This NetApp technical report compares the performance of different network protocols and file systems and how they interact with Oracle® Database 11g Release 2 workloads running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 U4 using Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 10GbE, 10Gb FCOE, and 4Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel (FC).
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Among the recent records set by Oracle technology is the one reported in SPARC Enterprise M8000 with Oracle 11g Beats IBM POWER7 on TPC-H @1000GB Benchmark. In this instance an Oracle SPARC Enterprise M8000 server configured with SPARC64 VII+ processors, Oracle's Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array storage, Oracle Solaris, and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 achieved a TPC-H performance result of 209,533 QphH@1000GB with price/performance of $10.13/QphH@1000GB, surpassing the performance of the IBM POWER7 server on the 1 TB TPC-H decision support benchmark.
The benchmark revealed that the SPARC Enterprise M8000 server delivers higher performance than the IBM Power 780 even though the SPARC VII+ processor-core is 1.6x slower than the POWER7 processor-core. The SPARC Enterprise M8000 server was found to be 27% faster than the IBM Power 780. IBM's reputed single-thread performance leadership did not provide benefit for throughput in this test.
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"Certification with Oracle Linux 6," an Oracle Technical Article, covers the key points ISVs must consider in installing and certifying products on Oracle Linux 6. The paper notes that Oracle Linux, which ships with two sets of kernel packages -- Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, and Red Hat compatible Kernel -- is fully compatible in both source and binary with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). According to the article, in testing and certifying applications on Oracle Linux need only install their applications on Oracle Linux and verify the information presented in the article.
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Blogger Giri Mandalika writes about the benchmark set by PeopleSoft Financials 9.0, whose results on both the Oracle SPARC T3-1 Server and the Oracle Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server he draws attention to. The workload simulated the book-closing activities characteristic of the end of a reporting period.
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