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Technical articles on IBM Power 11 benchmarks, licensing, virtualization, AI acceleration, healthcare AI infrastructure, security, and migration planning.
Power 11 S1112 for Healthcare AI: Local Inference and IBM i Continuity
How the IBM Power S1112 fits healthcare AI infrastructure planning when hospitals and health-adjacent teams need compact Power 11 capacity, local inference, and IBM i continuity.
IBM FlashSystem Storage for Power 11: What Attaches Where
Power 11 has three separate flash storage paths: internal NVMe U.2, the NED24 expansion drawer, and external SAN-attached FlashSystem storage built on FlashCore Modules. Here is how they differ and when each applies.
CPW and rPerf Explained: How to Actually Compare Power 11 Processor Options
CPW and rPerf are IBM's relative-performance benchmarks for IBM i and AIX/Linux respectively. Here is how to read them correctly when comparing Power 11 feature codes.
HMC v11 Requirements for Power 11: What Changed From 7063-CR1
Every Power11 server requires HMC v11 on either the 7063-CR2 hardware appliance or IBM's vHMC software appliance. The prior 7063-CR1 is not supported.
IBM i Licensing and Software Tiers on Power 11: P05, P10, P20, P30 Explained
IBM i software cost on Power 11 is set by the processor feature code's software tier, not the model name. Here is how P05 through P30 map across every current model.
Power 11's On-Chip AI Acceleration: What Matrix Math Acceleration Actually Does
Power 11 builds Matrix Math Acceleration directly into every processor core. Here is what that means for AI inferencing workloads running alongside IBM i, AIX, or Linux.
PowerVM and VIOS on Power 11: What You Need to Know Before Migrating
PowerVM and VIOS underlie every Power 11 partitioning design. Here is what changed, what stayed the same, and what to check before migrating existing partitions.
Security and Cyber Resilience on Power 11: What's Built In
IBM positions Power11 around 99.9999% availability and built-in cyber resilience. Here is what that means in practice, per IBM's own published Redbook guidance.