Ya, at least two cores is good, because you can use concurrent garbage collection more effectively.
--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Michael Rhoden <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Michael Rhoden <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [rules-users] Server Sizing for Flow and Expert > To: "Rules Users List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 10:19 AM > You won't need much horsepower. If > anything I would go 64 bit and put > 6-8 gigs of ram in the box. CPU won't matter much. > > We run 10k rules on an old dual core, but the rulebase > takes 2.5 gigs > of ram. > > -Michael > > On Dec 14, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Bruce Campbell > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I will be starting a new project soon and my > middleware folks need > > to size a server for it. Does anyone have any > input as to how they > > (middleware) can adjust their usual sizing exercise to > account for > > the use of Flow and Expert? Here are some > "facts" that may or may > > not be relevant... > > We do not have any significant experience with Flow > nor Expert > > We will be using the "current" release of Drools as of > January 4th > > 2010 > > Websphere in the middle, Oracle in the back > > Our main Expert routine will run every 10 minutes and > > will determine which of our 10-ish "flows" the > work items will travel > > may contain 500 - 1000 rules (guestimated by a > noob)... > > will process the rules once-through for each > item in the batch > > (little or no rule interactions) > > a batch would typically contain 10- 100 items to > process.. > > but could contain up to 300 after a severe > outage. > > batch size could be controlled if necessary. > > and will likely run on the same server as the > "Flow" application... > > Our internal web application will be primarily Flow > driven with... > > 50-ish user, 35 concurrent > > 10 "flows" with simple to moderate > complexity from a processing > > perspective, mainly human tasks. (much of the time > someone will > > check a few boxes, add some comments, and the work > item will flow to > > the next step/person.) > > I'm hopeful someone can pipe in with how Flow and > Expert change the > > typical sizing exercise, however, I appreciate any > input you may > > have whether related to sizing or not.. > > thanks in advance > > Bruce > > > > > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the > intended > > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged > > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure > or > > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, > > please contact the sender by reply email and destroy > all copies of > > the original message. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rules-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users
