Category Archives: Information Technology

Using IBM POWER9 PowerVM Virtual Persistent Memory for SAP HANA with SUSE Linux

Posted on January 9, 2020 by

Introduction SAP HANA uses in-memory database technology that allows much faster access to data than was ever possible with hard disk technology on a conventional database – access times of 5 nanoseconds versus 5 milliseconds. SAP HANA customers can also … Continue reading →

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The ibmvnic driver with SR-IOV is now supported by SLES 12 and SLES 15 on IBM POWER9 processor-based systems

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

SUSE has worked with IBM to enable support for the ibmvnic driver with PowerVM on POWER9 systems. The ibmvnic driver enables PowerVM Single Root I/O Virtualizations (SR-IOV) for improved network capabilities including reduced systems processor utilization, decreased network latency, and … Continue reading →

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Free Developer subscriptions for SUSE Linux on Arm based systems are now available

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

Arm servers are here (to stay) I’ve spent the last few weeks meeting with many customers and partners in Frankfurt at the ISC High Performance Conference, HPCast, and the GoingArm conference. We have worked with the Arm community for many … Continue reading →

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SUSE Linux Live Patching for Power – A key tool for availability

Posted on March 11, 2018 by

All system outages are bad. They result in lost revenue, reputation damage, lost productivity and other impacts to the business. Outages of enterprise applications such as SAP HANA can have an even greater impact on a business due to the … Continue reading →

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POWER9 is here. SUSE is ready!

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

They are here! IBM announced the POWER9 servers for small enterprises, which will be available later this quarter. IBM announced six new servers but the IBM POWER Systems H922 and H924 are of particular interest to SAP HANA customers. These … Continue reading →

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SAP HANA on Power feeling a little cramped? 128TB support for SLES 11 SP4 can help

Posted on February 6, 2018 by

Memory fragmentation can happen in any operating system, but if you are running a memory intensive workload like SAP HANA, fragmentation can put an upper limit on how long the application can be available before needing to be restarted. Increasing … Continue reading →

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Why it is hard to predict the performance impact of Meltdown and Spectre

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

One of the key questions about patches to mitigate Meltdown and Spectre is “How is this going to impact my performance?” Olaf Kirch, Distinguished Engineer and VP of Engineering at SUSE explains why it is so difficult to predict the … Continue reading →

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