Re: Websphere: a resource hog?

I got those number from IBM. It is part of a PDF document called: 
WCS+Pro+for+iSeries+400.pdf

I dont attach it to this mail because I dont think that everyone would like to 
receive this attachment. Here is the quote from this document:

Minimum recommended system configuration:
- AS/400 model 9406-270 f/c 2252
- 950 CPW
- 1Gb main memory
- 8Gb DASD (as many arms as possible)

We also conducted this week a phone meeting with some websphere specialist from 
IBM to help us size up the AS/400 that we would require. To do so, we were 
given a standard questionaire. Here it is:
  
1.  How many total visits per hour do you anticipate for the WebSphere Commerce 
Suite during the busiest hour of the day? (To do a standalone sizing for 
WebSphere Payment manager, enter 0 (zero)  here and then skip down to question 
#4)

Answer: 200

2. Which workload mix (i.e. browse/buy ratio) best matches your  workload?
95% / 5%
80% / 20%
50% / 50%

Answer: 95%/5%

3. How many specific product items will you browse per visit?

Answer: 15

4. Will WebSphere Payment Manager be used to process payment transactions?

Answer: No

5.  What is the total size of the database and directories that will hold 
inventory, orders, logs, and customer information (MB) ?

Answer: 30Gb

6. DBCS support for this workload:

Answer: no

7. RAID support for this workload:

Answer: yes

From this, IBM recommended a 820-0150 1100 CPW

I apreceate any more comments on this.


Denis Robitaille
Directeur services techniques
Cascades Inc
819 363 5187
fax 819 363 5177


>>> jsilberberg@mindspring.com 05/23/01 08:06pm >>>
Denis,

           Can you give us specifics "The minimum requirement" on the source
of this, as I have seen 170's running a work load under websphere with out
much effort. Also, if this is an estimator tool, what did you plug into it
??

Jeffrey M. Silberberg
Independent Consultant
CompuDesigns, Inc.
(770) 399-9464

AS SOON AS I KNOW THE ANSWERS
THEY CHANGE THE QUESTIONS

----- Original Message -----
From: Denis Robitaille <DRobitaille@cascades.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 5:39 PM
Subject: Websphere: a resource hog?


> Hello all,
>
> We are currently working on an Ebusiness project. We want to use an AS/400
with websphere. I am amazed by the power that this software requires. The
minimum requirement calls for over 950 CPW!!! I mean, we have over 40 AS/400
and none of them requires that much power. I also know that we can run
webshere on an NT box and the required configuration is much less (and would
cost about 75% less ALL included).
>
> Does somebody knows why this is so?
>
> My first tought would be that this is a badly written software to require
so much power to operate. Or is that du to the architecture of the Iseries?
>
> Denis Robitaille
> Directeur services techniques
> Cascades Inc
> 819 363 5187
> fax 819 363 5177
>
>
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