HP 5992-4755 Introduction, Executive Summary, Intended Audience, Scope and Purpose, HP Services

Introduction

HP Open Source Middleware Stacks (OSMS) offer building block applications, such as the Web Server; technical blueprints, and documents such as this MySQL Sizing Guide which describes the maximum MySQL workload that HP ProLiant c-Class Blade Servers are capable of supporting; and consulting services to speed the successful implementation of an open source strategy.

Executive Summary

The HP Open Source Integrated Portfolio (HP OSIP) comprises a range of products and services designed to verify that customers can successfully realize the cost and feature benefits of adopting open source software in their IT environments. HP Open Source foundation components include the base components of an open source-based ecosystem. HP servers and storage are validated to run the Linux operating system together with the supported commercial Linux distribution.

This results published in this document were achieved using the SysBench benchmark for each of the HP ProLiant c-Class Blade Servers. Various test configurations and test environments were used and documented to provide readers an opportunity to understand the testing methodology.

Intended Audience

The intended audience for this document is anyone who is interested in determining the number of database workload that can be supported on a given HP ProLiant c-Class Blade Server and details for deploying a hardware environment based on the database requirements of certain applications.

Scope and Purpose

This document presents the results of a series of benchmark tests performed using the SysBench software test suite. The tests were conducted running a MySQL database server to evaluate system performance when running a database under a heavy load. The following HP ProLiant servers were used in this test: BL460c, BL480c, BL465c, and BL685c. The benchmark data provided in this sizing guide can assist customers in determining which HP Proliant c-Class Blade Server meets their MySQL database requirements along with how-to information for configuring the HP Proliant c-Class Blade Server and storage in a specific production environment.

HP provides quality assurance from extensive integration testing with open source software and HP hardware so that you can confidently deploy the complete stack. Once you have completed a successful evaluation, you have the flexibility to “do it yourself” or get assistance from HP to incorporate open source stacks into your existing IT infrastructure.

HP Services

HP Open Source Consulting Services can help you build and integrate open source and commercial software across multiple operating system (OS) environments. Additionally, HP Open Source Support Services provide industry leading technical support for all the products HP sells, including hardware, operating systems, and open source middleware.

To learn more about HP Open Source Consulting and Support Services, contact your local HP sales representative or visit the HP Business and IT Services website at:

http://www.hp.com/hps

For the location of the nearest sales office, call:

•In the United States: +1 800 637 7740

•In Canada: +1 905 206 4725

•In Japan: +81 3 3331 6111

•In Latin America: +1 305 267 4220

•In Australia/New Zealand: +61 3 9272 2895

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