I can't speak for Oracle but in a test between a 4 way Intel, 2ghz, 8Gb
memory running DB2 8..1 they were doing 25K DB Loads per second.
on zSeries, 2 IFL (shared), 1.1Gb memory running DB2 8.1,  zSeries did 49K
DB Loads per second.
Same results on queries.
They frontend their app with 6 FTP servers to 2 DB2 Servers.  we put all
that on 1 Linux Server and smoked them.

I'm working with our Distributed People now to come up with Real Benchmarks
running real data, using MySQL, APACHE, MQ and such to get real transaction
rates.  The distributed guy admit that to them if my machine clocks faster
its better than your machine.

I would like to know if anyone has run lmbench on zSeries?
It looks to be platform agnostic using no platform specific code and is
compiled with the native GCC compiler on the platform being tested.

Are there any opinions on this benchmark tool?


William 'Doug' Carroll
Mainframe Systems Eng Sr I
Global Technology Infrastructure
ECS Mainframe Operating System Services
Explore IT, build IT, exploit IT - Creating excellence through teamwork.
http://www.jpmchase.com






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On 6/22/06, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'd rather see a benchmark involving Oracle on the Z and the Java app on
> the {pSeries,iSeries,Sun} and if you can find a decent Opteron box, that
> too.

That would make sense.
And if it has to be all on zSeries, we learned that it does help to
put the tiers in different virtual machines that can be tuned
separately. Too bad many people put so little effort into it when they
do benchmarks, and then value the outcome so much...

Rob

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