RE: SuperDome and VPARS

From: Kline.Michael <Michael.Kline_at_SunTrust.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:54:17 -0500
Message-ID: <52C70FF150F49E479DAF59C68A27149DAFC881@va016a0e2.corp.suntrust.com>

Got no hits on this. I take it there aren't too many using SuperDome, or never played much with splitting out the VPARS and comparing results.

Michael Kline

> -----Original Message-----
>
> We've got two data warehouses that we are going to migrate. Here were
> some of the thoughts. I was wondering if anyone had the luxury of
> testing BOTH ways and what they found out. NORMALLY the PRD database
> builds a bunch of data which this then transferred to RPT for
reporting,
> so one is active and then the other, but both COULD be active at the
> same time. These are almost 2TB each, so not that big. The application
> NORMALLY shows signs of being I/O bound more than anything else due to
> the size of the data.
>
>
> Anyone "Been there, done that???"
>
>
>
> I'm sort of inclined to keep the current way, one VPAR.
>
>
>
> "I am sorry I have not been paying a much attention to the
configuration
> as I should, but I want to make a suggestion. The Superdome resources
> for XXXXX appear to be 8 CPUs, 16 GB memory and 8 SAN cards. As I
> understand, the current plan is to create two VPARS that have two
> permanently assigned CPU's and the ability to acquire up to 4
'floating'
> CPUs. Each would have a static amount of memory and each would have 4
> SAN cards. I would suggest we put all of these resources into one
vpar.
> That way the two instances, pfrpt, pfprd would have full access to ALL
> resources. This could improve I/O throughput, as well as provide more
> combined memory and CPU power that two separate partitions. I don't
> know about the other software systems (People tools, informatica), but
> this seems like a superior configuration than two vpars who will have
> unused computer resources at different times. What do you think?"
>
>
>
> Michael Kline
> Database Administration
> SunTrust Technology Center
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> Richmond, Virginia 23227
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>
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