SPEC Seal of Reviewal SPECjAppServer®2004 Result
Copyright © 2004 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
WebSphere 6.0.2.3 Application Server on IBM System p5 550 Cluster
2,921.48 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard
Submitter:
IBM Corporation
SPEC license # 11 Test date:
Oct-2005
Software Products
WebSphere 6.0.2.3 Application Server Network Deployment
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) 32-bit
IBM DB2 Universal JDBC Drivers
IBM DB2 Universal Database v8.2.3
IBM Load balancer, Edge Component of WebSphere V6.0
WebSphere V6.0.2.3 Deployment Manager
Software Configurations
J2EE Application Servers
Emulator SW Config
Database SW Config
Driver SW Config Primary
Driver SW Config Satellites
IBM Load Balancer 6.0
Hardware Systems
J2EE Application Server HW
Database Server HW
Load Balancer and WebSphere Deployment Manager Hardware
Emulator
Load Driver Satellites
Primary Load Driver

System Configuration Diagram

Benchmark
Modifications
Configuration
Bill of Materials
Other Info
General Notes
Full Disclosure Archive

SUT Configuration
J2EE Server Nodes: 8   DB Server Nodes: 1
J2EE Server CPUs: 32 cores, 16 chips (SMT on)   DB Server CPUs: 8 cores, 4 chips (SMT on)
J2EE Instances: 8   DB Instances: 1
Other SUT Components:
   (1) IBM eServer OpenPower 720 running IBM Load Balancer 6.0 and WebSphere Deployment Manager V6.0.2.3
   (1) Cisco Catalyst 3750 24TS Switch

Benchmark Settings
Dealer Injection Rate: 1,745   Ramp Up Time: 600 seconds
# of Dealer Agents: 23   Ramp Down Time: 300 seconds
# of Manufacturing Agents: 10   Steady State Time: 3,600 seconds
DB Load Injection Rate: 2,000   Trigger Time: 4,500 seconds

Detailed Results
Dealer Transaction Mix Count Tx. Mix
Purchase 1,579,528 25.01%
Manage 1,579,846 25.02%
Browse 3,156,185 49.97%
Total # Dealer Transactions 6,315,559
Total # Manufacturing Transactions 4,201,753
Response Times Average Maximum 90th% Reqd
Purchase 0.30 3.63 0.70 2.00
Manage 0.30 5.96 0.70 2.00
Browse 0.35 4.13 0.90 2.00
Manufacturing 1.24 3.45 1.50 5.00
Reproducibility Run (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS) 2,923.26

WebSphere 6.0.2.3 Application Server Network Deployment
Vendor: IBM Corporation Availability: Oct-2005
CTS Version: 1.4 Date Passed CTS: Nov-2004
OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 for IBM POWER
EJB Protocol: RMI/IIOP

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) 32-bit
Vendor: IBM Corporation Availability: Jun-2005
OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 for IBM POWER

IBM DB2 Universal JDBC Drivers
Vendor: IBM Corporation Availability: Aug-2005
OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 for IBM POWER

IBM DB2 Universal Database v8.2.3
Vendor: IBM Corporation Availability: Aug-2005
OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 for IBM POWER

IBM Load balancer, Edge Component of WebSphere V6.0
Vendor: IBM Corporation Availability: Jun-2005
Description: Load balancer via MAC forwarding

WebSphere V6.0.2.3 Deployment Manager
Vendor: IBM Corporation Availability: Oct-2005
Description: To setup and control WebSphere cell

J2EE Application Servers
J2EE Product: WebSphere 6.0.2.3 Application Server Network Deployment
JVM Product: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) 32-bit
JDBC Product: IBM DB2 Universal JDBC Drivers
Hardware: J2EE Application Server HW
# of Instances: 8
Interfaces:
Web Interface for the Dealer Domain
Web Interface for the Supplier Domain
EJB Interface for the Dealer Domain
EJB Interface for the Manufacturing Domain
EJB Interface for the Supplier Domain
Notes / Tuning Information
Minimum heap size = 3072 MB
Maximum heap size = 3072 MB
JVM parms: -Xlp verbose:gc
com.ibm.CORBA.FragmentSize=3000
com.ibm.ws.pm.batch=true
com.ibm.ws.pm.deferredcreate=true
EJB Cache Size = 30530
HTTP Channel maximum persistent requests = -1
HTTP Channel readTimeout = 6000
HTTP Channel writeTimeout = 6000
HTTP Channel persistentTimeout = 3000
Minimum Web Container threads = 40
Maximum Web Container threads = 40
Minimum ORB threads = 32
Maximum ORB threads = 32
Minimum Default threads = 15
Maximum Default threads = 15
Trace and PMI disabled
Log rotation disabled
Refer to files appservers/resources.xml, appservers/startup.txt,
and appservers/server.xml in the archive file.  They contain:
   datasource configuration,
   JVM command line parameters,
   and other J2EE configuration information

Emulator SW Config
JVM Product: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) 32-bit
Web Product: WebSphere 6.0.2.3 Application Server Network Deployment
Hardware: Emulator
# of Instances: 1
Notes / Tuning Information
Initial heap size = 1536 MB
Maximum heap size = 1536 MB
JVM parm  -Xlp
HTTP Channel readTimeout = 0
HTTP Channel writeTimeout = 0
HTTP Channel persistentTimeout = 0
HTTP Channel maximumPersistentRequests = -1
HTTP Channel keepAlive = true
Minimum Web Container threads = 35
Maximum Web Container threads = 35

Database SW Config
DB Product: IBM DB2 Universal Database v8.2.3
Hardware: Database Server HW
# of Instances: 1
Notes / Tuning Information
Tuning performed by db2tune.sh script in the archive/Schema directory.

Driver SW Config Primary
JVM Product: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) 32-bit
Hardware: Primary Load Driver
# of Instances: 1
Notes / Tuning Information
JVM_OPTIONS=-Xss100k -Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xlp
-Dcom.ibm.CORBA.FragmentSize=3000

Driver SW Config Satellites
JVM Product: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) 32-bit
Hardware: Load Driver Satellites
# of Instances: 4
Notes / Tuning Information
JVM_OPTIONS=-Xss100k -Xms1536m -Xmx1536m
-Dcom.ibm.CORBA.FragmentSize=3000

IBM Load Balancer 6.0
Other Product: IBM Load balancer, Edge Component of WebSphere V6.0
Hardware: Load Balancer and WebSphere Deployment Manager Hardware
# of Instances: 1
Notes / Tuning Information
Defaults used.

J2EE Application Server HW (SUT hardware)
Hardware Vendor: IBM Corporation OS Vendor: Novell Inc.
Model Name: IBM System p5 550 OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 for IBM POWER
Processor: IBM POWER5+ Filesystem: Ext3
MHz: 1900 Disks: 1x36.4GB 15K RPM Ultra320 SCSI
# of CPUs: 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on) Network Interface: Dual 1000BASE-TX Gigabit Integrated Ethernet
Memory (MB): 4096 Other Hardware:
L1 Cache: 64KB(I)+32KB(D) (on chip) per core # of Systems: 8
L2 Cache: 1920KB unified (on chip) per chip H/W Available: Oct-2005
Other Cache: 36MB unified (off chip) per DCM, 2 DCMs OS Available: Jul-2005
Notes / Tuning Information
These entries added to script /appservers/sjas4_tune.sh that is run prior to each benchmark run:
 ulimit -n 20000
 echo "192" > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 echo "3221225472" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
 echo "3221225472" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
 echo "30"    > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout
 echo "20"    > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
 echo "20"    > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
 echo "10000000"                               > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
 echo "0"                                      > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
 echo "3" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_ignore
 echo "2" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_announce
 ip addr add 9.3.32.147/32 scope host dev lo

Database Server HW (SUT hardware)
Hardware Vendor: IBM Corporation OS Vendor: Novell Inc.
Model Name: IBM eServer p5 570 OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 for IBM POWER
Processor: IBM POWER5 Filesystem: Ext3, JFS
MHz: 1900 Disks: 1x36.4GB 15K RPM Ultra320 SCSI
# of CPUs: 8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on) Network Interface: Dual 1000BASE-TX Gigabit Integrated Ethernet
Memory (MB): 65536 Other Hardware: Two IBM 2-Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapters connected to IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Fibre Channel Array consisting of 11 * 36 GB FC disks and 3 * 146 GB disks with DS4000 EXP710 Storage Expansion Unit consisting of 11 * 36 GB FC disks and 3 * 146 GB disks.
L1 Cache: 64KB(I)+32KB(D) (on chip) per core # of Systems: 1
L2 Cache: 1920KB unified (on chip) per chip H/W Available: Sep-2004
Other Cache: 36MB unified (off chip) per DCM, 4 DCMs OS Available: Jul-2005
Notes / Tuning Information
These entries added database/sjas4_tune.sh that is run prior to each benchmark run:
 ulimit -n 20000
 echo "3456" > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 echo "57982058496" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
 echo "57982058496" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
 echo "30"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout
 echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
 echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
 echo "10000000"                               > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
 echo "0"                                      > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps

Load Balancer and WebSphere Deployment Manager Hardware (SUT hardware)
Hardware Vendor: IBM Corporation OS Vendor: Novell Inc.
Model Name: IBM eServer OpenPower 720 OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 1 for IBM POWER
Processor: IBM POWER5 Filesystem: Ext3
MHz: 1500 Disks: 1x18.2GB 10K RPM SCSI
# of CPUs: 2 cores, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip (SMT on) Network Interface: Dual 1000BASE-TX Gigabit Integrated Ethernet
Memory (MB): 2048 Other Hardware:
L1 Cache: 64KB(I)+32KB(D) (on chip) per core # of Systems: 1
L2 Cache: 1920KB unified (on chip) per chip H/W Available: Sep-2004
Other Cache: 36MB unified (off chip) per DCM, 2 DCMs OS Available: Aug-2004
Notes / Tuning Information
These entries added to dmgr_loadbalancer/sjas4_tune.sh that is run prior to each benchmark run
 echo "30"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout
 echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
 echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
 echo "10000000"                               > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
 echo "0"                                      > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
 ulimit -n 500000

Emulator (non-SUT hardware)
Hardware Vendor: IBM Corporation OS Vendor: Novell Inc.
Model Name: IBM eServer OpenPower 720 OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM POWER (64-bit)
Processor: IBM POWER5 Filesystem: Ext3
MHz: 1650 Disks: 1x36.4GB 15K RPM Ultra320 SCSI
# of CPUs: 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on) Network Interface: Dual 1000BASE-TX Gigabit Integrated Ethernet
Memory (MB): 8192 Other Hardware:
L1 Cache: 64KB(I)+32KB(D) (on chip) per core # of Systems: 1
L2 Cache: 1920KB unified (on chip) per chip H/W Available: Sep-2004
Other Cache: 36MB unified (off chip) per DCM, 2 DCMs OS Available: Aug-2004
Notes / Tuning Information
These entries added database/sjas4_tune.sh that is run prior to each benchmark run:
 ulimit -n 20000
 echo "384" > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 echo "1610612736" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
 echo "1610612736" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
 echo "30"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout
 echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
 echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
 echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
 echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
 echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
 echo "10000000"                               > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
 echo "0"                                      > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps

Load Driver Satellites (non-SUT hardware)
Hardware Vendor: IBM Corporation OS Vendor: Novell Inc.
Model Name: IBM eServer pSeries 690 Turbo OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM POWER (64-bit)
Processor: IBM POWER4+ Filesystem: Ext3
MHz: 1700 Disks: 1x36.4GB 10K RPM Ultra320 SCSI
# of CPUs: 8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip (4 chips per MCM) Network Interface: 1000BASE-TX Gigabit
Memory (MB): 32768 Other Hardware:
L1 Cache: 64KB(I)+32KB(D) on chip per core # of Systems: 4
L2 Cache: 1536KB unified on chip per chip H/W Available: Jul-2003
Other Cache: 32MB unified (off-chip)/MCM, 1 MCM OS Available: Aug-2004
Notes / Tuning Information
This IBM eServer pSeries 690 Turbo is divided into four equal logical partitions, each of which is a satellite driver.


These entries added to driver/sjas4_tune.sh
  ulimit -n 50000
  echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
  echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries
  echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
  echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn
  echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
  echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
  echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
  echo "10000000"                               > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
  echo "0"                                      > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
  echo "672" > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
  echo "11274289152" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
  echo "11274289152" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall

Primary Load Driver (non-SUT hardware)
Hardware Vendor: IBM Corporation OS Vendor: Novell Inc.
Model Name: IBM eServer OpenPower 720 OS Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM POWER (64-bit)
Processor: IBM POWER5 Filesystem: Ext3
MHz: 1650 Disks: 1x36.4GB 15K RPM Ultra320 SCSI
# of CPUs: 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on) Network Interface: Dual 1000BASE-TX Gigabit Integrated Ethernet
Memory (MB): 65536 Other Hardware:
L1 Cache: 64KB(I)+32KB(D) (on chip) per core # of Systems: 1
L2 Cache: 1920KB unified (on chip) per chip H/W Available: Sep-2004
Other Cache: 36MB unified (off chip) per DCM, 2 DCMs OS Available: Aug-2004
Notes / Tuning Information
These entries added to driver/sjas4_tune.sh
  ulimit -n 50000
  echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
  echo "20"                                     > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries
  echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
  echo "300000"                                 > /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn
  echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
  echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
  echo "30000000       30000000       30000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
  echo "1048576"                                > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
  echo "10000000"                               > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
  echo "0"                                      > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
  echo "864" > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
  echo "14495514624" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
  echo "14495514624" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall

Benchmark Modifications
Schema Modifications:
  No changes were made to the benchmark schema.
Load Program Modifications:
  No changes were made to the load program.

Benchmark Configuration Information
Isolation Requirement Info:
  The following beans: PartEnt, ComponentEnt, AssemblyEnt, BomEnt and
  LargeOrderEnt in the Manufacturing Domain, ItemEnt in the Orders Domain,
  and SupplierCompEnt and SupplierEnt in the Supplier Domain were
  accessed using READ_COMMITTED which is Cursor Stability (CS) for DB2.
  The remaining beans were accessed using REPEATABLE_READ which
  translates to DB2 isolation level of Read Stability (RS).
  
  The ItemEnt bean was cached for 20 minute intervals using the WebSphere
  Lifetime in Cache Mechanism.  Only the data inside the bean was cached.
Durability Requirement Info:
  To ensure database durability, RAID 10 (mirrored stripe)
  was used for the database and logs maintained on the
  external storage.  The array contains six 146 GB drives
  for the logs and twenty two 36GB drives for the database.
Storage Requirement Info:
  Over the course of a 75 minute run at an injection rate of 1745, the database
  storage for database system increased by 1513 MB.
  Given a linear scale, a 24 hour run at the same injection rate would increase storage
  for database system by 29049.6 MB.  The disk array contains twenty two 36 GB drives.
  The DS4300 controller utilized these drives as a RAID 10 array, yielding
  351 GB for available storage.
Argument Passing Semantics:
  WebSphere Application Server V6.0.2.3 uses pass-by-value semantics by default.

Bill of Materials

        IBM System p5 550 WebSphere 6.0.2.3 Cluster with DB2 v8.2.3 Database Server 
            			
		
Supplier        IBM System p5 550 WebSphere V6.0.2.3 Hardware (for six systems) 
     Unit Qty   Description                                           Part Number

IBM      8      9133 Model 55A                                        9133-55A
IBM     16      2-WAY 1.9GHz, 36MB L3 Cache Power5 Processor          8312	
IBM     32      ACTIVATION WITH PROCESSOR 2-WAY 1.9 GHz 36MB L3 CACHE 7323
IBM     32      1GB(2X512MB), DIMMS, 276PIN DDR2, 533MHZ SDRAM        1930
IBM      8      36.4GB ULTRA320 15K RPM	                              1970
IBM      8      IDE DVDROM, SLIM LINE (COMANCHE)                      1994
IBM      8      AC P/S, 1475 WATT, SQUADRONS SF4                      7889
IBM     16      PROCESSOR POWER REGULATOR                             7876
IBM      8      MEDIA BACKPLANE CARD (RIDLEY)                         7877
IBM      8      PWR CBL, DRWR TO IBM PDU, 14', 250V/10A               6458
IBM      8      IBM RACK-MOUNT DRAWER BEZEL & HW                      7192
IBM      8      RACK-MOUNT DRAWER RAIL KIT                            7162
IBM      8      System Seller Code                                    0050
IBM      8      3 year support                                        IBM QUOTE


Supplier        IBM eServer p5 570 Database Hardware (for one system) 
     Unit Qty   Description                                           Part Number

IBM      1      9117 Model 570                                        9117-570
IBM      1      Op Panel                                              1846  
IBM      1      Processor Cable, Two-Drawer System                    1847
IBM      1      SP Flex Cable, Two-Drawer System                      1857
IBM      1      IDE Slimline DVD-ROM Drive                            2640
IBM      1      36.4 GB 15,000 RPM Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive Assembly  3277
IBM      8      8192MB (4x2048MB) DIMMs, 208-pin, 8NS Stacked DDR SDR 4454
IBM      2      2 Gigabit Fibre Channel PCI-X Adapter                 5716
IBM      4      Power Cable -- Drawer to IBM PDU, 14-foot, 250V/10A   6458
IBM      2      IBM Rack-mount Drawer Rail Kit                        7164
IBM      4      Processor, 0/2 Way 1.9 GHz with DDR1 memory           7832
IBM      2      CEC Backplane                                         7865
IBM      2      I/O Backplane                                         7866
IBM      2      Midplane                                              7867
IBM      2      DASD Backplane                                        7868
IBM      1      Media Backplane                                       7869
IBM      2      Power Midplane                                        7870
IBM      6      CPU Regulator                                         7875
IBM      2      Serial Port Riser Card                                7878
IBM      2      System Drawer Enclosure                               7879
IBM      1      Service Processor Card (FSP)                          7881
IBM      4      AC Power Supply, 240V, 1400 W                         7888
IBM      8      Single Processor Activation For #7832                 7898
IBM      1      3 year support                                        IBM QUOTE


Supplier         IBM Storage Hardware (for database system)   
     Unit Qty    Description                                          Part Number

IBM      1       DS4300 Midrange Disk (6OU)                           1720-6OU
IBM      2       Short Wave SFP GBIC (LC)                             2210
IBM      4       Long Wave SFP GBIC (LC)                              2220
IBM     11       2Gb FC, 36.4GB/15K Drive Module                      5212
IBM      3       2Gb FC, 146.8GB/10K Drive                            5207
IBM      1       DS4300 1st EXP700/710 Attach                         7361
IBM      1       DS4300 Linux for Power Host Kit                      7714
IBM      1       TotalStorage DS4000 EXP710Storage Expansion Unit     1740-710
IBM      2       Short Wave SFP GBIC (LC)                             2210
IBM     11       2Gb FC, 36.4GB/15K Drive Module                      5212
IBM      3       2Gb FC, 146.8GB/10K Drive                            5207
IBM	 1	 3 year support, 24x7x4				      96P2368


Supplier        IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Load Balancer and Deployment Manager Hardware (for one system)        
     Unit Qty   Description                                           Part Number

IBM      1      9124 Model 720                                        9124-720
IBM      2      1024MB (4x256MB) DIMMs, 208-pin, 266 MHz DDR SDRAM    1937
IBM      1      IDE Slimline DVD-ROM Drive                            2640
IBM      2      36.4 GB 10,000 RPM Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive           3273
IBM      2      2-way 1.5 GHz POWER5 Processor Card, L3 Cache         1961
IBM      1      Power Cable -- Drawer to IBM PDU, 250v/10A            6458
IBM      1      4-Disk Slot Exp - Base Ctlr                           6592
IBM      1      IBM Rack-mount Drawer Rail Kit                        7162
IBM      2      CPU Power Regulator                                   7876
IBM      1      Media Backplane Card                                  7877
IBM      1      1475W AC Power Supply                                 7889
IBM      1      720 Rack Mount                                        7914
IBM      1      Language Group: US English                            9300
IBM      1      3 year suport, 24x7x4                                 IBM QUOTE


Supplier        Miscellaneous Hardware
     Unit Qty   Description                                           Part Number 
IBM      1      HMC 1:7310-C03 Desktop Hardw.Mgmt.Console             7310-C03
IBM      1      Quiet Touch Keyboard - USB, Business Black,           8800
IBM      1      Mouse - Business Black with Keyboard Attachment Cable 8841
IBM	 1	IBM ThinkVision L170 Monitor                          3631
IBM	 1	HMC Support, 3 year, 24x7x4			      0569
IBM      1      NetBAY42 ER Enterprise Rack                           930842S
IBM      1      NetBay - 3yr Warranty Service Upgrade (24x7x4)        41L2762
CDW      1      Cisco 3750-24-TS                                      497268
CDW      3      Cisco Support 1 year, 24x7x4                          150984
									
			
Supplier        Passport Advantage Software	
     Unit Qty   Description                                                                 Part Number 
IBM      8	DB2 UDB ENTERPRISE SERVER EDITION PROCESSOR LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO              D518GLL
IBM     16	DB2 UDB ENTERPRISE SERVER EDITION PROCESSOR SW MAINT RNWL 1 ANNIV           E00BILL
IBM      1	WAS NETWORK DEPLOYMENT V6.0.0 Multilingual MEDIA PK                         BA0DMML
IBM     24      WAS Network Deployment Per Processor License & SW Maintenance 12 Months     D5ALTLL
IBM     48      WAS Network Deployment Per Processor SW Maintenance Annual Renewal          D5CB9LL
         		
         		
Supplier        Operating System Software	
     Unit Qty   Description                                           Part Number
Novell   1      SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 9 FOR POWER              5639-SLP
Novell   8      PREMIUM SUPPORT FOR SLES9 POWER FOR 3 YEARS           SUSE QUOTE




Other Benchmark Information
  The switch ports and all network adapters are 1Gb/sec.
  
  Two types of load balancing were utilized:
    WebSphere's workload management performed load balancing for RMI/IIOP requests.
    IBM Load Balancer balanced HTTP connections across the WebSphere nodes.
  
  This submission used the xerces implementation (version - XML4J 4.3) provided
  with WebSphere Application Server V6.0.2.3 in the IBM 1.4.2 JDK.
  

General Notes
The only errors in the driver log files were those that are normally generated by this benchmark.

The IBM DB2 Universal JDBC Drivers is a type 4 driver.

DB2 uses "Soft" checkpoint to ensure that no updates remain unflushed for
longer than the allowed time.

When DB2 UDB Server changes a database table with an update, insert, or delete
operation, the change is initially made in memory, not on disk. When there is
not enough space in the memory buffer to read in or write additional data pages,
DB2 UDB Server will make space by flushing some modified pages to disk.
Modified pages are also written to disk as part of the "Soft" checkpoint to
ensure that no updates remain unflushed for longer than the allowed time.
Before a change is made to the database, it is first recorded in the
transaction log. This ensures that the database can be recovered completely
in the event of a failure. Using the transaction log, transactions that
started but did not complete prior to a failure can be undone, and
transactions recorded as complete in the transaction log but not yet written
to disk can be redone.

DB2 UDB uses a write-ahead-logging protocol to guarantee recovery. This
protocol uses "Soft" checkpoint to write least-recently-used database pages
to disk independent of transaction commit. However, enough log information to
redo/undo the change to a database pages is committed to disk before the
database page itself is written. This protocol therefore renders checkpoint
unnecessary for DB2 UDB. For a more detailed description of the general
principles of the write-ahead-logging protocol, see the IBM research paper,
ARIES: A Transaction Recovery Method Supporting Fine Granularity Locking and
Partial Rollbacks Using Write-Ahead Logging," by C. Mohan, Database Technology
Institute, IBM Almaden Research Center. (http:// portal.acm.org/citation.cfm
?id=128770&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=10343790&CFTOKEN=42047146)

1-phase transactions were used to coordinate the interaction between the database
server and JMS servers.


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First published at SPEC.org on 10-Nov-2005