Absolutely not. A z890 is slower than a 1.2GHz Power CPU. Two IFLs compared to 6 Power CPUs is going to be a lot slower. SPARC chips are generally faster then a z890 as well.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Yu Safin Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: SuSE Linux Benchmark We have an application running on one of our Unix machines that consists of Java code making calls to Oracle in the same box. We ran a benchnmark with a few concurrent jobs and the 6 Unix CPU's were pegged at 100% for 10+ hours (1.2 GHz CPU's) under AIX. We also have Linux SuSE under zVM with Oracle and 2 IFL's dedicated on a z890. The plan is to run the same jobs and the same Oracle content to see how long the elapsed time will be compared to the Unix server. We are going through every possible effort to make sure both runs are the same with the only difference being the platforms. Has anybody conducted a similar type of test? is it realistic to expect two IFL's on a z890 to keep up with 6 CPU's at 1.2 GHz under AIX? how about SUN? This is a mission critical application. The benchmark is based on real data. We are talking 260 Gbytes of Oracle data. any advise will be appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
