Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Deployment Planning Guide

Performance Tests With the amsessiondb Client

Performance tests with the amsessiondb client include this criteria:

The following table shows the results of the tests.

Table 6–7 Performance Tests With the amsessiondb Client

Disk 

Notes 

Normal IDE disk: 666 writes per second 

Each site can support up to 300 authentications per second.  

Therefore, IDE disks are not recommended. 

Normal 10K RPM SCSI disk on Sun Blade server: 1520 writes per second  

Each site can support up to 750 authentications per second. 

Seagate Cheetah 15K RPM SCSI disk: 1860 writes per second 

Each site can support up to 900 authentications per second. 

Sun T-300 disk array: 2700 writes per second  

Each site can support up to 1300 authentications per second.  

Disk using swap space in /tmp: 3300 writes per second

Each site can support up to 1600 authentications per second.