Hardware and software configuration for the WebSphere Application Server performance tests

Hardware and software

The following section details the hardware and software we used for our Linux® on System z™ test runs.

Server hardware

IBM® eServer™ zSeries® server

Two LPARs on a 16-way IBM System z9™ Enterprise Class (z9™ EC), model 2094-S18, configured with:

• LPAR 1 (WebSphere® Application Server on Linux)
  • 4 physical CPUs, dedicated
  • 4 GB central memory
• LPAR 2 (UDB database on z/OS® or Linux)
  • 4 physical CPUs, dedicated
  • 12 GB central memory
• 2 OSA Express 2 Ethernet cards
• 4 dedicated ESCON® Express Channels

Network setup

• 2 - 4 client workstations on a 1 Gb Ethernet LAN
• 2 OSA Express 2 Ethernet cards on IBM System z, or
• One OSA Express 2 Ethernet card and one HiperSockets™ connection

Storage server setup

2105-F20, Disk Drive Modules - 18.2 GB each/10 K RPMs

• 12 ECKD™ mod3s spread over 1 rank/LCU
• 4 ESCON paths

Server software

Client hardware

• 1 IBM eServer xSeries® model 6565-2BU with a 667MHz Pentium® III
• 1 xSeries model 6792-MHU with a 1.8 GHz Pentium 4

Client Software

Table 2 shows the client software used.