High-performance server scaling workloads, securing data, and accelerating AI insights for faster decisions
Overview
Engineered for agility
The IBM® Power® E1080 is IBM’s most powerful and scalable Power server, supporting up to 240 Power10 cores and 64 TB of memory. Built for AIX®, IBM i, and Linux®, it enables efficient scaling, strong data security, and faster insights with in‑core AI while delivering reliable performance for critical workloads.
Features
Advanced capabilities for critical workloads
Reduce energy use by up to 33% versus Power E980 while maintaining performance. Built on 7nm Power10 processors, the system delivers up to 2.5× greater per‑core efficiency than Intel Xeon Platinum, with higher system‑level throughput for demanding workloads.
Protect data in motion between memory and processor with encryption enabled at the hardware level. This capability requires no additional setup and is designed to deliver security with minimal performance impact across distributed environments.2
Strengthen cyber resilience with a security‑rich design featuring 4× more crypto engines per core than Power93. Built-in protection against return-oriented programming attacks helps secure data from core to cloud.
Run AI closer to your data and reduce latency from external processing. Matrix Math Accelerators enable up to 5× faster inferencing per socket versus E980, helping accelerate insights and simplify deployment while lowering cost and complexity.
Support continuous operations with proven reliability, including 25% lower downtime compared to similar high-end servers. Advanced diagnostics and recovery features help maintain uptime and reduce disruption risk.
Enable large-scale in-memory workloads using OMI-attached DDIMMs, designed for up to 2× better reliability than standard memory. This architecture supports high availability and helps reduce the risk of disruptions in critical systems.4
Use cases
Transform your business operations
Run core business workloads with the reliability, scalability and efficiency needed to adapt and grow. Support SAP HANA, Oracle databases, Red Hat environments and healthcare applications with faster provisioning, optimized costs and consistent uptime across mission-critical operations.
Software
Manage and secure IBM Power systems with software that simplifies administration and streamlines virtualization.
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) is used to configure and control one or more Power servers. The console delivers a virtual appliance format for increased deployment flexibility.
IBM PowerSC (security and compliance) is a solution optimized for virtualized environments on IBM Power servers running AIX, IBM i or Linux. PowerSC sits on top of the IBM Power server stack, integrating security features built at different layers.
IBM PowerVC is an advanced virtualization and cloud management offering. Built on OpenStack, it provides simplified virtualization management and cloud deployments for IBM AIX, IBM i and Linux virtual machines (VMs) running on IBM Power.
Resources
Discover expert resources
Stay up to date with the latest IBM Power E1080 information. Access technical reports for deeper insights, setup and configuration guides, support documentation, and product expert care documentation to help support deployment, configuration, and ongoing operations for IBM Power E1080.
IBM® Power® is a family of high-performance servers built to meet today’s—and tomorrow’s—challenges.
Pricing
Pricing & licensing for Power
Find the pricing model that fits your recovery objectives and infrastructure needs. Compare subscription tiers, deployment options, and feature bundles that help you optimize cost while maintaining enterprise‑grade continuity.
Footnotes
¹ IBM Power E1080; two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5; Power10 3.55-4.0 GHz processor, 4,096 GB memory, 8p/120c/960t, 174,000 SD benchmark users (955,050 SAPS), AIX 7.2, DB2 11.5. Certification # 2021059. All results can be found at sap.com/benchmark Valid as of 8/27/21 HPE Superdome Flex; two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5; Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L 2.7 GHz, 16p/448c/896t, 152,508 SD benchmark users (877,050 SAPS), running Windows Server 2019 and Microsoft SQL Server 2019, Certification # 2020029.
² Transparent Memory encryption means that the capability does not need any user configuration.
³ 5X improvement in per socket inferencing throughput for large size 32b floating point inferencing models from Power9 E980 (12-core modules) to Power10 E1080 (15-core modules). Based on IBM testing using Pytorch, OpenBLAS on the same BERT Large with SqUAD v1.1 data set.
⁴ Based on IBM’s internal analysis of the IBM product failure rate of DDIMMS vs Industry Standard-DIMMS.