Why LinuxONE Rockhopper II

Deliver trusted experiences with a scalable, secure platform

IBM® LinuxONE® meets the demand of your business, even at peaks. Consolidate existing databases and develop new data servers, centrally managing data at scale without sharding to enable high performance and deliver a single version of the truth. Run 240 concurrent MongoDB databases executing a total of 58 billion database transactions per day on a single Rockhopper II™ server. Leverage data in place to drive insight and business value.

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Build a cyber defense with encryption and isolation

Keep your business out of the data breach headlines, simplify compliance, and protect your data from internal and external threats. Rockhopper II encrypts 100 percent of your application, cloud service and database data at rest or in-flight, with as little as 6 percent overhead through hardware encryption of data. IBM Secure Services Containers, protected crypto keys and isolated workloads engineered for EAL5+ certification, make LinuxONE the industry's most secure Linux platform.

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Gain efficiency with the cloud platform for multi-cloud IT

Achieve operational excellency by maximizing resource utilization and lowering costs. Run hundreds of workloads for dozens of clients in a fully virtualized shared resource platform. Accelerate delivery of your new applications through containers and cloud-native development tools, with up to 330,000 Docker containers on a single Rockhopper II server.

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Lower TCO and sized to fit any cloud data center

Achieve lower total cost of ownership and faster ROI with up to 65 percent cost savings over x86. And the new Rockhopper II's industry-standard 19-inch rack uses 40 percent less space than the previous Rockhopper while delivering up to 60 percent more Linux capacity. The configurable frame offers 16U of flexibility to populate with your choice of server, switch, or storage elements.

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Customer case studies

  • Start up finds the ideal cloud platform to bring presentations to the next level.

    Learn Forward

  • Cloud service provider replaces 4,000 x86 servers with one LinuxONE for e-ticketing system.

    Huaxia Express

  • Service provider helps start up use blockchain on LinuxONE to reduce plastic waste.

    The Plastic Bank

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