Software

View information about the software components and benchmarks used in the described test scenarios.

Table 1. Software elements

Table with two columns describing the used software elements of the test environment.

Operating systems

hypervisor
System z®

IBM z/VM® Version 6 Release 3.0,
service level 1401 (64-bit)
Product number 5741-A07

  • installed in System z LPAR

guest operating system
System z

Linux™ on System z
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (390x), SLES 11, SP3

  • installed in z/VM virtual systems

operating system
client system

Linux on System x®
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (x86_64)

  • installed on System x (x86_64) server
Middle-ware
Oracle Database Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 – 64bit
  • installed under Linux on System z
WebSphere® Application Server (WAS)

IBM® WebSphere Appl. Server Network Deployment, 8.5.5.1
Build Number: cf011341.03
Build Date: 10/18/13

  • installed under Linux on System z
WebServer

IBM HTTP Server (IHS) Server
Server version: IBM_HTTP_Server/8.5.5.1 (Unix)
Apache version: 2.2.8 (with additional fixes)
Server built: Jul 11 2013 18:01:24
Build level: IHS85/webIHS1327.01

  • installed under Linux on System z
DB2® DB2 v10.5.0.2, s131001, IP23538 and Fix Pack 2.
  • installed under Linux on System z
Test suites
fio

fio 2.1.7 committed 2014-03-31,
for details see the fio readme

fio readme

  • installed under Linux on System z
DayTrader


IBM WebSphere Application Server Samples
DayTrader 3.0.7 (No Caching)
Full EE6 Spec Compliant for WebSphere 8.5.5.0
Date: 20130925
For details, see Daytrader - a more complex application

  • installed under Linux on System z
SwingBench

Version 2.5.0.909
For details, see SwingBench 2.2 Reference and User Guide.

  • installed under Linux on System x on System x client system
uperf

Version 1.0.4
For details, see uperf - A network performance tool

  • installed under Linux on System z
Workload generators
Workload simulator


WebSphere Studio Workload Simulator
5655-I14
Version 03309L