pSeries Power4/Power5 Performance Comparison
Document Author: Alain Marmion
Additional Author(s): Alain Marmion, Michel Passet, sspd database, Barry Clasper
Document Revised:
06/09/2005
Product(s) covered:
Oracle RDBMS; Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Abstract: SSPD - The goal of this document is to compare the competitive advantage of Power5 with AIX 5.3 servers compared to Power4 running AIX 5.2. Going further than the rPerf figures, a real 3-tier environment is tested, including a database and an application server. A large set of graphs (CPU af course, but also memory and disks) are provided to analyze the results.
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Document Information:
Solution Title: pSeries Power4/Power5 Performance Comparison
This profile describes a solution designed by IBM for installation at a customer site.
The solution as documented here has been tested and demonstrated to work as expected.
Solution Source: PSSC
SSPD ID: SSPD-MPAT-6C3HNS
Customer Profile:
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Industry:
Customer's Business:
General Solution Description:
IBM Revenue: (in US$)
Solution Industry: Consumer Packaged Goods
Market Play: Cross-Industry
eBusiness On Demand: Cross-Industry
General Solution Description and Overview:
The goal of this document is to compare the competitive advantage of Power5 with AIX 5.3 servers compared to Power4 running AIX 5.2. Going further than the rPerf figures, a real 3-tier environment is tested, including a database and an application server. A large set of graphs (CPU af course, but also memory and disks) are provided to analyze the results.
Solution Diagrams:
General Operational Characteristics:
Size 5 hosts, 400 clients
Type of Traffic Interactive
Usage OLTP injection using LoadRunner stress tool
Performance & Capacity The data measured is the transaction rate for OLTP, and the batch duration for the night processing
Scalability The scalability is tested with a single instance Oracle database and with an Oracle RAC database with one and two instances
Availability The availability reach a very high ratio, thanks to Oracle RAC.
Security
Detailed Product/Platform/Logical Implementation Block Descriptions:
Logical Implementation Block Name Application server
Main function of this logical implementation block
Application Server
Types of data stored or manipulated in this block
Transaction
Actions performed on the data in this block
Retail OLTP transactions
Operating System(s) used:
AIX, pSeries P4 with AIX 5.2, pSeries P5 with AIX 5.3
Hardware used:
pSeries 690, – -- X – --, pSeries P5 p570
Software Products used:
ISV specific software
Logical Implementation Block Name Database server
Main function of this logical implementation block
Database Server
Types of data stored or manipulated in this block
Database
Actions performed on the data in this block
Operating System(s) used:
AIX, pSeries p690 with AIX 5.2, pSeries P5 p570 with AIX 5.3
Hardware used:
pSeries 690, pSeries P5 p570
Software Products used:
Oracle RDBMS, Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC)
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Attachment Language is: English
Contact Information:
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Contact Name: Alain Marmion
Job Title: Benchmark manager
Organization: ATS PSSC
Country: France
Phone Number: (+33) 467 34 42 53
Tieline: 38 42 53
Fax: (+33) 467 34 64 77
Lotus Notes: Alain Marmion/France/IBM@IBMFR
eMail: MARMIONA@fr.ibm.com
