Performance Tuning Siebel Software on the Sun Platform
Performance Tuning Siebel Software on the Sun Platform
Performance Tuning Siebel Software on the Sun Platform
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<strong>Sun</strong> Storage: Oracle database files were laid out <strong>on</strong> a <strong>Sun</strong> StorEdge SE6320 system.<br />
I/O balancing was implemented <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Siebel</str<strong>on</strong>g> workload to reduce hot spots. Also z<strong>on</strong>e<br />
bit recording was used <strong>on</strong> disks to provide higher throughput to <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Siebel</str<strong>on</strong>g> transacti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Direct I/O was enabled <strong>on</strong> certain Oracle files and <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Siebel</str<strong>on</strong>g> file system. More details<br />
<strong>on</strong> this topic are available in Secti<strong>on</strong> 7.6.2.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> Pooling: <str<strong>on</strong>g>Siebel</str<strong>on</strong>g>’s database c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> pooling was used, providing good<br />
benefits for CPU and memory. Twenty end users shared a single c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> to <strong>the</strong><br />
database. More details <strong>on</strong> this topic are available in Secti<strong>on</strong> 7.7.<br />
Usage of Appropriate <strong>Sun</strong> Hardware: Pilot tests were performed to characterize <strong>the</strong><br />
performance of <strong>the</strong> web, applicati<strong>on</strong>, and database across <strong>the</strong> current <strong>Sun</strong> product line.<br />
Hardware was chosen based <strong>on</strong> best price/performance ra<strong>the</strong>r than pure performance.<br />
Details <strong>on</strong> this topic are available in Secti<strong>on</strong> 3.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Performance</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Tuning</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Siebel</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Software</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sun</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> Page 8