Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks
Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks
Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks
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11.2.1 Hardware and software configuration<br />
DB Server<br />
3 x DS8300<br />
<strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> Server<br />
Figure 11-1 gives an overview of the system configuration that we used to run<br />
our test case scenarios.<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> <strong>IBM</strong> System z9®<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System<br />
Storage DS8300 <strong>IBM</strong> System p5 <br />
Query load<br />
driver<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System x <br />
Figure 11-1 Jupiter environment infrastructure<br />
Jupiter Environment<br />
<strong>BI</strong> Accelerator<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> Blade Center®<br />
HS21 Intel Blades<br />
There are four major components <strong>for</strong> the test configuration: database server,<br />
<strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> server, <strong>BI</strong> Accelerator, and query load driver.<br />
Server infrastructure hardware<br />
The server infrastrucature hardware is:<br />
► For the database server, we used <strong>IBM</strong> System z9 Enterprise Class S38<br />
with 32 CPs and 128 GB of main storage.<br />
► The <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> server ran on <strong>IBM</strong> System p5 595, which has 64 POWER5<br />
processors and 512 GB RAM.<br />
230 <strong>Best</strong> <strong>Practices</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> <strong>using</strong> <strong>DB2</strong> 9 <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong><br />
2 x DS8300<br />
10 x 3650<br />
GPFS Storage<br />
node<br />
Technical<br />
Technical<br />
Specification<br />
Specification<br />
DB Server:<br />
DB Server:<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System z9 EC S38<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System z9 EC S38<br />
z<strong>OS</strong> 1.8, <strong>DB2</strong> V9<br />
z<strong>OS</strong> 1.8, <strong>DB2</strong> V9<br />
32 CPUs<br />
32 CPUs<br />
128 GB RAM<br />
128 GB RAM<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System Storage DS8300 113TB<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System Storage DS8300 113TB<br />
<strong>SAP</strong><br />
<strong>SAP</strong><br />
<strong>BI</strong><br />
<strong>BI</strong><br />
Server:<br />
Server:<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System p595<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System p595<br />
AIX 5.3, <strong>DB2</strong> Connect<br />
AIX 5.3, <strong>DB2</strong> Connect<br />
<strong>SAP</strong> NetWeaver <strong>BI</strong> 7.0 SP13<br />
<strong>SAP</strong> NetWeaver <strong>BI</strong> 7.0 SP13<br />
64 POWER5 processors<br />
64 POWER5 processors<br />
512 GB RAM<br />
512 GB RAM<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System Storage DS8300 13TB<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System Storage DS8300 13TB<br />
<strong>BI</strong><br />
<strong>BI</strong><br />
Accelerator:<br />
Accelerator:<br />
140 <strong>IBM</strong> System x blades H21<br />
140 <strong>IBM</strong> System x blades H21<br />
Linux SLES9 SP3<br />
Linux SLES9 SP3<br />
<strong>SAP</strong> NetWeaver <strong>BI</strong>A 7.0 rev. 39<br />
<strong>SAP</strong> NetWeaver <strong>BI</strong>A 7.0 rev. 39<br />
GPFS 3.1.0-11<br />
GPFS 3.1.0-11<br />
2 WoodCrest 5160 3.0GHz<br />
2 WoodCrest 5160 3.0GHz<br />
Dual-Core CPU<br />
Dual-Core CPU<br />
16 GB RAM<br />
16 GB RAM<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System Storage DS8300 17TB<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> System Storage DS8300 17TB<br />
Query<br />
Query<br />
Load<br />
Load<br />
Driver:<br />
Driver:<br />
5 <strong>IBM</strong> System x 335s<br />
5 <strong>IBM</strong> System x 335s<br />
Windows 2003 Server<br />
Windows 2003 Server<br />
LoadRunner 8.1 FP4<br />
LoadRunner 8.1 FP4<br />
2 CPU – 2.8 GHz each<br />
2 CPU – 2.8 GHz each<br />
4 GB RAM<br />
4 GB RAM
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