Unlock the potential of Linux and AI with IBM LinuxONE 5
Discover the power of the IBM Z and LinuxONE Ecosystem coming together to celebrate the latest innovations and future of technology
Overview
Innovation that drives business growth
IBM LinuxONE 5 combines the highest levels of enterprise security, performance and scalability with Linux® and open-source workloads including hybrid cloud and AI applications. Powered by the IBM Telum® II processor, with its multiple on-chip AI accelerators, LinuxONE can then be extended by adding IBM Spyre Accelerator cards to support generative AI and multiple AI model architectures.
With confidential containers, high availability, and AI inferencing on co-located data, LinuxONE 5 delivers a secure and resilient foundation for modern enterprise workloads.Dive deeper into the features that power LinuxONE efficiency.
Choose from three LinuxONE 5 configurations
Dive deeper into the features that power LinuxONE efficiency.
IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5
Industry-leading cyber security
Protect data at rest, in motion and in use. Safeguard your business now and in the future with quantum-safe encryption.
Optimize IT for energy and cost savings
Reduce costs by repatriating workloads to on-premises accelerated computing designed for availability, at 99.999999%.
Built-in AI for better outcomes
Deploy and scale AI models in the hybrid cloud, co-located for inferencing with data and applications while improving energy efficiency.
IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 5
Unify data on a high-density, scalable Linux Rack platform built for growth
Enable sovereign infrastructure strategies with high-density compute and always-on availability, consolidating thousands of cores and large memory capacity in a single rack.
Secure with end-to-end security and near-zero downtime
Simplify key and secrets management with centralized control- reducing operational overhead.
Amplify workloads with AI for real-time intelligence
Accelerate AI time to value with built-in acceleration and OpenShift AI- enabling more AI with less power and footprint.
IBM LinuxONE 5 Express
Starting at USD 165,0003
Right-sized entry. built to scale
Begin with a right-sized configuration Enterprise-class LinuxONE starting at USD 165,000, designed to help clients begin with a smaller footprint and scale as needs grow.
Enterprise capabilities, tailored to get you started
Provide capabilities designed to support security, resiliency, and performance in a configuration tailored for smaller starting environments.
Designed for availability and data confidence
Leverage a platform designed for high availability and data protection, helping meet business and operational needs.
Features
Core Capabilities
Hybrid cloud and AI software
Enables businesses to integrate and modernize their applications with a strong foundation that is cyber resilient, scalable and cost efficient.
Train models with high-quality privacy-compliant data on a platform of your choice, and deploy those models back to IBM LinuxONE for real-time inferencing
Centrally manage encryption keys, enhance security, and simplify compliance across hybrid cloud environments.
Unified solution for strategic automation combining the security, features and flexibility needed to scale automation across domains.
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is an add-on for IBM LinuxONE that enables virtual machines and containers to run together on the same high-performance hardware, offering unified management, enhanced reliability, and resource efficiency.
Offers a range of popular open-source AI frameworks, optimized for the on-chip integrated AI accelerator in Telum.
Enables businesses to integrate and modernize their applications with a strong foundation that is cyber resilient, scalable and cost efficient.
Train models with high-quality privacy-compliant data on a platform of your choice, and deploy those models back to IBM LinuxONE for real-time inferencing
Centrally manage encryption keys, enhance security, and simplify compliance across hybrid cloud environments.
Unified solution for strategic automation combining the security, features and flexibility needed to scale automation across domains.
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is an add-on for IBM LinuxONE that enables virtual machines and containers to run together on the same high-performance hardware, offering unified management, enhanced reliability, and resource efficiency.
Offers a range of popular open-source AI frameworks, optimized for the on-chip integrated AI accelerator in Telum.
Case studies
Real stories. Real impact.
Modernization of IT infrastructure
The Port of Barcelona used IBM LinuxONE to modernize operations, replacing legacy Oracle systems with a reliable, 24/7 platform supporting 77M tons of cargo annually.
175 metric tons
Savings of 175 metric tons of CO2 emissions over the next 5 years
Resources
Product resource hub
Explore expert resources to see how IBM LinuxONE can deliver high performance, security, resiliency, and efficiency for modern workloads in your organization.
Supported operating systems
Provides a fully integrated software and hardware solution that serves as the foundation for workloads running in hybrid multi-cloud environments.
Offers a highly reliable, scalable and secure server operating system, designed to power mission-critical workloads.
Offers open-source expertise, cost efficiency, and enterprise-grade scalability, reliability, and security to data centers, public and private clouds.
Footnotes
1 DISCLAIMER: IBM internal performance tests for the core consolidation study compared an IBM Machine Type 9175 Max136 with 136 configurable processor units with an x86 solution that used a commercially available enterprise server with two 5th gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+ processors and 64 cores per CPU. Workloads consisted of a containerized OLTP WebSphere Liberty v25 application running on Red Hat OCP v4.17 and an EDB Postgres for Kubernetes v1.25 on the same OCP cluster. Both solutions used Red Hat® Enterprise Linux v9.5 and KVM. Test results were extrapolated to a typical, complete customer IT solution that included production and non-production IT environments isolated from each other. The IBM Machine Type 9175 solution required one Max136 and the x86 solution required 23 compared servers. Results may vary.
2 IBM internal tests show that replacing an x86 solution comprised of three-year-old and older servers running cloud-native, containerized workloads with an IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5 can save up to 76% in the total cost of ownership over 5 years.
3DISCLAIMER: This represents a base hardware configuration and does not include more items, maintenance or software. Prices are shown in USD. Prices that are shown do not include tax. Price varies based on country and currency. Discounts available through existing agreements are not eligible. For detailed information about models, visit the resources tab. Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.
DISCLAIMER: IBM® internal performance tests targeted customer with an existing x86-based solution and compared it to the following alternative solution. IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5 Machine Type 9175 MAX 136 system consisting of three CPC drawers containing 136 configurable processor units and six I/O drawers to support both network and external storage. The x86 and IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5 solutions had access to the same storage. The workloads consisted of a containerized online transaction processing (OLTP) WebSphere Liberty v25 application running on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) v4.17, and an EDB Postgres for Kubernetes v1.25 on the same OCP cluster simulating core online banking functions. Both solutions used Red Hat Enterprise Linux v9.5 and KVM. Results may vary. The existing x86 solution used servers with Intel® Xeon® Gen 2 and older processors. The test results were extrapolated to a typical, complete customer IT solution that consisted of isolated from each other production and non-production IT environments. TCO included software, hardware, energy, network, data center space, and labor costs.