Results for the webApp.secure performance tests

After performing our webApp.secure performance tests, we charted our test results, interpreted the results, and created recommendations.

The following tests were performed:
  • Scaling the number of virtual CPUs on the webApp.secure z/VM® guest machine from one to two to four
  • Vary the number of physical CPUs on the z/VM LPAR for the same number of virtual CPUs on the webApp.secure guests

The following table shows the configuration of the LPARs and the z/VM guests used for the tests.

Table 1. webApp.secure CPU scaling configuration
System/Guest Memory CPUs
z/VM 5120 MB 3(4)(5)
z/OS® 4096 MB 2
webApp.secure 512 MB 1(2)(4)
Apache HTTP Server 512 MB 1
Firewall1 512 MB 1
Firewall2 512 MB 1