Lenovo Converged Analytics Platform for IBM
As businesses look to embrace data-driven decision making processes to gain a competitive advantage or secure operational efficiencies, Lenovo, IBM and Intel have created a converged analytics platform to make that transition as smooth as possible. The Lenovo converged analytics platform for IBM provides enterprise-level support for a company’s analytical needs, whether it is open source Apache Spark, data warehouse or machine learning application development.
Data analysts can gain insights from massive data sets with IBM Db2 Big SQL, or through an analytics data warehouse with IBM Db2 Warehouse. Data scientists can define and develop suitable machine learning models using the IBM Watson Studio Local offering. The Lenovo converged analytics platform provides the ability to implement one, two or all three of these applications based on a company’s unique requirements.
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Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM SQL Analytics
SQL Analytics on Big Data clusters is now an essential workload for all enterprises. Spark SQL enables organizations to realize the benefits of real-time analytics and gain faster insights in today’s competitive business environment.
This solution supports the deployment of either Apache Spark SQL or IBM Db2 Big SQL on Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. It provides significant performance and cost advantages for analyzing massive datasets with its in-memory processing engine and support for running SQL analytics. With this solution either Apache Spark SQL or IBM Db2 Big SQL may be deployed on a distributed cluster of Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 Management nodes and ThinkSystem SR650 Data nodes. In combination with Intel NVMe drives and Lenovo NE10032 100Gbps high speed data networking switches, the solution provides an energy efficient cluster delivering extreme performance in a small data center footprint. Faster time to analytics are achieved with big data nodes that are pre-configured, validated and delivered for scalable SQL analytics.
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- Design Brief: Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM SQL Analytics
- Reference Architecture: Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM SQL Analytics
Lenovo Big Data Validated Designs for IBM Db2
Lenovo offers two solutions for IBM Db2. The Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM Db2 Warehouse is designed and optimized to deliver predictable performance for an IBM Db2 Warehouse infrastructure and accelerate its deployment. This solution is based on the IBM Db2 Warehouse analytics software, a software-defined data warehouse for private clouds and virtual private clouds that support Docker container technology. The solution is deployed on a cluster of Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 management nodes and Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 data nodes optimized for data warehouse workloads. Networking is supported by Lenovo ThinkSystem NE10032 100Gbps high speed data networking switches.
The Lenovo Database Solution for IBM Db2 on IBM Cloud Private features a container-based architecture that enables businesses to deploy many applications including IBM Db2 and others available in the IBM Cloud Private catalog in a private cloud environment. IBM Cloud Private offers similar benefits to a public cloud but is dedicated to a single organization. The solution is ideal for businesses that need to keep data on-premises due to regulatory or legal requirements, or that do not want their strategic assets to leave their organization. The solution employs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 servers and ThinkSystem G8272 10Gbps networking switches.
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- Design Brief: Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM Db2 Warehouse
- Design Brief: Lenovo Database Solution for IBM Db2 on IBM Cloud Private
- Reference Architecture: Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM Db2 Warehouse
- Reference Architecture: Lenovo Database Solution for IBM Db2 on IBM Cloud Private
Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM Watson Studio Local
This solution is designed to support the IBM Watson Studio Local (formerly Data Science Experience Local) software. This data science platform offers an out-of-the-box, on-premises enterprise solution for data scientists and data engineers, along with a suite of data science tools. The solution is deployed on a cluster of Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 data and management nodes optimized for machine learning and deep learning workloads. Networking is supported by the Lenovo ThinkSystem G8272 10Gbps data networking switches.
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- Design Brief: Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM Data Science Experience Local
- Reference Architecture: Lenovo Big Data Validated Design for IBM Data Science Experience Local