Intel AS/400 RISC Server, 170 Servers Additional Sources of Information, Flbu SAV / RST Rates

The legend label “Mixed Files” indicates a save of many files of mixed sizes - equivalent to the save of the Windows system file disk. “Large files” indicates a save of many large files - in this case many 100MB files.

FLBU SAV / RST Rates

	90.00
	80.00
	70.00
	60.00
	50.00
	40.00
Hr	30.00
per	20.00
GB
	10.00
	0.00

SAV to disk SAV to Tape RST from disk RST from Tape

iSCSI Large iSCSI Mixed IXA Large IXA Mixed

17.8 Summary

The iSCSI host bus adapter, Integrated xSeries Server and Integrated xSeries Adapter provides scalable integration for full file, print and application servers running Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 or with Intel Linux editions. They provide flexible consolidation of System i solutions and Windows or Linux services, in combination with improved hardware control, availability, and reduced maintenance costs. These solutions perform well as a file or application server for popular applications, using the System i host disks, tape and optical resources. The iSCSI HBA addition in V5R4 increases Integrated server configuration flexibility and performance scalability. As part of the preparation for integrated server installations, care should be taken to estimate the expected workload of the Windows or Linux server applications and reserve sufficient i5/OS resources for the integrated servers.

17.9 Additional Sources of Information

System i integration with BladeCenter and System x URL:

http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/bladecenter/

Redbook: “Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Integration with iSeries”, SG246959 at

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG246959.html

Redbook: “Tuning IBM eServer xSeries Servers for Performance SG24-5287”

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245287.html

While this document doesn’t address the integrated server configurations specifically, it is an excellent resource for understanding and addressing performance issues with Windows or Linux.

Online documentation: “Integrated operating environments on iSeries”

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/

IBM i 6.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - January/April/October 2008
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