Quick introduction to the new POWER9 E950 server covering all the key facts and some advice.
CPUs
Four POWER9 processor chip sockets
Total of 48 CPU cores at 3.8 GHz
Concurrently running 384 programs
1++ trillion instructions a second
42% jump in performance on the previous model E850C
Memory
8 Memory Riser cards for 16 DIMMS each
Total 128 IS-DDR4 DIMMs = Total 16 TB
DIMM size 16, 32, 64, 128 GB
Disk - internal - Many Storage options
No disk bay support (use NVMe drives, FC SAN, iSCSI)
All 8 disk Bays with 1 SAS adapter in rear
Split disk 4+4 with 2 SAS adapter in rear
Or large caching SAS adapters to high performance
Dual VIOS ? mirrored pairs of NVMe makes good sense and high speed
Yet more I/O options:
Remote SAS Drawers for more disks + SSD
Remote PCIe Drawers for more adapters
Note: I have retired from IBM but I am still interesting is supporting and helping nmon and njmon users. Plus questions on AIX 7 and Power10 servers. Please use nigelargriffiths@hotmail.com from now on.
Nigel Griffiths