dedicated for idle standby.

Proactive Fine-Grain Protections

With LifeKeeper, hardware

component or application faults

are detected through multiple

fault-detection mechanisms

before a full-system failure

occurs. LifeKeeper monitors

Linux clusters using intelligent

processes and multiple LAN

“heartbeats.” By sending

redundant signals between

server nodes to determine

system and application health,

LifeKeeper confirms a system’s

status before taking actions.

This reduces the risk of a single

point of failure and minimizes

false failovers. LifeKeeper also

eliminates unnecessary failovers

by recovering only those

applications that failed, without

requiring a full server power off.

Transparent Failover

If an event creates an

interruption in a server’s

availability, LifeKeeper moves

the protected resources and

applications automatically to

another server in the cluster with

minimum impact on a user’s

productivity. LifeKeeper’s

ultimate flexibility allows

cascading, multidirectional, and

N+1 failover configurations for

up to 32 active nodes to ensure

continuous client access in the

event of system or application

failure.

Easy to Deploy and Manage

LifeKeeper’s Java-based GUI

enables easy installation,

operation, and maintenance of

clustered systems, applications,

and recovery policies. IT

administrators can easily

manage cluster-wide resources

either locally or remotely via any

Java-enabled Web browser.

Built-in GUI Wizards simplify and

automate common management

and operations tasks to further

increase the efficiency of IT

personnel and eliminate human

errors.

Manage and Protect Business

Critical Applications such as DB2

UDB

LifeKeeper’s non-intrusive

architecture, out of the box

support for commercial and

custom applications, as well as

easy installation and deployment

processes, provide excellent

return on investment (ROI) and

TCO value propositions. This is

especially true for companies

using IBM’s DB2 UDB.

Broadest set of Storage Systems

Supported

LifeKeeper is designed to be

used with the widest range of

storage systems including; SCSI,

Fibre channel, NAS, and data

replication.

Benefits include:

No development

required for cluster-

aware application

programming interfaces

(APIs).

DB2 Application

Recovery Kit – which

includes tools and

utilities that allow

LifeKeeper to monitor

and failover DB2 in the

event of a system or

application failure – has

been developed and

fully tested in

SteelEye’s engineering

lab.

Application heath

monitoring provides

uninterrupted client

access.

The Software

Developer’s Kit (SDK)

offers a powerful

framework for

developing customized

recovery routines for

proprietary applications

as well as commercial

applications.

BBDO INTERACTIVE’s Critical

Reliability of Web Services with

LifeKeeper

BBDO INTERACTIVE, a

subsidiary of the third largest

advertising agency worldwide,

has chosen Linux to develop and

host websites and applications

for its clients.

BBDO INTERACTIVE deployed

SteelEye's LifeKeeper clustering

software running on Linux-based

IBM eServer xSeries servers and

IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition for

Linux.

“We chose SteelEye because we

needed 99.99% availability,

nothing less,” says Harald

Wilhelm, BBDO INTERACTIVE

DB2 Administrator. “According

to our service level agreements

with our customers, if their sites

go down, we must pay a penalty

fee. Even if our machines were

down for only an hour, the costs

would be huge. With SteelEye’s

LifeKeeper clustering software

we never have to worry about

downtime.”

"The integrated IBM xSeries

server solution, DB2 UDB, and

SteelEye LifeKeeper clustering

software offerings on Linux

provide us with the ability to

rapidly deploy and easily

manage our platforms, all with a

price/performance advantage

that's unbeatable," said Andreas

Walter, IT Manager for BBDO

INTERACTIVE.

With its family of IP to InfiniBand

routers, Voltaire provides

intelligent connectivity solutions

that enable data center

managers to take full advantage

of InfiniBand Architecture, the

next generation I/O standard.

nVigor is the first in a family of

products based on Voltaire's

TCP Termination Architecture,

which enables corporate data

centers to maximize the benefits

of InfiniBand when connecting to

IP networks. Voltaire's nVigor, a

plug-and-play solution designed

for simplicity, sits on the

InfiniBand fabric edge and acts

as an interface between existing

network devices, specifically the

TCP/IP infrastructure, and

InfiniBand-enabled server and

storage devices.

Voltaire routers process and fully

terminate the TCP/IP traffic and

then pass it to the servers or

storage devices using native

InfiniBand protocols, offering

much better CPU utilization and

greater bandwidth compared to

other connectivity solutions that

simply bridge or tunnel the IP

traffic. Voltaire routers do not

require the use of any

proprietary drivers, they leverage

on standard protocols such as

TCP/IP and SDP (Socket Direct

Protocol).

The Voltaire Termination

Architecture lends itself to load

balancing, automatic server fail-

over mechanisms, packet

filtering, traffic management,

traffic monitoring, server/network

partitioning and provisioning. As

a result, it uniquely supports

value-added applications that

today require separate devices.

Voltaire will introduce a family of

products based on its TCP

Termination architecture that will

focus on four high-end

application areas - high

performance database clusters,

network attached storage (NAS),

and storage area networks

(SAN) and disaster recovery.

Voltaire's InfiniBand database

cluster designated products

combined with entry-level,

commodity servers provide IT

managers with a powerful and

scalable architecture for high

volume, high transaction

applications such as parallel

databases, reducing Total Cost

of Ownership of database

clusters by more than 50

percent.

In addition to their optimized IP

to InfiniBand capabilities,

Voltaire’s routers offer InfiniBand

switching capabilities. These two

functionalities make Voltaire

routers ideally suited for

InfiniBand database clusters.

The switching capability serves

for internal communication

between the database nodes

while the routing capability

connects the cluster to the rest

of the datacenter infrastructure.

The communication with the

application server is dramatically

improved through the use of

Voltaire routers. Furthermore,

Voltaire’s TCP termination

architecture allows database

services such as backup and

replication to use InfiniBand

native protocols such as SDP

significantly reducing the

overhead that these services

generate.

Solution Architects

IBM's DB2 database software is the worldwide market share leader in the industry. The integrated strength of IBM's data management products, based on DB2, powers the industry's most demanding solutions. http://ibm.com/db2

^ xSeries The xSeries is IBM's line of scalable industry-standard, Intel-based servers that enable customers to confidently run their e-businesses. The xSeries leverages IBM's X-Architecture leadership to provide highly scalable servers. http://ibm.com/eserver

Lane15 Software is a leading provider of InfiniBand management software. Lane15 products deliver higher reliability, availability and manageability to enterprise computing center networks. Lane15 products provide the fabric management solution that all InfiniBand OEMs require in their products to deliver greater centralized control and computing power on-demand. http://www.lane15.com

Legato Systems, Inc. delivers worldwide enterprise class software solutions and services that keep the world's business-critical information and applications available. http://www.legato.com/ibm

MandrakeSoft offers its enterprise, government and educational customers a set of GNU Linux and Open-Source software and related services, user-friendly and highly competitive information technologies. http://www.mandrakesoft.com

Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of InfiniBand semiconductors; providing switch, host and target channel adapter (HCA/TCA) devices to the server, communications and storage markets. http://www.mellanox.com

Founded in 1972, SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative e-business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market. http://www.sap.com

SteelEye Technology® is a leading provider of enterprise-grade, low cost, high availability clustering, data replication and disaster recovery software that is easy to deploy and operate. http://www.steeleye.com

SuSE Linux is the international technology leader and solutions provider in Open Source operating system software. SuSE Linux is a privately held company focused entirely on supporting the Linux community. http://www.suse.com

Founded in 1992, Turbolinux is a global software company providing Linux operating environments and multiplatform server provisioning and management products that enable true flexible processing power. http://www.turbolinux.com

Voltaire provides intelligent connectivity solutions that enable data center managers to take full advantage of InfiniBand, the next generation I/O standard, when connecting to existing networks. With business headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and an R&D center in Herzliya, Israel, the company has developed exceptional expertise and leadership in delivering intelligent IP to InfiniBand routing solutions. Recognized by Red Herring on its "Ten to Watch" list and backed by leading venture groups, Voltaire is singularly positioned to enter the market with crucial InfiniBand products. http://www.voltaire.com

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