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| WebSphere 5.1 Application Server on eServer xSeries 335 Cluster | 
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| Submitter: IBM Corporation | SPEC license # 11 | Test date: May-2004 | 
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| Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1) | ||||||
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| IBM DB2 V8.1 FP6 | ||||||
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| Benchmark Modifications | 
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| Schema Modifications: No changes were made to the benchmark schema. | 
| Load Program Modifications: No changes were made to the load program. | 
| Benchmark Configuration Information | 
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| Isolation Requirement Info: The following beans: PartEnt, ComponentEnt, AssemblyEnt, BomEnt and LargeOrderEnt in the Manufacturing Domain, ItemEnt in the Orders Domain, and SupplierCompEnt and SupplierEnt in the Supplier Domain were accessed using READ_COMMITTED which is Cursor Stability (CS) for DB2. The remaining beans were accessed using REPEATABLE_READ which translates to DB2 isolation level of Read Stability (RS). The ItemEnt bean was cached for 20 minute intervals using the WebSphere Lifetime in Cache Mechanism. Only the data inside the bean was cached. | 
| Durability Requirement Info: To ensure database durability, RAID-5E (utilizing block-level striping and distributed parity) was used for the database logs maintained on the EXP300 Storage Expansion Unit. Each application server and the JMS server has a pair of mirrored disks (using the x335 integrated mirroring). This provides durability for transaction logs, message queues, and message logs. | 
| Storage Requirement Info: Over the course of a 95 minute run at an injection rate of 785, database storage increased 820MB. Given a linear scale, a 24 hour run at the same injection rate would increase storage by 12429.47MB. The FAStT200 Storage Server was configured with two RAID-5E logical volumes consisting of five 36.4GB disks each. These two volumes were merged into a single file system using LVM striping that yielded 102400 MB of total disk storage for the database. | 
| Argument Passing Semantics: WebSphere Application Server V5.1 uses pass-by-value semantics by default | 
| Bill of Materials | 
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            IBM x335 WebSphere 5.1 Cluster with p650 DB2 v8.1 FP6 Database Server 
                  			
Supplier      x335 WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server Hardware (for 13 systems)	
     Unit Qty     Description                                 Part Number 2004
IBM	13	IBM xSeries 335	8676-J1X
IBM		3200 MHZ 533 MHZ 2MB L3 CACHE INTEL XEON PROCESSOR      includen in 8676-J1X
IBM		2 X 512MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (CHIPKILL);24X CD-ROM        includen in 8676-J1X
IBM     13	IBM XSERIES 335 - 3YR WARRANTY SERVICE UPGRADE (24X7X4)	21P2073
IBM	13	REMOVE STANDARD MEMORY                              09N8043
IBM	13	xSERIES 3.2 GHz/533MHz-2MB L3 CACHE UPGRADE WITH XEON PROCESSOR	13N0662
IBM	52	IBM 1 GB PC2100 CL2.5 ECC DDR SDRAM DIMM            33L5039
IBM	13	INTEGRATED MIRRORING                                01R1356
IBM	26	IBM 36.4 GB 15K RPM ULTRA320 SCSI HOT-SWAP HDD      32P0734
			
			
			
            IBM p650 Database Hardware (for 1 system)	
     Unit Qty       Description                               Part Number 2004
IBM		p650 - AIX - POWER4+:1.45 GHz processors
IBM	1	Rack Server 1:PSERIES 650                           7038-6M2
IBM	1	16X/48X SCSI AUTO-DOCK DVD ROM                      7038-2635
IBM	1	PWR GXT135P GRAPH ACC+DIG SUPP                      7038-2849
IBM	2	146.8GB 10K RPM U3 SCSI DDRASS                      7038-3275
IBM	1	"T541H 15~TFT COL.MON,CAPT.CAB"                     7038-3637
IBM	1	6 FOOT EXTENDER CABLE DISPLAYS                      7038-4242
IBM	1	BAKPLANE AUTO-DOCKING MEDIA DR                      7038-4251
IBM	1	INT CAB INTEG CONTR 2SCSI BKPL                      7038-4255
IBM	1	"INT.CAB,MEDIA BACKPLANE(4PACK)"                    7038-4261
IBM	1	"RACK INDICATOR, RACK 1"                            7038-4651
IBM	1	SOFTWARE PREINSTALL                                 7038-5005
IBM	1	PROC CARD BACKPL 8WAY CONFIG                        7038-5124
IBM	1	10/100/1000 BASETX ETH PCIX AD                      7038-5701
IBM	1	PCI-X D.CH.U320 RAID BL.SW.ADP                      7038-5711
IBM	2	2 GIGAB FIBRE CHANN PCI-X ADPT                      7038-6239
IBM	2	"AC POWER SUPPLY, 1100 W"                           7038-6287
IBM	1	"RIO-2 RMT I/O LOOP ADPT,PRIMAR"                    7038-6415
IBM	1	U3 SCSI BAKPL HS DISKS                              7038-6578
IBM	4	2WAY 1.45GHZ PWR4+ PROC CARD                        7038-8051
IBM	4	4096MB DIMMS EXPRESS CONFIG                         7038-8052
IBM	1	ENTITLEMENT FC EXPR CONFG 850M                      7038-8059
IBM	1	QUIET TOUCH KEYB- US ENG                            7038-8700
IBM	1	3-BUTTON MOUSE                                      7038-8741
IBM	1	"POWER SPECIFY, AC"                                 7038-9172
IBM	1	LANG GRP SPEC.-US ENGLISH                           7038-9300
IBM	1	RIO-2 ENABLEMENT INDICATOR                          7038-9581
IBM	1	PWR CORD SPEC.- US/CANADA                           7038-9800
IBM	1	PWR CORD SPEC.- ALL                                 7038-9911
IBM	1	WARRANTY SERVICE UPGRADE                            6942-25B
IBM	1	WSU SAME DAY 24X7X4 RESPONSE                        6942-4524
IBM	1	7038-6M2 24X7X4 WSU                                 6942-6817
IBM	1	CONTRACT COVERAGE (N/C CODES)                       6942-CON
IBM	1	SERVICESUITE                                        6942-0096
IBM	1	HARDWARE MAINT. (N/C CODES)                         6942-HMA
IBM	1	MA HOURS OF COVERAGE-DEFAULT                        6942-0025
IBM	1	TERMS (N/C CODES)                                   6942-TCS
IBM	1	REQUEST PROPOSAL FOR PRICES                         6942-0050
IBM	1	PREPAY BILLING 3 YEARS                              6942-0053
			
			
              Storage Hardware (for p650)	
     Unit Qty    Description                                  Part Number 2004
IBM	1	FASTT200 STORAGE SER                                3542-2RU
IBM	1	FASTT200 - 3YR WARRANTY SERVICE UPGRADE (24x7x4)    41L2768
IBM	2	FIBRE CHANNEL SHORT WAVE GBIC                       3542-2308
IBM	10	"2 GBPS FC, 36.4 GB/15K DRIVE"                      3542-5212
IBM	2	FIBRE CHAN 1M SHORT WAVE CABLE                      3542-6701
IBM	1	SAN JOSE ROUTING FEATURE                            3542-9202
IBM	1	EXP300 STORAGE EXPANSION UNIT                       3531-1RU
IBM	1	IBM EXP300 - 3YR WARRANTY SERVICE UPGRADE (24X7X4)  21P2020
IBM	1	2M EXTERNAL LVD SCSI CABLE                          03K9310
IBM	7	18.2GB 15K RPM ULTRA 160 SCSI HOT-SWAP SL HDD       06P5767
			
			
		Miscellaneous Hardware
     Unit Qty    Description                                  Part Number 2004
IBM	1	7014-T00 : IBM RS/6000 RACK MODEL T00 w/3yr support 7014-T00
IBM	1	RACK CONT SPEC:7038/6M2 8U                          7014-0195
IBM	1	FRONT DOOR FOR 2.0 METER RACK                       7014-6069
IBM	2	SIDE PANEL 1.8M/2M RACK BLACK                       7014-6098
IBM	1	PWR DIST  SPECIFY-BASE/SIDE MO                      7014-9176
IBM	1	LANGUAGE GROUP SPEC-US ENGLISH                      7014-9300
IBM	1	POWER CORD SPEC-US/CANADA                           7014-9800			
			
3COM	1	3COM SUPERSTACK 3 SWITCH 4924                       3C17701-US
3COM	1	3COM Superstack 3 switch 4900 4-port GBIC module    3C17714-US
3COM	3	3COM 1000BASE-SX GBIC                               3CGBIC91
3COM	3	3COM 1YR 24X7X4 EXPRESS SUPPORT -  CAT10            3CS-EX74-10E
IBM	1	E54 15 INCH BLACK CRT MONITOR (13.8INCH VIEWABLE)   633147N
IBM	1	E54 - 3YR WARRANTY SERVICE UPGRADE (24X7X4)         30L9183
IBM	1	IBM PREFERRED PRO FULL-SIZE KBD - 104 KEYS - PS/2   31P7454
IBM	1	IBM SLEEK 2-BUTTON MOUSE - STEALTH BLACK (PS/2)     28L3673
			
			
			
			
                PassPort Advantage Software (Level F)	
     Unit Qty    Description                                                      Part Number 2004
IBM      8	DB2 UDB ENTERPRISE SERVER EDITION PROCESSOR LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO           D518GLL
IBM     16	DB2 UDB ENTERPRISE SERVER EDITION PROCESSOR SW MAINT RNWL 1 ANNIV        E00BILL
IBM     22	WAS NETWORK DEPLOYMENT 5.1 MULTIPLT PROG PK 1 PROC NLV MEDIA PK NLV      BA0BPML
IBM     44	WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SRVR NETWORK DEPLOYMENT PROC ANNUAL SW MAINT RNWL	 E1ALVLL
IBM      1	EDGE SERVER - LOAD BALANCING, CACHING,CENTRALIZED SECURITY included in BA0BPML
IBM      1	EDGE SERVER - SUPPORT                   included in E1ALVLL
IBM      2	IBM HTTP SERVER 2.0.47                  included in BA0BPML 
IBM      2	IBM HTTP SERVER 2.0.47 SUPPORT          included in E1ALVLL
         		
         		
                 Operating System Software	
      Unit Qty   Description                                    Part Number 2004
IBM      1	AIX 5.2 SPO                                         5692-A5L
IBM      1	MEDIA 5765-E62 AIX V5.2                             5692-0947
IBM      1	AIX 5L V5.2 EXPANSION PACK                          5692-0949
IBM      1	AIX 5L V5.2 UPDATE CD                               5692-0965
IBM      1	MICROCODE UPD FILES AND DISC TOOL CD                5692-0975
IBM      1	CD ROM PROCESS CHARGE                               5692-1004
IBM      1	ENGLISH - US U/L SBCS (ENU)                         5692-2924
IBM      1	CD-ROM ISO 9660 STANDARD                            5692-3410
IBM      1	PREINSTALL                                          5692-5005
IBM      1	ENGLISH U/L SCBS SECONDARY LANGUAGE                 5692-5924
IBM      1	BASE LICENSE ASSET REGISTRATION                     5692-9001
IBM      1	AIX 5L FOR POWER V5.2                               5765-E62
IBM      8	AIX V5.2                                            5765-0001
IBM      1	PREINSTALL                                          5765-5005
IBM      1	AIX SW SUPPORT 3YR                                  5773-SPT
IBM      8	PER PROCESSOR SUPPORT 3 YEAR REG/REN F5             5773-0278
IBM      1	AIX SW SUB 3YR                                      5773-SUB
IBM      8	PER PROCESSOR SUBSCRIPTION 3 YEAR REG/REN F5        5773-0290
SuSE     1	SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 8 FOR X86 INSTALLATION KIT	SUSE QUOTE
SuSE    11	PREMIUM SUPPORT FOR SLES8 X86 FOR 3 YEARS           SUSE QUOTE
SuSE    11	MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR SLES8 X86 FOR 3 YEARS       SUSE QUOTE
Red Hat  1	REDHAT ENTERPRISE LINUX  V.3.2.26 FOR X86 INSTALLATION KIT    REDHAT QUOTE
Red Hat  1	ENTERPRISE TECHNICAL ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT	            REDHAT QUOTE
Red Hat  6	RHEL AS Premium (x86) Subscription    (https://www.redhat.com/apps/commerce/rhel/as/)
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| Other Benchmark Information | 
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  The switch ports and all network adapters are 1Gb/sec.
  
  Three types of load balancing were utilized:
    WebSphere's workload management performed load balancing for RMI/IIOP requests.
    Site Selector balanced HTTP connections across the two IHS web servers.
    The IHS WebSphere plugin balanced load across the WebSphere nodes and
    also maintained session affinity to a particular node.
  
  This submission used the xerces implementation (version - XML4J 4.2.2) provided
  with WebSphere Application Server V5.1 in the IBM 1.4.1 JDK.
  
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| General Notes | 
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| The only errors in the driver log files were those that are normally generated by this benchmark. The IBM DB2 Universal JDBC Driver (XA) is a type 2 driver. DB2 uses "Soft" checkpoint to ensure that no updates remain unflushed for longer than the allowed time. When DB2 UDB Server changes a database table with an update, insert, or delete operation, the change is initially made in memory, not on disk. When there is not enough space in the memory buffer to read in or write additional data pages, DB2 UDB Server will make space by flushing some modified pages to disk. Modified pages are also written to disk as part of the "Soft" checkpoint to ensure that no updates remain unflushed for longer than the allowed time. Before a change is made to the database, it is first recorded in the transaction log. This ensures that the database can be recovered completely in the event of a failure. Using the transaction log, transactions that started but did not complete prior to a failure can be undone, and transactions recorded as complete in the transaction log but not yet written to disk can be redone. DB2 UDB uses a write-ahead-logging protocol to guarantee recovery. This protocol uses "Soft" checkpoint to write least-recently-used database pages to disk independent of transaction commit. However, enough log information to redo/undo the change to a database pages is committed to disk before the database page itself is written. This protocol therefore renders checkpoint unnecessary for DB2 UDB. For a more detailed description of the general principles of the write-ahead-logging protocol, see the IBM research paper, ARIES: A Transaction Recovery Method Supporting Fine Granularity Locking and Partial Rollbacks Using Write-Ahead Logging," by C. Mohan, Database Technology Institute, IBM Almaden Research Center. (http:// portal.acm.org/citation.cfm ?id=128770&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=10343790&CFTOKEN=42047146) XA 2-phase transactions were used to coordinate the interaction between the database server and JMS server. | 
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Copyright © 2004 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
First published at SPEC.org on 27-May-2004