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SUSE and MariaDB Corporation (formerly SkySQL) have partnered to expand the Linux application ecosystem on IBM Power Systems. As a result, customers can now run a wider variety of applications on POWER8.
The partnership was unveiled at IBM Enterprise2014, supporting the $1 billion investment to be spent over the next five years to develop Linux and open source technologies on IBM Power Systems.
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MariaDB Enterprise will be optimised for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 on IBM POWER8-based servers. SUSE and MariaDB will be publishing tuning and optimisation guides for customers and partners to further demonstrate the capabilities and performance benefits of Linux on Power.
The joint offering provides choice through easy porting of software developed on Linux for x86 to Linux for Power on little-endian systems, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 enables users to run a larger variety of applications on POWER8, including those developed in compiled or scripted languages, such as C++, Ruby PHP or Java. The Hypervisor support - IBM PowerKVM and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, with KVM, provide virtualisation support on POWER8 processors for Linux workloads. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 takes full advantage of POWER8’s eight threads per core, allowing a higher number of tasks to run simultaneously. Larger L3 memory cache structures provide a greater potential for computing power at higher density, perfect for data-intensive applications.
“Clients are looking for new ways to better manage big data and take advantage of cloud computing using open technologies,” said Terri Virnig, vice president of Power Ecosystem and Strategy at IBM. “The combination of the MariaDB database, fast emerging as the new M in the LAMP stack, trusted SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and superior analytics and cloud capabilities of IBM Power Systems can help clients meet these goals.”