Gábor SAMUJul 15, 2025
POWER Is Not Just for Databases https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/power-is-not-just-for-databases/ #HPC #Power11 #IBMPower #ppc64le
POWER Is Not Just for Databases

The IBM POWER architecture is not just for database servers. While most people know it only for DB2 and SAP HANA, it is an ideal platform also for HPC or other high performance server applications, like syslog-ng. While all the buzz is around POWER 11 now, we have yet to see real-world testing results, as GA is still a few weeks away. You can learn more about POWER 11 at https://newsroom.

Gábor SAMUJul 8, 2025
#IBM #Power11 Launches in IBM Power Virtual Server: Unlocking the Next Generation of Hybrid Cloud for Power Workloads https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/anthony-ciccone/2025/07/07/ibm-power11-launches-in-ibm-power-virtual-server-u #IBMCloud #PowerVS #ppc64le
IBM Power11 Launches in IBM Power Virtual Server: Unlocking the Next Generation of Hybrid Cloud for Power Workloads

Olivier BenzJun 8, 2025

The unofficial and untested code-server (aka #Code #OSS in the browser) releases are now also available for #Linux Power (#ppc64le) and Linux s390x (#s390x): https://gitlab.b-data.ch/coder/code-server/-/releases

#codeserver

Releases · coder / code-server · GitLab

Code - OSS in the browser (Mirror of https://github.com/coder/code-server)

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Gábor SAMUJun 3, 2025
Why #AI on #IBMPower? https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documents/us-en/107a02e959c8f4af #IBM #POWER10 #ppc64le
Eva WinterschönMar 24, 2025

💻 Hello Old Friend, Talos II 💻

This was my first IBM POWER9 system, acquired in 2020 and built for home/desk use. Dual socket SMT4 Sforza, 144 threads, 256-512GB RAM, various storage/net/accelerators over the years. [1]

As expected, I fell in love and acquired four IBM Power System L922-2U [2], which are presently in the colo awaiting network rebuild (remote hands this time).

The Talos II has served a variety of purposes, with most of its time running FreeBSD PPC64le (&a bit of PPC64be for fun). Sometimes also Linux, back when I was tearing into qemu code for compiler optimization hypothesis testing, RTX GPU passthrough, +validating assumptions about qemu on P9/le handling amd64 & arm64 emulation.

So, out of storage! Into the rack! New user accounts! But first it needs updated OS drives (the 3x 64GB SATADOM in Raid-Z1 need to be repurposed), and a NIC (25G-DP CX-5 or X710-DA4).

- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9#Raptor_Computing_Systems_/_Raptor_Engineering
- [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9#IBM

@dexter electricity comes next 🧠

#FreeBSD #Linux #POWER9 #PPC64le #IBM #RaptorTalos #FMT2 #colo #datacenter #onprem #homelab #hardware #engineering #goodtimes #sunday #meditation #whiteNoiseGeneratorsLulMeToSleep #WomenInTech #WomenInSTEM

POWER9 - Wikipedia

Gábor SAMUAug 29, 2024
🎉Hot off the presses - update to the #IBM #Redpaper: IBM Power E1080 Technical Overview and Introduction https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp5649.html #IBMPowerSystems #ppc64le #E1080
IBM Power E1080 IBM Power E1080 Technical Overview and Introduction

This is a new version of REDP-5649-00 which was originally published in September 2021. It includes new functions and changes introduced for the IBM Power E1080. This IBM® Redpaper® publication provides a broad understanding of a new architecture of ...

Erchache2000Jul 17, 2024
New machines to test with #gentoo #ppc64le #ultrasparc #t1
Gábor SAMUApr 10, 2024
#IBMPower Webinar tomorrow (04.11.2024): Getting started with Multi-Arch Compute workloads with your Red Hat OpenShift cluster Register here https://ibm.biz/BdvQHC #ppc64le #amd64
Getting started with Multi-Arch Compute workloads with your Red Hat OpenShift cluster - 1660167

Marcel van der BoomJan 21, 2024

#darktable runs on my #power9 machine natively now! woohoo!

#guix gets better on #ppc64le 

Eva WinterschönJan 16, 2024

Checking on shipments before starting the workday to see if the newly acquired (fourth) LC922 is transiting to the colo… and yes, it's true #iLoveIBM!

Still pending OS storage decisions before supply chain:

- remain standardized on dual S4510 / PM863a
- alt standard w/ dual SATADOM for EFI boot handoff to dual NVMe
- introduced new standard of dual 2TB P3608 Optanes
- disregard OS drives and use iSCSI boot
- other ideas… 🙇🏼‍♀️

💞 #POWER9 #PPC #PPC64 #PPC64le 💞

#FreeBSD #Linux #HomeLab