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PSSC Customer Center Montpellier

Informix Benchmarks au centre de Montpellier

Laurent REVEL – IBM System x, Benchmark Manager

3 Octobre 2012

© 2012 IBM Corporation

IBM PSSC Customer Center – Informix benckmarks

Introduction

�Le Centre de Benchmark au P.S.S.C de Montpellier

�Dernier benchmark Informix

�Publication Informix TPC-C 2012

�Gammes IBM System -x



Welcome to IBM Montpellier

� Since its creation in 1965, the IBM Montpellier sit e has developed strong expertise in the manufacturing and support of large IT systems. Over the past 47 years, Montpellier continuously adapted its strategy to market developments by largely diversifying its business a nd adding newservice activities to enrich its portfolio to inclu de:� Technical and marketing presales support

� Outsourcing data center

� Technical support maintenance

� IT integration & solutions� Supply chain operations

� Repurpose of older generation products.

� IBM is a major contributor to the regional economy and remains one of the first private employers and the largest exporters in the Languedoc Roussillon region in France.

� 1000 Employees



2 DE11 certified in 2010 including Senior Certified Architect, total 45 Certified Experts & Thought Leaders2 AoT including VP TEC-F5 OTAA in 2010+150 iRAM Assets17 Patents in 2010, total 53

High-Level ExpertiseUnique IBM investment in Europe with 250 highly-skilled IT Specialists & Architects

Onsite Customer FacilitiesOnsite customer facilities include 40 briefing, education & benchmarks rooms

Remote Customer FacilitiesRemote customer facilities include 8 platforms, 2 large HPC Clusters and access to the WW GDPS Solution Center, Light Benchmark & WW Central Lab Platforms

Mainframe: 898K Mips

Power Systems: 50 TFlops

System x & Blades: 1250 servers

Storage: 2300 Tbytes all systems

PSSC Assets

Latest TechnologySignificant technology available for customers locally or remotely in other STG Centers include latest Mainframe, Power, HPC, System x & Storage

� Support our clients in validating IBM solutions accuracy to their requi rements � Devote our expertise and resources around customers and industries.� Innovate technologies and integrate them, along with the client’s busines s processes.� Commit to business solutions, and not just technology for technology’s sake.� Bring the marketplace viewpoint into our WW IBM Labs.

The Infrastructure Solutions Center provides comprehensive benchmark, testing, briefing, and education facilities to demonstrate the advantages of IBM systems & solutions.



A set of experts: I/T Specialists, Advisory IT/Specialist, Red-Hat certified (RHCE) and Microsoft OS experts, Servers and Storage specialists, we provide:

�System x customer Benchmarks and Proof of Concept.�System x technical support.�System x solution architecture validation for STG.�System x technical education delivery.

The IBM Montpellier System x Benchmark Center provides IBM Sales Teams and Business Partners with the capability to perform customer benchmarks on the latest System x and Blade Servers technology. Our center provides access to equipment, facilities, consulting services, and project management skills. We help customers make the right decision on System x platforms. Our center supports requests from around the world with a focus on customers in Europe.

System x Commercial Benchmark Center

Focus on Blades / PureFlex & High-end



System x Light Benchmark

� PSSC System x Light Offering: Get access remotely to pre-defined environment

- Available within 1 to 3 days for the Client (after completed qualification with STG FTSS in country)

- Suitable for 1 to 2 weeks duration maximum- Rational Performance Tester environment can be

added to the configuration upon request- Free of charge. Just need an open business

opportunity in Siebel + business case released in benchmark request (see the url in Contact)

SummarySummary CharacteristicsCharacteristics

PSSC OfferingPSSC Offering

� A shared environment to perform testing using Cloud computing model

� Large set of servers and blades System x

� Pre-defined Hardware (see next page)

� Quick access to a secured & isolated test bed environment

- Virtualization & automation in place to speed up deployment and facilitate access

- Pre-defined Operating System- Further customization required (client application &

specific data set load)

� Positioning- Functional tests, Integration tests, Architecture

validation, Operability tests, Proof-of-Concept, Limited Performance & Scalability tests



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System x Benchmark approach

� A dedicated benchmark environment reproducing a complex and specific customer environment

� Tailored specifically to the client needs &suitable for hosting critical workloads.

� Very similar to the targeted production system with

� The customer data set� Same applications, same software.

� Positioning:� Integration, Migration, Performance, � Scalability, Robustness � Architecture validation

� HA / DR tests

DetailsDetails

� Remote Benchmark = Get access remotely to a test bed environment for the pre-defined required duration

− From 5 days to > 1 month− Pricing customized to the level of resources

involved.

� Traditional Benchmark = Get access to a dedicated platform and the experts, the tools, the methodology to do the Benchmark

− Leverage dedicated expertise & benefit from skill transfer

− Pricing based on the level of support and duration of the engagement

PSSC OfferingsPSSC Offerings

CharacteristicsCharacteristics



February 2012 : POWER Benchmark in Montpellier (Business context)

X is one of the market leaders in the European insurance industry.The objective of the benchmark was to validate this growth capability of the DWH/DSS solution

Customer main infrastructure:Mainframe: IBM servers & IBM DS8K storageUNIX: IBM POWER servers & HDS USP-V

DatawareHouse / DSS infrastructure running on UNIX platform:Server: 2 x POWER 795 in turbo mode (20 CORES / 650GB)Storage: 2 x HDS USP-V (LVM mirror) with 33 TB each, throughput 5 GB/sec

Software: Informix XPS 8.51



February 2012 : POWER Benchmark in Montpellier (Overall benchmark objectives)

Goal of this benchmark is to validate solution scalability for a 330% volume growth within the next 3 years.

Demonstrate scalability of the POWER 795 technologyDemonstrate performance of the DS8800 storage systemInformix best practices

X had pre-defined and selected the following use casesBatch processes (SQL stream) with related SLAI/O workload measurement on DS8800

The project requires Hardware and software stack using latest technologiesRelevant dataset Representative workload generation



February 2012 : POWER Benchmark in Montpellier (Infrastructure)

DS8800

16

16 2)

DS8800

16

SAN8Gbps

AIX 6.1 TL7 - XPS 8.51AIX 7.1 TL1 – XPS 8.51 1)

1) One rootvg-Disk with AIX 6.1 in the beginning. After the Installation of Informix another rootvg-Disk with an Alternate Disk Migration to AIX 7.1

2) We want to use 16 FC adapters with 1 of the two ports connected to the SAN. The adapters should be distributed over the 3 I/O-drawers (in Double Barrel mode) for maximum performance.

Management VLAN

HMC



February 2012 : POWER Benchmark in Montpellier (performance tips)

Benchmark team applied AIX good practices to optimize POWER ressources :

RSET gain approximatly 40% :

Details taken from our benchmark :In our case, the optimal number of IFX CoServers was 9. To fit with the HW design, we have chosen to run with 8 CoServers (2 CoServers per Book)Book0 => CoServer1 and CoServer5Book1 => CoServer2 and CoServer6Book2 => CoServer3 and CoServer7Book3 => CoServer4 and CoServer8

So, in AIX, 8 RSETs (one for each CoServer) were created with the following command : mkrset -c <set of cpu> [ -m <memory> ] rsetnamemkrset -c 0-43 -m 0 COS/1mkrset -c 44-91 -m 0 COS/2

More details on this AIX feature > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.aix.cmds%2Fdoc%2Faixcmds3%2Fmkrset.htm



Informix TPC-C done in 2012

Infrastructure, Informix & costing

Install a server based on Linux (Fedora 14, kernel 2.6.35.14 x86_64) with the following specifications:

1-socket Intel quad-core Q9400 (four 2.66 Ghz proces sors) 16 Gb of DDR-2 RAM Four 500 Gb SATA II, 7,200 rpm disk drives Note that this configuration costs less than EUR900.

Informix Dynamic Server 11.70.FC4

Innovator-C EditionNote that this configuration costs ZERO EUR0.

More details on this feature >http://fr.vercelletto.com/2012/03/22/tpc-c-informix/ or http://en.vercelletto.com/wp-content/plugins/downloads-manager/upload/Benchmark%20Informix%20innovator_EN.pdfOr more explanations on >http://ibmdatamag.com/2012/05/pushing-ibm-informix-innovator-c-to-its-limits/

•TPC = Transaction Processing Performance•« Current TPC benchmarls include TPC-C, TPC-E and TPC-H, but TPC-C is the most representative benchmark for OLTP activity »



Informix TPC-C done in 2012 (2)

Informix database / setting used during this TPC-C benchmark :

Shared memory sized to 2 GB*,

Nine tables with index & contraints,

No transaction’s application code modification allowed.

Results of the best run :tpmC-UVA = 610.728

Number of warehouses:55Number of terminals per warehouse: 10Warm-up time : 45 mnMeasure time : 240 mn

Conclusion : « This test successfully achieved the 55 warehouses for 10 terminals run, making a total of 550 terminal sessions, which is impressive for a test hosting both application and the database server on the same client ».





�Publications Informix TPC-C 2012




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Compute IBM Flex System x240

IBM Flex System x240 - Enterprise Class

2x Hot Swap, Small Form Factor HDDs

24 LP

DIMMs

2x Intel E5 2600Processors

2x IO Mezzanine Cards

Keyboard, Mouse, Video Dongle

connector

Release latch

Standard Width compute node◊

2-socket Sandy Bridge-EP◊

24 LP DDR3 DIMMs / 1333MHz / 1600MHz

◊10Gb Converged LOM

◊2 hot swap 2.5” SAS/SATA

SSDs or HDDs◊

Dual Enabled Hypervisor –ESXi on Flash Key Option

Uncompromised Compute, IO, and Storage performance, designed for mainstream

virtualization, and a broad range of workloads



HS23 - HS22 & HS22V Follow -on Sandy Bridge EP Blade

2x hot-swap drive bays(SAS, SATA or Solid State)

2x Intel Xeon Processors(Romley EP)

16x VLP DDR3 Memory(256GB Max / 1600MHz Max)

Integrated 10GbE Virtual Fabric

2x IO Expansion Slots1x CIOv +1x CFFh)

Dual and redundant power & I/O connectors



eX5 – a portfolio that redefines enterprise x86 comp uting

MAX5

eXFlash FlexNode

Maximum memory scaling independent of processors

Extreme IOPs SSD storage

Scheduled provisioning

Two 2-SocketSystems

One 4-Socket System

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System x3850 X5 IBM BladeCenter HX5BladeCenter HX5 System x3690 X5



8-socket4-socket2-socket

eX5 - maximize memoryThe new eX5 portfolio provides as much as twice the amount of memory as competitive systems

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1832

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96

128

192

DIM

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Westm

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Non-IBM

Nehalem EX

BladeCenter HX5

System x3690 X

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Non-IBM

Nehalem EX

System x3850 X

5

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Nehalem EX

System x3850 X

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2 TB

3 TB

6 TB



System x : operating system supported

Red Hat 5 / 6 (last 6.3)

SUSE 11 / 10

Windows 2003 / 2008

ESX 4, 5

and others ...

More details on : IBM Server Proven �� http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serve rproven/compat/us/



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