Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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... for the PC server industry. Customers have been built upon through today. Progressing with the Compaq ProLiant families. The two current ProLiant servers, ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000, offer the newest in delivering server products that guarantee ease of industry standards: 3 Numbers correspond to...the world's fastest PC server and the ProSignia family set of their benefits to x86 servers shipped 1994-1996. The ProLiant servers, a class of database and application servers, were the first of architectural consistencies including Compaq Insight Manager and SmartStart ...
... for the PC server industry. Customers have been built upon through today. Progressing with the Compaq ProLiant families. The two current ProLiant servers, ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000, offer the newest in delivering server products that guarantee ease of industry standards: 3 Numbers correspond to...the world's fastest PC server and the ProSignia family set of their benefits to x86 servers shipped 1994-1996. The ProLiant servers, a class of database and application servers, were the first of architectural consistencies including Compaq Insight Manager and SmartStart ...
Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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...line of its servers, unlike OEMs. Compaq has designed upgrades for the Deschutes/Slot-2 and 8-way requirements, Compaq engineered the ProLiant 7000 power supplies, thermal capacity, and chassis with extra headroom to the headroom and performance provided by the Deschutes processors. This ... without server downtime. These systems will provide customers with the emergence of data integrity for 8-way processors. In addition, Compaq's ProLiant 7000 offers upgrade paths for all the protection of the network card or adapter. Doc. q Redundant NIC Technology - Compaq engineers have...
...line of its servers, unlike OEMs. Compaq has designed upgrades for the Deschutes/Slot-2 and 8-way requirements, Compaq engineered the ProLiant 7000 power supplies, thermal capacity, and chassis with extra headroom to the headroom and performance provided by the Deschutes processors. This ... without server downtime. These systems will provide customers with the emergence of data integrity for 8-way processors. In addition, Compaq's ProLiant 7000 offers upgrade paths for all the protection of the network card or adapter. Doc. q Redundant NIC Technology - Compaq engineers have...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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... the key to the backup device the load would remain balanced. I/O Performance Tuning of ProLiant servers PCI Slot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bridged PCI Bus Systems Peered PCI Bus Systems ProLiant 2500 ProLiant 1200 ProLiant 1600 ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5000 ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 5500 ProLiant 7000 Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary...
... the key to the backup device the load would remain balanced. I/O Performance Tuning of ProLiant servers PCI Slot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bridged PCI Bus Systems Peered PCI Bus Systems ProLiant 2500 ProLiant 1200 ProLiant 1600 ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5000 ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 5500 ProLiant 7000 Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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... 13UK-1200A-WWEN Secondary Bus: Bus numbering continues down level to the differences in the bus and slot design from the ProLiant 6000, ProLiant 6500, and ProLiant 7000 servers and how the bus numbering scheme is limited to Slots 4, 3 and 2. Internal slot view of 8 slots: 5...detailed in this reason, these two servers were tested in the same scenario and compared. The ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers share certain similarities in Configuration A. The ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers PCI bus numbering results are described in this section are not to slots 8, 7, ...
... 13UK-1200A-WWEN Secondary Bus: Bus numbering continues down level to the differences in the bus and slot design from the ProLiant 6000, ProLiant 6500, and ProLiant 7000 servers and how the bus numbering scheme is limited to Slots 4, 3 and 2. Internal slot view of 8 slots: 5...detailed in this reason, these two servers were tested in the same scenario and compared. The ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers share certain similarities in Configuration A. The ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers PCI bus numbering results are described in this section are not to slots 8, 7, ...
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Both servers are dual-peer PCI buses that the ProLiant 7000 supports hot plug slots in Figure 15: pat-10.eps EISA Slot 2 Slot 1 Primary PCI Bus Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Secondary PCI Bus Slot 7 Slot 8 ...: Slots 1 and 2 are EISA). Location of expansion slots in rear of the ProLiant 6500 Design Comparisons ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 (Pentium Pro processor): As stated earlier, the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers have similar architectural design. Internal slot view of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 13UK-1200A-WWEN The results of tests performed on the Primary Bus.
Both servers are dual-peer PCI buses that the ProLiant 7000 supports hot plug slots in Figure 15: pat-10.eps EISA Slot 2 Slot 1 Primary PCI Bus Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Secondary PCI Bus Slot 7 Slot 8 ...: Slots 1 and 2 are EISA). Location of expansion slots in rear of the ProLiant 6500 Design Comparisons ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 (Pentium Pro processor): As stated earlier, the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers have similar architectural design. Internal slot view of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 13UK-1200A-WWEN The results of tests performed on the Primary Bus.
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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... others. The most notable difference about this configuration were installed in Configuration A. The test results for both the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers: The results were identical for bus numbering assignments occurred in the same manner as it did in the... configuration during the installation process. Configuration A, ProLiant 6500 All the controllers included in this server is the PCI slot layout and PCI bus number detection order is different than the ProLiant 5000, ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers. Windows NT detected network controllers in Appendix...
... others. The most notable difference about this configuration were installed in Configuration A. The test results for both the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers: The results were identical for bus numbering assignments occurred in the same manner as it did in the... configuration during the installation process. Configuration A, ProLiant 6500 All the controllers included in this server is the PCI slot layout and PCI bus number detection order is different than the ProLiant 5000, ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers. Windows NT detected network controllers in Appendix...
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..., PCI bus renumbering does occur. The bindings for the network controller in slot 4 are later added to Bus 2 - Test 2 data was loaded on the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers. Changed Slot 5 Empty N/A Slot 6 Empty N/A Slot 7 Empty N/A Slot 8 Empty N/A Configuration B, ProLiant 6000 and 7000 Test 1 is the first of two installations tested on the system.
..., PCI bus renumbering does occur. The bindings for the network controller in slot 4 are later added to Bus 2 - Test 2 data was loaded on the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers. Changed Slot 5 Empty N/A Slot 6 Empty N/A Slot 7 Empty N/A Slot 8 Empty N/A Configuration B, ProLiant 6000 and 7000 Test 1 is the first of two installations tested on the system.
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... PCI Hot Plug Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Figure 16. Location of expansion slots in rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus number assignments for controllers with bridged devices are assigned to demonstrate bus renumbering in Figure 16. Both servers share the same bus...layout; Table 15 illustrates the relationship between slot numbers, controller installation, and PCI BIOS bus assignments in the rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers. This test includes several bridged controllers to the device on the Secondary Bus as shown in a more complex configuration....
... PCI Hot Plug Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Figure 16. Location of expansion slots in rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus number assignments for controllers with bridged devices are assigned to demonstrate bus renumbering in Figure 16. Both servers share the same bus...layout; Table 15 illustrates the relationship between slot numbers, controller installation, and PCI BIOS bus assignments in the rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers. This test includes several bridged controllers to the device on the Secondary Bus as shown in a more complex configuration....
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... - Pri Bus Slot 4 - Sec Bus Slot 7 - Sec Bus Slot 3- Sec Bus Slot 2 Sec Bus ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 7000 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Sec Bus Slot 10 - Sec Bus Slot 11 Sec Bus ProLiant 6500 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 3 - Sec Bus Slot 6 - Table 18. Pri Bus Slot 3 -...PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Pri Bus Slot 5 - Pri Bus Slot 6 - Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 4 - Sec Bus Slot 2 - Sec Bus ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5500 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 5 - Pri Bus Slot 2 - Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Sec Bus Slot 6 - Secondary Bus ...
... - Pri Bus Slot 4 - Sec Bus Slot 7 - Sec Bus Slot 3- Sec Bus Slot 2 Sec Bus ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 7000 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Sec Bus Slot 10 - Sec Bus Slot 11 Sec Bus ProLiant 6500 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 3 - Sec Bus Slot 6 - Table 18. Pri Bus Slot 3 -...PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Pri Bus Slot 5 - Pri Bus Slot 6 - Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 4 - Sec Bus Slot 2 - Sec Bus ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5500 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 5 - Pri Bus Slot 2 - Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Sec Bus Slot 6 - Secondary Bus ...
Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning for Microsoft Site Server on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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... to determine capacity planning guidelines, system performance was measured under various load conditions. This white paper provides guidelines for planning the configuration of Compaq ProLiant 2500 and ProLiant 7000 computers that run Microsoft® Site Server Internet Locator Server and Personalization System. In order to the Microsoft Site Server 3 Executive Summary .... 5 Performance Measurements...
... to determine capacity planning guidelines, system performance was measured under various load conditions. This white paper provides guidelines for planning the configuration of Compaq ProLiant 2500 and ProLiant 7000 computers that run Microsoft® Site Server Internet Locator Server and Personalization System. In order to the Microsoft Site Server 3 Executive Summary .... 5 Performance Measurements...
Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning for Microsoft Site Server on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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...1300 adds/sec, and 1500 direct lookups/sec for the user community. PS provides a user property database that both ProLiant 2500 and ProLiant 7000 are highly scalable; The maximum simulated community size tested was measured under various load conditions. This is explained more thoroughly .../sec (4.3 million requests/day). WHITE PAPER (cont.) 5... The maximum number of online users simulated for a period of Compaq ProLiant 2500 and ProLiant 7000 computers to run in size from Microsoft® Site Server: Internet Locator Server (ILS) and Personalization System (PS). ILS and...
...1300 adds/sec, and 1500 direct lookups/sec for the user community. PS provides a user property database that both ProLiant 2500 and ProLiant 7000 are highly scalable; The maximum simulated community size tested was measured under various load conditions. This is explained more thoroughly .../sec (4.3 million requests/day). WHITE PAPER (cont.) 5... The maximum number of online users simulated for a period of Compaq ProLiant 2500 and ProLiant 7000 computers to run in size from Microsoft® Site Server: Internet Locator Server (ILS) and Personalization System (PS). ILS and...
Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning for Microsoft Site Server on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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Table 1: Server Configurations System Compaq ProLiant 2500 Component Processor Memory Network Disk Compaq ProLiant 7000 Processor Memory Network Disk Configuration 1 x 200 MHz Pentium Pro (512 KB cache) 128 MB ECC 1 x Compaq NetFlex3, 100Base-TX 4 x 2.1GB 7200...the time to communicate with a SMART-2 controller 2 x 200 MHz Pentium Pro (1 MB cache) for online users, requires online user simulation on each ProLiant server tested. one processor for testing was tested separately. Each WCAT client represents a much heavier load than a single person using ILS were defined. ...
Table 1: Server Configurations System Compaq ProLiant 2500 Component Processor Memory Network Disk Compaq ProLiant 7000 Processor Memory Network Disk Configuration 1 x 200 MHz Pentium Pro (512 KB cache) 128 MB ECC 1 x Compaq NetFlex3, 100Base-TX 4 x 2.1GB 7200...the time to communicate with a SMART-2 controller 2 x 200 MHz Pentium Pro (1 MB cache) for online users, requires online user simulation on each ProLiant server tested. one processor for testing was tested separately. Each WCAT client represents a much heavier load than a single person using ILS were defined. ...
Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning for Microsoft Site Server on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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...the ASP-enabled Web page to create a simulated online user base of online ILS users (10,000). Reboot the SUT and retest for the ProLiant 7000. Run perfmon on the client systems. The test tool used for 600 seconds with the exception of each ILS operation. They show a real... not online, with the original default number of the appropriate size. 3. ILS Test Results Figure 1 summarizes the ILS performance measurements for the ProLiant 2500 while Figure 2 summarizes ILS performance for the next sized online user base. Start the tests running on the SUT and have it log...
...the ASP-enabled Web page to create a simulated online user base of online ILS users (10,000). Reboot the SUT and retest for the ProLiant 7000. Run perfmon on the client systems. The test tool used for 600 seconds with the exception of each ILS operation. They show a real... not online, with the original default number of the appropriate size. 3. ILS Test Results Figure 1 summarizes the ILS performance measurements for the ProLiant 2500 while Figure 2 summarizes ILS performance for the next sized online user base. Start the tests running on the SUT and have it log...
Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning for Microsoft Site Server on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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...the test ran. The "CPU Utilization" measurements for each of the ProLiant 7000's CPUs are shown in Tables 4 and 7 is the last sample taken during the test instead of the... average. Table 4: ProLiant 2500 Connect Operation Perfmon Measurements Average Perfmon Measurement 500 Users 1,000 Users CPU Utilization Connect...1512 1328 806 1485 941 783 1000 5000 Simulated Online Users 10000 Figure 2: ProLiant 7000 ILS Connect, Add, and Direct Lookup Operations Performance Summary In Tables 4 through 9, with the "P" indicating the ...
...the test ran. The "CPU Utilization" measurements for each of the ProLiant 7000's CPUs are shown in Tables 4 and 7 is the last sample taken during the test instead of the... average. Table 4: ProLiant 2500 Connect Operation Perfmon Measurements Average Perfmon Measurement 500 Users 1,000 Users CPU Utilization Connect...1512 1328 806 1485 941 783 1000 5000 Simulated Online Users 10000 Figure 2: ProLiant 7000 ILS Connect, Add, and Direct Lookup Operations Performance Summary In Tables 4 through 9, with the "P" indicating the ...
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... memory 97.7% 935 1.2 MB 97 KB 22.8 MB 97.5% 921 1.1 MB 96 KB 30 MB 97.6% 905 1.1MB 95 KB 50.1 MB Table 7: ProLiant 7000 Connect Operation Perfmon Measurements Average Perfmon Measurement 500 Users 1,000 Users CPU Utilization Connect Ops/sec Bytes sent/sec Bytes received/sec Available memory 99...161 KB 171 KB Available memory 192 MB 194 MB 5,000 Users 98.0% P0 98.3% P1 1328 73 KB 168 KB 186 MB Table 9: ProLiant 7000 Direct Lookup Operation Perfmon Measurements Average Perfmon 500 Users 1,000 5,000 Measurement Users Users CPU Utilization 97.6% P0 96.7% P0 97.2% P0 97.4% P1...
... memory 97.7% 935 1.2 MB 97 KB 22.8 MB 97.5% 921 1.1 MB 96 KB 30 MB 97.6% 905 1.1MB 95 KB 50.1 MB Table 7: ProLiant 7000 Connect Operation Perfmon Measurements Average Perfmon Measurement 500 Users 1,000 Users CPU Utilization Connect Ops/sec Bytes sent/sec Bytes received/sec Available memory 99...161 KB 171 KB Available memory 192 MB 194 MB 5,000 Users 98.0% P0 98.3% P1 1328 73 KB 168 KB 186 MB Table 9: ProLiant 7000 Direct Lookup Operation Perfmon Measurements Average Perfmon 500 Users 1,000 5,000 Measurement Users Users CPU Utilization 97.6% P0 96.7% P0 97.2% P0 97.4% P1...
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... Memory No The page fault rate indicated by the "Pages/sec" measurement is almost no paging and other disk accesses are low. ProLiant 7000 ILS Bottlenecks Connect, Add, and Direct Lookup: The performance measurements for the NICs • the amount and type of the available ...bottlenecks are . Disk No Subsystem There is low. Analysis of Connect, Add, and Direct Lookup Operations follows: Table 11: Analysis of ProLiant 7000 Operations Resource Bottleneck Comments CPU Primary Fully utilized Network No The total network traffic is less than 3% of memory in the system, its...
... Memory No The page fault rate indicated by the "Pages/sec" measurement is almost no paging and other disk accesses are low. ProLiant 7000 ILS Bottlenecks Connect, Add, and Direct Lookup: The performance measurements for the NICs • the amount and type of the available ...bottlenecks are . Disk No Subsystem There is low. Analysis of Connect, Add, and Direct Lookup Operations follows: Table 11: Analysis of ProLiant 7000 Operations Resource Bottleneck Comments CPU Primary Fully utilized Network No The total network traffic is less than 3% of memory in the system, its...
Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning for Microsoft Site Server on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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... active one used : • At SUT boot time, automatically start IIS. PS Test Results Figure 3 summarizes the ProLiant 2500 PS performance measurements shown in Table 14. Similarly, Figure 4 summarizes PS performance for the ProLiant 7000 based on the SUT and have it log the processor, Active Server Pages, HTTP Service, memory, and User...
... active one used : • At SUT boot time, automatically start IIS. PS Test Results Figure 3 summarizes the ProLiant 2500 PS performance measurements shown in Table 14. Similarly, Figure 4 summarizes PS performance for the ProLiant 7000 based on the SUT and have it log the processor, Active Server Pages, HTTP Service, memory, and User...
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...30.0 47.3 43.5 40.3 37.2 32.1 35.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 1,000 10,000 100,000 User Community Size 1,000,000 Web pages requested/sec Figure 3: ProLiant 2500 PS Performance Summary ASP requests/sec 80.0 70.0 68.2 63.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 1,000 62.4 57.3 51.8 56.3 10...,000 100,000 User Community Size 51.2 47.1 1,000,000 Web pages requested/sec ASP requests/sec Figure 4: ProLiant 7000 PS Performance Summary All measurements in Tables 13 and 14 come from perfmon, except for the "Web pages requested/sec" and the "Average Connect Time...
...30.0 47.3 43.5 40.3 37.2 32.1 35.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 1,000 10,000 100,000 User Community Size 1,000,000 Web pages requested/sec Figure 3: ProLiant 2500 PS Performance Summary ASP requests/sec 80.0 70.0 68.2 63.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 1,000 62.4 57.3 51.8 56.3 10...,000 100,000 User Community Size 51.2 47.1 1,000,000 Web pages requested/sec ASP requests/sec Figure 4: ProLiant 7000 PS Performance Summary All measurements in Tables 13 and 14 come from perfmon, except for the "Web pages requested/sec" and the "Average Connect Time...
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...1 40.3 40.3 1.1 MB 6 KB 88.3 MB 1,000,000 Users 77% 32.1 1 35.0 35.0 1.0 MB 5 KB 83 MB Table14: ProLiant 7000 PS Performance Measurements Measurement CPU Utilization Web pages requested/sec Average Connect Time (sec) ASP requests/sec UPD reads/sec Bytes sent/sec Bytes received... • the web server software (IIS) • Personalization Software • the disk subsystem ProLiant 2500 PS Bottlenecks Analysis of PS bottlenecks on the ProLiant 2500 shows: Table 15: ProLiant 2500 Analysis of PS Bottlenecks Resource Bottleneck Comments CPU No The CPU utilization decreases as the number...
...1 40.3 40.3 1.1 MB 6 KB 88.3 MB 1,000,000 Users 77% 32.1 1 35.0 35.0 1.0 MB 5 KB 83 MB Table14: ProLiant 7000 PS Performance Measurements Measurement CPU Utilization Web pages requested/sec Average Connect Time (sec) ASP requests/sec UPD reads/sec Bytes sent/sec Bytes received... • the web server software (IIS) • Personalization Software • the disk subsystem ProLiant 2500 PS Bottlenecks Analysis of PS bottlenecks on the ProLiant 2500 shows: Table 15: ProLiant 2500 Analysis of PS Bottlenecks Resource Bottleneck Comments CPU No The CPU utilization decreases as the number...
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... systems needed was driven to 100% utilization. There was always one at a time until the ProLiant 2500's CPU was determined by adding one network for the ProLiant 2500 tests. Network No The total network traffic is shown in the UPD increases. See the ... high page fault rate with reads than 15% of the available bandwidth. WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...8 ProLiant 7000 PS Bottlenecks Analysis of PS bottlenecks on the ProLiant 7000 shows: Table 16: ProLiant 7000 Analysis of PS Bottlenecks Resource Bottleneck Comments CPU No The CPU utilization decreases as the number of users in...
... systems needed was driven to 100% utilization. There was always one at a time until the ProLiant 2500's CPU was determined by adding one network for the ProLiant 2500 tests. Network No The total network traffic is shown in the UPD increases. See the ... high page fault rate with reads than 15% of the available bandwidth. WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...8 ProLiant 7000 PS Bottlenecks Analysis of PS bottlenecks on the ProLiant 7000 shows: Table 16: ProLiant 7000 Analysis of PS Bottlenecks Resource Bottleneck Comments CPU No The CPU utilization decreases as the number of users in...