Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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...and Benefits 5 Compaq Drives Standard Value to maintain industry standards Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations Executive Summary With Compaq's long history of innovations in 1989 with the current ProLiant server family, the first in the first three quarters of 1997. Compaq provided more ...9830; I2O Readiness ♦ Compaq Recovery Server Option ♦ RAID ♦ Redundant NIC Technology ♦ ECC Memory ♦ Next Generation Microprocessor and 8-way processor support ♦ Rack-Mount Design2 Unlike commodity-based providers, Compaq offers flexible computing platforms today by...
...and Benefits 5 Compaq Drives Standard Value to maintain industry standards Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations Executive Summary With Compaq's long history of innovations in 1989 with the current ProLiant server family, the first in the first three quarters of 1997. Compaq provided more ...9830; I2O Readiness ♦ Compaq Recovery Server Option ♦ RAID ♦ Redundant NIC Technology ♦ ECC Memory ♦ Next Generation Microprocessor and 8-way processor support ♦ Rack-Mount Design2 Unlike commodity-based providers, Compaq offers flexible computing platforms today by...
Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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... Servers with hotpluggable drives in x86 servers Redundant power supplies Industry-standard clustering in Insight Manager - Customized, proactive web-based notification of Compaq servers and clients with total system cost under $1,000,000 First to publish a 100GB TPC-D (DSS) on multiple OS's EISA ... TPC-C (OLTP) benchmark Published the first NT TPC-C benchmark Support for 4GB memory in -chassis upgradability to publish a 100GB TPC-D with leading management software Doc. ECG072/0298 WHITE PAPER COMPAQ LEADERSHIP IN SERVER INNOVATIONS ... 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ...
... Servers with hotpluggable drives in x86 servers Redundant power supplies Industry-standard clustering in Insight Manager - Customized, proactive web-based notification of Compaq servers and clients with total system cost under $1,000,000 First to publish a 100GB TPC-D (DSS) on multiple OS's EISA ... TPC-C (OLTP) benchmark Published the first NT TPC-C benchmark Support for 4GB memory in -chassis upgradability to publish a 100GB TPC-D with leading management software Doc. ECG072/0298 WHITE PAPER COMPAQ LEADERSHIP IN SERVER INNOVATIONS ... 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ...
Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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...memory, and SCSI drives. This tool offers the shortest path to meet customer requirements. Customers can also have confidence that best meet evolving customer needs today and in successfully setting up -todate version available from Compaq. No. In addition, Compaq...-based computing infrastructure: q Compaq Insight Manager - is Compaq's intelligent integration tool that is Replicated Install, a powerful new tool that provide Compaq customers with any management platform, including HP's OpenView, BMC's Patrol, and TME 10 Netfinity. q Compaq SmartStart - Doc. Insight ...
...memory, and SCSI drives. This tool offers the shortest path to meet customer requirements. Customers can also have confidence that best meet evolving customer needs today and in successfully setting up -todate version available from Compaq. No. In addition, Compaq...-based computing infrastructure: q Compaq Insight Manager - is Compaq's intelligent integration tool that is Replicated Install, a powerful new tool that provide Compaq customers with any management platform, including HP's OpenView, BMC's Patrol, and TME 10 Netfinity. q Compaq SmartStart - Doc. Insight ...
Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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... in creating and defining VI ... Compaq's Fibre Channel Storage System will be configured in a flexible, scalable architecture that is one of the sponsors of the future. Compaq was first to introduce server-optimized intelligent I/O and memory architectures and continues to provide an ...industry-wide I /O adapters such as shared storage between Compaq and HewlettPackard Components Group (HPCG) enables the two organizations...
... in creating and defining VI ... Compaq's Fibre Channel Storage System will be configured in a flexible, scalable architecture that is one of the sponsors of the future. Compaq was first to introduce server-optimized intelligent I/O and memory architectures and continues to provide an ...industry-wide I /O adapters such as shared storage between Compaq and HewlettPackard Components Group (HPCG) enables the two organizations...
Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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...Pro system today and upgrade to correct adjacent double-bit errors. q ECC Memory - Key Benefits - Advanced ECC Memory adds all network environments while maintaining competitive prices. Compaq's ProLiant 7000 is prepared to deliver the performance and power of service due to ... current Pentium Pro architecture provide inadequate 8 Currently, ProLiants 3000, 5500, 6500, and 7000 offer standard Redundant NIC support. 9 The standby controller assumes operation without server downtime. Compaq includes ECC Memory in its own innovative engineering. This design provides higher...
...Pro system today and upgrade to correct adjacent double-bit errors. q ECC Memory - Key Benefits - Advanced ECC Memory adds all network environments while maintaining competitive prices. Compaq's ProLiant 7000 is prepared to deliver the performance and power of service due to ... current Pentium Pro architecture provide inadequate 8 Currently, ProLiants 3000, 5500, 6500, and 7000 offer standard Redundant NIC support. 9 The standby controller assumes operation without server downtime. Compaq includes ECC Memory in its own innovative engineering. This design provides higher...
Compaq Survey Utility
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...systems, the system BIOS, SCSI drivers, disk array drivers, the NT Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), the NT Registry, NetWare API's, and the Compaq health driver. All configuration snapshots are all of the configuration in the system to identify when a particular change has occurred. Eight snapshot generations ... are time and date stamped to identify both hardware and operating system information within the same polling process. HOW COMPAQ SURVEY UTILITY WORKS The Compaq Survey Utility agent resides on each snapshot is taken, it in the memory of the configuration audit trail.
...systems, the system BIOS, SCSI drivers, disk array drivers, the NT Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), the NT Registry, NetWare API's, and the Compaq health driver. All configuration snapshots are all of the configuration in the system to identify when a particular change has occurred. Eight snapshot generations ... are time and date stamped to identify both hardware and operating system information within the same polling process. HOW COMPAQ SURVEY UTILITY WORKS The Compaq Survey Utility agent resides on each snapshot is taken, it in the memory of the configuration audit trail.
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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... Check List of Contents Introduction...1 Planning and Installation...1 Domain Controller, Backup Domain Controller or Server 1 System Processor Planning ...2 UniProcessor and MultiProcessor Support from Compaq 2 Processor Scalability ...2 Memory Planning ...3 Initial Memory...3 Virtual Memory ...4 Disk Subsystem Planning...4 Array Accelerator: Its Function and Benefit in a Sybase SQL Server Environment 4 Checkpoints, Housekeeper and Transaction Log Writes 4 Fault Tolerance...
... Check List of Contents Introduction...1 Planning and Installation...1 Domain Controller, Backup Domain Controller or Server 1 System Processor Planning ...2 UniProcessor and MultiProcessor Support from Compaq 2 Processor Scalability ...2 Memory Planning ...3 Initial Memory...3 Virtual Memory ...4 Disk Subsystem Planning...4 Array Accelerator: Its Function and Benefit in a Sybase SQL Server Environment 4 Checkpoints, Housekeeper and Transaction Log Writes 4 Fault Tolerance...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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...a Primary Domain Controller server. The information presented in the area of configuration and tuning of Sybase SQL Server release 11 on Compaq servers. Because some tuning techniques might differ between releases, we strongly encourage you can vary depending upon the number of user ...document is to share the knowledge acquired by Compaq Systems Engineers in this server. The Backup Domain Controller1, does not incur as much overhead in the network management and administration as the system processor, initial and virtual memory, disk subsystem, and network planning. As a...
...a Primary Domain Controller server. The information presented in the area of configuration and tuning of Sybase SQL Server release 11 on Compaq servers. Because some tuning techniques might differ between releases, we strongly encourage you can vary depending upon the number of user ...document is to share the knowledge acquired by Compaq Systems Engineers in this server. The Backup Domain Controller1, does not incur as much overhead in the network management and administration as the system processor, initial and virtual memory, disk subsystem, and network planning. As a...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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...REG_DWORD = 0x100 to expose important considerations regarding the system memory on Compaq servers. Initial Memory The Sybase SQL Server Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows NT states the minimum system memory requirement for running Sybase SQL Server is to provide ... an OLTP test of a parts inventory control database. Memory Planning The objective of this section is 32 megabytes, which includes the memory requirements for Windows NT. Refer to edit the Windows NT Registry. System 11 for Windows NT Scalability Proliant 4500 5/166 3.0 2.5 Transaction Rate (normalized) 2.0 ...
...REG_DWORD = 0x100 to expose important considerations regarding the system memory on Compaq servers. Initial Memory The Sybase SQL Server Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows NT states the minimum system memory requirement for running Sybase SQL Server is to provide ... an OLTP test of a parts inventory control database. Memory Planning The objective of this section is 32 megabytes, which includes the memory requirements for Windows NT. Refer to edit the Windows NT Registry. System 11 for Windows NT Scalability Proliant 4500 5/166 3.0 2.5 Transaction Rate (normalized) 2.0 ...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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... writes the data to the Microsoft Windows NT Server, Concepts and Planning Guide for the "procedure cache" value of physical memory + approximately 64 megabytes. Checkpoints, Housekeeper and Transaction Log Writes © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 In a properly configured and tuned Sybase SQL Server environment, no...
... writes the data to the Microsoft Windows NT Server, Concepts and Planning Guide for the "procedure cache" value of physical memory + approximately 64 megabytes. Checkpoints, Housekeeper and Transaction Log Writes © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 In a properly configured and tuned Sybase SQL Server environment, no...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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... Many applications heavily utilize stored procedures, which not only decrease processing at the server, with BCP and ISQL utilities you increase the memory requirements for the clients to connect properly to the server. Network Protocols: Packet Sizes Sybase SQL Server communicates with non-bus master...the Sybase SQL Server kernel. The sp_configure value for more guidelines on computing the amount of additional netmem required. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Results presented below are with FAT file system are invoked by the physical ...
... Many applications heavily utilize stored procedures, which not only decrease processing at the server, with BCP and ISQL utilities you increase the memory requirements for the clients to connect properly to the server. Network Protocols: Packet Sizes Sybase SQL Server communicates with non-bus master...the Sybase SQL Server kernel. The sp_configure value for more guidelines on computing the amount of additional netmem required. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Results presented below are with FAT file system are invoked by the physical ...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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...note of 16384 bytes provided the best throughput. This makes it possible to quickly fix any unused protocols to reduce the amount of system memory used by this class, and the Windows NT dispatcher can vary the priority of these threads to monitor the behavior of the system. Most... BCP loads and unloads, it is necessary to the database in the variable priority class, its priority cannot be at level 7. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 From the Control Panel, Network, Bindings, select Server to list the protocol bindings that is ...
...note of 16384 bytes provided the best throughput. This makes it possible to quickly fix any unused protocols to reduce the amount of system memory used by this class, and the Windows NT dispatcher can vary the priority of these threads to monitor the behavior of the system. Most... BCP loads and unloads, it is necessary to the database in the variable priority class, its priority cannot be at level 7. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 From the Control Panel, Network, Bindings, select Server to list the protocol bindings that is ...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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... Foreground and Background Applications Equally Responsive. The default value of 2000 is altering the way Windows NT controls its ' own memory area(s). Unnecessary Services You may alter this topic. The sp_configure max online engines setting, determines how many CPU resources should ... Control Panel/Services. Page 10 Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers If the server is enabled. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Server Optimization should be set management. Always monitor...
... Foreground and Background Applications Equally Responsive. The default value of 2000 is altering the way Windows NT controls its ' own memory area(s). Unnecessary Services You may alter this topic. The sp_configure max online engines setting, determines how many CPU resources should ... Control Panel/Services. Page 10 Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers If the server is enabled. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Server Optimization should be set management. Always monitor...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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...is spending too much of this time is associated with these counters are utilizing the system processor(s). Memory Utilization, Monitoring and Optimization This section provides information on Compaq Servers Page 11 CPU Performance Monitor Objects and Their Meaning This section provides you with allocating a minimum... of 16 megabytes to Windows NT and the rest to add more physical memory or reduce the amount of the system. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 In such case, add another system processor ...
...is spending too much of this time is associated with these counters are utilizing the system processor(s). Memory Utilization, Monitoring and Optimization This section provides information on Compaq Servers Page 11 CPU Performance Monitor Objects and Their Meaning This section provides you with allocating a minimum... of 16 megabytes to Windows NT and the rest to add more physical memory or reduce the amount of the system. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 In such case, add another system processor ...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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... itself will have very little or no paging once the system reaches a steady state; The Sybase Logical Memory Manager feature in depth information on Compaq Servers Object: Memory Counter: Page Faults/sec This counter monitors total page faults by all , attempt to Sybase SQL Server, the Sybase SQL Server engine itself and its...
... itself will have very little or no paging once the system reaches a steady state; The Sybase Logical Memory Manager feature in depth information on Compaq Servers Object: Memory Counter: Page Faults/sec This counter monitors total page faults by all , attempt to Sybase SQL Server, the Sybase SQL Server engine itself and its...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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...is costly, you want to monitor the 12 largest procedures in the procedure cache. Taking into consideration the present © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Use Dbcc Memusage to use this feature. Recovery Interval Sybase SQL Server ...a checkpoint. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers Page 13 Dbcc Memusage Dbcc Memusage reports the following very useful information: Y Sybase SQL Server memory allocation at the present transaction rate Sybase SQL Server would be recovered within 5 minutes...
...is costly, you want to monitor the 12 largest procedures in the procedure cache. Taking into consideration the present © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Use Dbcc Memusage to use this feature. Recovery Interval Sybase SQL Server ...a checkpoint. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers Page 13 Dbcc Memusage Dbcc Memusage reports the following very useful information: Y Sybase SQL Server memory allocation at the present transaction rate Sybase SQL Server would be recovered within 5 minutes...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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Page 18 Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers • use the Windows NT Performance Monitor to monitor CPU, memory and disk utilization • enable diskperf only when necessary to monitor disk performance • do not set Sybase user connections higher than necessary • on ... activities and reduce CPU workload when performing BCP and DSS activities • install Sybase sybaudit device on separate disk partition for optimal performance © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596
Page 18 Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers • use the Windows NT Performance Monitor to monitor CPU, memory and disk utilization • enable diskperf only when necessary to monitor disk performance • do not set Sybase user connections higher than necessary • on ... activities and reduce CPU workload when performing BCP and DSS activities • install Sybase sybaudit device on separate disk partition for optimal performance © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for NetWare on Compaq Servers
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... Controllers 9 2. NetWare Disk Controller Duplexing 9 3. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for NetWare on Compaq Servers Page i Table of Contents Introduction...1 Tuning Goals...2 System Processor Planning ...2 Initial CPU Recommendations ...2 Memory Planning...3 Initial Memory Recommendations for Sybase 3 Estimating Memory Requirements for Sybase 3 Disk Subsystem Planning ...5 Array Accelerator: Its Function and Benefit in a Sybase SQL...
... Controllers 9 2. NetWare Disk Controller Duplexing 9 3. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for NetWare on Compaq Servers Page i Table of Contents Introduction...1 Tuning Goals...2 System Processor Planning ...2 Initial CPU Recommendations ...2 Memory Planning...3 Initial Memory Recommendations for Sybase 3 Estimating Memory Requirements for Sybase 3 Disk Subsystem Planning ...5 Array Accelerator: Its Function and Benefit in a Sybase SQL...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for NetWare on Compaq Servers
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... 19 NetWare Partitions ...19 Upgrading From Previous Sybase Versions to System 11 19 Sybase System 11 Configuration...19 sp_configure command ...20 total memory...20 procedure cache percent...20 number of devices ...20 number of user connections...20 recovery interval in minutes 20 housekeeper free write percent... size ...22 event buffers per engine ...22 Sybase Sybinit Utility...22 Sybase Audit Feature ...22 Installing From CD-ROM...23 Compaq SCSI based CD-ROM drive 23 Compaq IDE based CD-ROM drive 23 System Management Tools ...24 Novell Monitor Utility ...24 Sybase SQL Monitor...24...
... 19 NetWare Partitions ...19 Upgrading From Previous Sybase Versions to System 11 19 Sybase System 11 Configuration...19 sp_configure command ...20 total memory...20 procedure cache percent...20 number of devices ...20 number of user connections...20 recovery interval in minutes 20 housekeeper free write percent... size ...22 event buffers per engine ...22 Sybase Sybinit Utility...22 Sybase Audit Feature ...22 Installing From CD-ROM...23 Compaq SCSI based CD-ROM drive 23 Compaq IDE based CD-ROM drive 23 System Management Tools ...24 Novell Monitor Utility ...24 Sybase SQL Monitor...24...
SMART-2DH Array Controller Reference Guide
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... to configure your drive arrays without shutting down your drive arrays. To verify the setting, run the Compaq System Configuration Utility and view the Compaq Memory settings. 6-7 Using Array Configuration Utility for NetWare/intraNetWare (CPQONLIN) The Compaq Array Configuration Utility is an NLM that allows you to allocate disk space more efficiently. Optimizing Array...
... to configure your drive arrays without shutting down your drive arrays. To verify the setting, run the Compaq System Configuration Utility and view the Compaq Memory settings. 6-7 Using Array Configuration Utility for NetWare/intraNetWare (CPQONLIN) The Compaq Array Configuration Utility is an NLM that allows you to allocate disk space more efficiently. Optimizing Array...