4 Reference Systems

Scalability figures are based on systems that run an Oracle Solaris 11.2 operating system. Memory access is affected by DIMM count and placement, therefore these configurations include the maximum number of DIMMs of lowest density available to achieve the best possible memory access times.

Any departure from the stated specifications might have a measurable effect on the overall performance and scalability of the reference configurations.

The following reference information is included:

4.1 Enterprise Controller

The following are the reference system specifications for the Enterprise Controller to support up to 3,000 assets:

  • CPU count: 8 virtual processors (as seen by psrinfo -pv)

  • CPU speed: 2.6Ghz (or above)

  • Disk: 87 GB

  • Swap: 8 GB

  • Memory: 8 GB

The following is the 8 drive configuration reference storage for Internal or FC/SAN Storage:

  • Volume 1: OS root, swap, and dump:

    • Hardware RAID 10 (1+0) for redundancy and performance

    • 4 x 300 GB Disks @ 10,000 RPM

    • 600 GB Volume, 600 GB LUN (whole Volume)

  • Volume 2: Enterprise Manager Ops Center Shared Data and Local Libraries:

    • Hardware RAID 10 (1+0) for redundancy and performance

    • 4 x 300 GB @ 10,000 RPM

    • 600 GB Volume, 600 GB LUN (whole Volume)

4.2 Proxy Controller

The following are the reference system specifications for the Proxy Controller to support from 350 to 450 assets, as defined in Proxy Controller Considerations:

  • CPU count: 4 virtual processors (as seen by psrinfo -pv)

  • CPU speed: 2.6 Ghz (or above)

The following is the reference (6 drive configuration) storage Internal or FC/SAN Storage:

  • Volume 1: OS root, swap, and dump:

    • ZFS mirror for redundancy

    • 2 x 300 GB Disks @ 10,000 RPM

    • 300 GB Volume, 300 GB LUN (whole Volume)

  • Volume 2: Enterprise Manager Ops Center Shared Data and Local Libraries:

    • Hardware RAID 10 (1+0) for redundancy and performance

    • 4 x 300 GB @ 10,000 RPM

    • 600 GB Volume, 600 GB LUN (whole Volume)

4.3 Virtual Resources Provided to the Virtual Domain

The following is the reference storage Internal or FC/SAN Storage:

  • 64 GB memory

  • 4 cores

  • Direct I/O configuration to network

Note:

The Direct I/O configuration is not required with Oracle VM Server for SPARC, beginning with version 3.1.1.