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Solution brief IBM DB2* V11.1 ® Xeon® Scalable Processors Analytics without Boundaries for the Future-Ready Enterprise

Running IBM DB2* on the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors powers the next generation of business innovation.

“In today’s data-driven Modern businesses find themselves awash in data, and their best path to a competitive edge comes from analytics that can put that data to work in real time. economy, businesses require An IT strategy must enable intelligent, rapid-fire decisions today and prepare for solutions that put data to the new business models and capabilities tomorrow. Building blocks from IBM and Intel are a solid foundation for ongoing innovation. best use possible. Having IBM DB2* running on the new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors builds on an the ability to make decisions ongoing history of joint successes and industry leadership. Massive scalability real-time while planning long- and throughput turns the deluge of data facing every business from a challenge into an opportunity. term strategy is critical. That’s For well over two decades, IBM and Intel have collaborated closely to create why the combination of IBM symbiotic capabilities in their products for the enterprise. With each generation of IBM and Intel® architecture, business customers extend their capabilities DB2* V11.1 and the new Intel® to put data to work, advancing the horizons of capability and opportunity. As Xeon® Scalable processors is and analytics have become more central to profitability, real-time performance has become vital. so compelling. This technology stack puts more power, Proven Performance for the Data-Fueled Enterprise flexibility, and insight into Testing reveals that performance increases occur when refreshing the server hardware and the platform. For mainstream two-socket servers, the hands of business refresh of hardware alone from previous-generation systems based on the decision makers.” Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2699 v4 to the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8180 processor increased performance by approximately 1.51X, as illustrated in Figure 1.1 – Dinesh Nirmal, Vice President, Refreshing the database platform and the server hardware together drives even Analytics Development, greater potential for higher throughput. The test system using the latest DB2 V11.1 IBM Hybrid Cloud on the Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 processor produced a performance increase of 1.81X over the baseline system.1 In a real-life implementation, this improvement could allow more sophisticated decisions based on larger data sets, setting the stage for business innovation. Solution Brief | Analytics without Boundaries for the Future-Ready Enterprise

Two-Socket Performance Increases from Hardware and Software Refresh1

Refresh Database Platform and Server Hardware Together:

1.81X Performance Increase Refresh Database Platform: 6848 5717 1.20X Performance Refresh Server Hardware: 3774 1.51X Performance Trhoughput Higher is Better) (Queries per Hour;

0 Intel® Xeon® Processor Intel® Xeon® Platinum Intel® Xeon® Platinum E5-2699 v4 / IBM DB2* v10.5.0.8 8180 Processor / IBM DB2 v10.5.0.8 8180 Processor / IBM DB2 v11.1.1.1

Workload: 300 GB BDInsights

Figure 1. Two-socket performance increases from refresh of DB2* software and server hardware.1

Compelling results are also available for larger-scale Just as in the two-socket case, the true potential for greater solutions based on four-socket systems, as shown in Figure performance lies in upgrading both the server hardware and 2. Upgrading the server platform alone from a system just the database platform together. Compared to the three- one generation old based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E7- year-old server running the older version of DB2, testing 8890 v4 to the Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 processor delivered demonstrated approximately a 2.65X increase in throughput a performance increase of 1.49X.2 However, the potential for on the four-socket system based on the Intel Xeon Platinum enhanced performance is often greater than 1.5X, as many 8180 processor running DB2 V11.1. servers currently deployed in data centers are closer to three years old or older. In fact, upgrading just the hardware from a server based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4890 Refreshing both server hardware and the database v2 (introduced in 2014) produced approximately a 2.17X platform enables businesses to potentially: performance increase.1 • Deliver faster, more sophisticated analytics • Run more concurrent queries in a multi-user environment • Uncover high-value insights as fast as data is created

Four-Socket Performance Increases from Hardware and Software Refresh2

Database and 3 Gen HW Refresh: 2.65X Performance Increase 1407 3 Gen HW Refresh: 2.17X Performance 1151

774

Trhoughput 530 Higher is Better) (Queries per Hour;

0 Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-4890 v2 / Processor E7-8890 v4 / Platinum 8180 Platinum 8180 IBM DB2* v10.5.0.8 IBM DB2 v10.5.0.8 Processor / IBM DB2 v10.5.0.8 Processor / IBM DB2 v11.1.1.1

Workload: 3 TB BDInsights Figure 2. Four-socket performance increases from refresh of DB2* software and server hardware.2

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Always-On, In-Memory Analytics with The Intel Xeon Scalable processors’ redesigned memory IBM DB2* Database subsystem provides very low latency, making it a key contributor to performance increases for the memory- DB2 V11.1 is built to power the next generation of intensive workloads associated with DB2-based applications. demanding, simultaneous workloads, including those for The hardware platform provides six memory channels per advanced analytics, cognitive, and transactional computing. processor, for a 1.5X increase in bandwidth compared to the Its in-memory architecture scales smoothly across large core four channels in its predecessor. With support for up to 24 counts in enterprise servers based on the Intel Xeon Scalable DIMMs of DDR4-2667 RAM, the processor enables servers to processors, contributing to improved throughput and response scale upward to avoid becoming memory bound, even when times for the full range of leading-edge business applications. handling very large data sets. IBM BLU Acceleration* delivers the breakthrough The robust memory subsystem holds clear benefits for performance advantages of in-memory columnar processing, large enterprise . Radical boosts to performance taking advantage of the latest cache and memory subsystem are possible by placing massive DB2 datasets into system advances of Intel architecture. By delivering rapid system memory while ensuring that internal bandwidth is sufficient response, BLU Acceleration safeguards the ability of next- to handle the accompanying demands. generation business applications to advance real-time business insight, as well as an excellent user experience. Conclusion To help satisfy the challenges of the cognitive era, DB2 With an eye to their futures, businesses now have a simple meets demanding processing requirements head-on, path to powering better decision making using vast amounts while embracing the full scope of data sources that today’s of data. By upgrading their analytics solutions to DB2 V11.1 enterprise applications must draw on, from sensors and running on server hardware based on the new Intel Xeon mobile endpoints to the , web, and cloud. Scalable processors, enterprises can embrace the potential By loading data continuously from multiple enterprise of opening their solutions to rapid operations on massive data. sources, DB2 keeps data available where it is needed to At the full range of system sizes ranging from two to eight support fast insight and decision making. Compression using sockets, the increases in throughput available from hardware multiple techniques on that data maximizes compression and software refresh covers the gamut of solution scale. of columnar tables, helping DB2 drive performance up Performance drives insight, and the competitive advantage further. Advanced data management and manipulation often goes to the competitor who identifies opportunities techniques provide highly efficient use of hardware resources first. In a world where those opportunities lie hidden in vast throughout the solution stack. seas of data, analytics powered by IBM and Intel offer a path to success. Pervasive Performance from the Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Based on a new microarchitecture built using 14-nanometer For more information on the Intel® Xeon® process technology, the Intel Xeon Scalable processors Scalable processors, please visit represent the most significant set of platform improvements in the past 10 years. With significant performance advances www.intel.com/XeonScalable per core and up to 28 cores per socket, this compute engine delivers breakthrough capabilities for enterprise applications For more information on IBM DB2, please visit based on DB2. As businesses find themselves awash in data, www..com/analytics/us/en/ this latest IBM and Intel® solution stack provides the means for that data to illuminate potential competitive advantages. technology/db2/ “The new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors are the most compelling platform advance in a decade, and the advances built into DB2 V11.1 showcase just how valuable upgrading the whole solution stack can be. This is a golden opportunity for joint customers of IBM and Intel to get huge return on investment from combined hardware and software refresh.”

– Lisa Davis, Vice President and General Manager, IT Modernization Group, Intel

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1 Workload: 300 GB BD Insights, 12 users, geomean of three runs; performance metric: queries per hour (QpH). BASELINE: 2x Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2699 v4 @ 2.2 GHz; 256 GB DDR4-2400 RAM (16x 16 GB); Intel® SSD DC S3700 Series (800 GB); Enterprise * 7.3; BIOS: 86B.0271. R00.1510301446. Raw score: 3774 QpH. NEW: 2x Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8180 processor @ 2.5 GHz; 384 GB DDR4-2667 RAM (24x 16 GB); Intel SSD DC S3700 Series (800 GB); 7.3; BIOS: 86B.01.00.0412.020920172159. Raw score with DB2* v10.5.08: 5717 QpH. Raw score with DB2 v11.1.1.1: 6848 QpH. 2 Workload: 3 TB BD Insights, 12 users, geomean of three runs; performance metric: queries per hour (QpH). BASELINE: 4x Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4890 v2 @ 2.8 GHz; 1.5 TB DDR3-1600 RAM (96x 16 GB); IBM XIV storage; SUSE Linux* Enterprise Server 11.3; BIOS: 86B.0038.R02.1307231126. Raw score: 530 QpH. INTERMEDIATE GENERATION: 4x Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v4 @ 2.2 GHz; 1.5 TB DDR4-2133 RAM (96x 16 GB); Intel® SSD DC S3700 Series (800 GB); Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3; BIOS: 335.R00. Raw score: 774 QpH. NEW: 4x Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 processor @ 2.5 GHz; 1.5 TB DDR4-2667 RAM (48x 32 GB); Intel SSD DC S3700 Series (800 GB); Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3; BIOS: 086B.0119. R05.1701181843. Raw score with DB2 v10.5.08: 1151 QpH. Raw score with DB2 v11.1.1.1: 1407 QpH. Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, specific software, or services activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer. For more complete information about performance and benchmark results, visit www.intel.com/benchmarks. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® . Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. For more complete information visit http://www.intel.com/performance/datacenter. Cost reduction scenarios described are intended as examples of how a given Intel- based product, in the specified circumstances and configurations, may affect future costs and provide cost savings. Circumstances will vary. Intel does not guarantee any costs or cost reduction. All information provided here is subject to change without notice. Contact your Intel representative to obtain the latest Intel product specifications and roadmaps. Statements in this document that refer to Intel’s plans and expectations for the quarter, the year, and the future, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. A detailed discussion of the factors that could affect Intel’s results and plans is included in Intel’s SEC filings, including the annual report on Form 10-. Copyright © 2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and may be claimed as the property of others. 0617/RA/MESH/PDF 332393-002US

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