Use 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors to get the most out of your VMware investments; they are now available on IBM Cloud.
The newest Intel Xeon processor generation is now available in IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions, according to a recent announcement from IBM. This revolutionary solution reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) for your VMware environment by up to 25% while providing up to 35% more overall performance and 4x faster speeds for highly performant storage. A more cost-effective digital transformation is supported by this collaboration between IBM Cloud, Intel, and VMware, which provides a complete and adaptable cloud solution that optimises performance and lowers TCO.
Additionally, this collaboration guarantees that clients may take their time updating their IT infrastructure while taking advantage of enhanced lifecycle management, cutting-edge security, and notable storage performance enhancements. VMware, Intel, and IBM Cloud work together to reduce the risks and expenses of cloud migration while allowing enterprises to maintain the same degree of access and control as on-premises settings.
Crucial elements of this integration
- AI Ready: The 4th generation Intel Xeon processors incorporate a number of accelerators that optimise performance for particular business-critical workloads. This makes the platform perfect for contemporary data science and artificial intelligence applications. Intel
- Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) and Intel Deep Learning Boost (DL Boost) are two of the accelerators for AI workloads.
- Intel Quick Assist Technology (QAT) enhances data compression and encryption speed.
- With the Intel Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB), hardware queueing management is improved.
- Performance Gain: VMware workloads might see a 35% gain in performance with IBM Cloud’s 4th Gen Intel Xeon CPUs. The next generation vSAN ESA architecture from VMware is supported by NVMe storage, which offers up to four times the speed of the previous vSAN OSA. Applications and workloads requiring a lot of data must benefit greatly from this enhancement.
- Cost savings and efficiency: solutions for IBM Cloud for VMware Cloud Foundation now provide a VM density per host that is about 30% higher. Further cutting costs and complexity, large deployments can profit from using 50% fewer nodes. When taken as a whole, this saves about 25% of the total cost of ownership (TCO). These profiles are intended to maximise license expenses while offering VMware workloads faster clock speeds.
- Improved Security: The addition of TPM 2.0, a specialised embedded chip, guarantees hardware-level platform integrity and offers strong protection for workloads and deployments.
- Scalability and Adaptability: With up to 96 cores and up to 2TB of RAM, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service (VCFaaS) on IBM Cloud provide options for flexible deployment. There are 62TB, 122TB, and 184TB (Raw) storage options available worldwide in areas including Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington, DC.
Key applications for this integration
For workloads such as SAP HANA, IBM Cloud provides easy upgrades and notable performance gains. The evaluated 2-socket servers’ 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors in particular showed about 35% better performance than their predecessors. It is also possible to change server hardware with little downtime, which facilitates the migration of virtual SAP HANA virtual machines (VMs) to new environments without the need for OS or SAP HANA upgrades. Customers will be able to take advantage of improved performance and less downtime throughout migrations with this.
- Infrastructure/Application Modernisation: IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions provides customers with a range of deployment and administration choices that let them modernise at their own pace while maintaining flexibility. This involves re-platforming VMs to IBM Cloud Virtual Servers, re-hosting workloads to IBM Cloud, and re-packaging apps to use containers and virtual machines. VMware Cloud Foundation and 4th-generation Intel Xeon CPUs boost performance. These processors’ integrated accelerators optimise particular workloads, improving performance and total cost of ownership.
- Databases (MS SQL Server/Oracle): Support for high-performance databases such as MS SQL Server and Oracle is one of the infrastructure modernisation capabilities. Utilising VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on IBM Cloud in conjunction with 4th generation Intel Xeon Processors guarantees enhanced speed and efficiency for database applications. For database applications, the new vSAN 8 with Express Storage Architecture (ESA) provides more resilient, scalable, versatile, and performant storage options. Utilising the Intel QAT accelerator speeds up MS SQL Server backups.
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): Workloads related to VDI are supported by the modernised infrastructure. VDI installations may be made in a stable environment thanks to the improved lifecycle management and sophisticated workload balancing features of vSphere 8 and vSAN 8. Utilising Intel QuickAssist Technology helps improve the performance of VDI tasks by speeding up data decompression and cryptography. VMware vSGA and the Intel Data Centre GPU Flex Series are also used to accomplish VDI Workload Consolidation.
- AI Workloads: Deep learning inference workloads are accelerated through the combination of Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) and Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost). Because of this, the infrastructure can handle AI tasks like deep learning inference, model training, and data science. For workloads including AI inference, the workload-first strategy of the 4th generation Intel Xeon Processors, with cores and integrated accelerators, guarantees better performance and increased efficiency.
Making the most of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions to increase productivity and reduce TCO
The integration of 4th Gen Intel Xeon Processors into IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions has the potential to significantly reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The method requires 50% fewer nodes for big deployments, offers about 25% savings, and increases the VM density per host by about 30%. As a consequence, TCO declines overall. Moreover, Intel’s workload-first strategy, which combines optimised software with cores and built-in accelerators, yields better TCO, increased economy, and enhanced performance. The new Express Storage Architecture (ESA) and other infrastructure modernisation features like vSphere 8 and vSAN 8 further improve performance and efficiency while reducing power consumption and facilitating better server consolidation.
All things considered, the integration of Intel technologies, VMware Cloud Foundation, and IBM Cloud offers a complete solution for refining databases, enabling VDI, modernising apps and infrastructure, and speeding up AI workloads.
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Utilise the most secure, frictionless, and adaptable cloud to update VMware workloads.
Smooth and safe
By leveraging your current investments, IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions lets you modernise and transfer VMware workloads to the cloud with ease while maintaining the same degree of access, security, and control. Furthermore, it provides you with the option to handle it yourself or have IBM handle it for you.
Return on investment of 201%
IBM commissioned a 2024 Forrester Consulting study on the total economic impact of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions. The study modelled a composite client organisation and estimated that, over a three-year period, it could earn USD 2.01 for every USD 1 invested in IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions.
Reduced expenses of USD 1.2 million due to improved operational efficiency
According to the same model, the client organisation might save USD 1.2 million over three years by relinquishing resources that oversee on-premises gear.
Cloud Foundation for VMware and IBM Cloud
A fully reliable fullstack package to support the agile workloads of today. IBM Cloud for VMware Cloud Foundation can help you accelerate your hybrid cloud transformation.
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions Use cases
Scale, expand, and migrate
Without re-architecting apps, you can readily expand your on-premises data center to accommodate capacity growth, on-demand app scaling, and speeding up cloud migrations of vSphere workloads to IBM Cloud while lowering migration complexity.
Cyber-recovery
IBM Cloud’s Cyber Recovery solution offers a streamlined business continuity plan that includes cloud backup, affordable disaster recovery (DR), and a powerful ransomware recovery tool to safeguard and restore your data throughout your IT infrastructure.
Modernising applications
Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes containers can help you modernise your VMware workloads. Advanced technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence can improve company outcomes. Construct a hybrid cloud approach by integrating current VMware-based apps.
