Compaq 108164-003 - ProLiant - 800 Technical Manual

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Technical Guide
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March 1999
ECG044.0399
Prepared by OS Integration
Engineering
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
Executive Summary ...................3
Introduction................................4
I/O Performance and
Recommendations .....................4
Network Interface......................5
Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) Bus..............6
SCSI Bus..................................9
Fibre Channel.........................12
Drive Technology....................14
System Memory......................18
OS Performance Monitoring
Tools.........................................19
Microsoft Windows NT ............20
Novell NetWare.......................21
SCO UnixWare and
OpenServer ............................21
Conclusion..............................22
Appendix - Performance
Tuning Data..............................23
Fibre Channel Bus ..................23
Drive Technology....................28
RAID Level Performance.........35
Hardware RAID vs. Software
RAID ......................................36
I/O Performance Tuning of
Compaq Servers
Abstract: Tuning the disk system and I/O paths can be key to
achieving maximum performance from your server. This paper
begins with definitions, guidelines, and recommendations for I/O
performance tuning. The last section of this paper provides actual
performance data to reinforce recommendations. In general, this
paper deals with universal I/O concerns and applies to a wide range
of server applications. The major areas examined in this paper are
disk systems
NICs
memory
system configuration
performance monitoring tools.