optimizing it infrastructure for peak database performance
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Optimizing Infrastructure For Peak Database Performance
Thank You For Attending!
Agenda
I. Introduction
II. Database Server Roles
III. Top Database Challenges
IV. Best Practices
V. Conclusion
Webinar Logistics
● Audio & Visual
● Questions & Answers
● Polls
● Technical Problems
● Event Hashtag: #AventisPeakDatabase
● Audio & Visual
● Questions & Answers
● Polls
● Technical Problems
Today's Speakers
Aventis Systems’ National Account Managers
Lance Kosmal, Southeast Territory
Stacey Vanden Boogart-Romenesko, Southwest
Territory
Database Server Roles
Database Overview
Database Server Roles
Understand your workload
OLTP DSS (OLAP/Reporting/DW)
● Real-time, day to day transactions
● Data mining, reporting information
from OLTP
● Short transactions, more random
write activity
● Fewer, longer sequential reads.
● Quick data access by many users
● Immediate updates (IOPS)
● Responsiveness to complex queries
is key (Throughput)
Let’s Take A Few Polls
Optimization Best Practices
Scale up, Scale out!
Over-capacity
Load
Under-capacity
2
4
8
Capacity
Common Database Challenges
1. Storage I/O
2. RAM
3. CPU
4. Advanced Configuration Options
Optimization Best Practices
Storage Subsystem: Max IOP’s
Let’s Take A Poll!
Optimization Best Practices
Drive Selection: SAS, SATA, or SSD?
0 5000 10000 15000
10K SAS Drives
15K SAS Drives
ISS Solid State Drives
Avg IOP's Min
Avg IOP's Max
Optimization Best Practices
SSD FAQ: Can I really afford Solid State Drives?
Optimization Best Practices
SSD FAQ: Are SSD’s reliable?
Optimization Best Practices
RAID Configurations
Optimization Best Practices
Memory
Optimization Best Practices
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Processors
CPU INTENSIVE
Optimization Best Practices
Quick Review Scale Up! Scale Out!
IO is a common bottleneck, best measured in IOPS
o RAID 10
o SSD’s or a hybrid of SAS/SSD
o NV Write caching for best performance
o Eliminate data path throughput limitations in PCI-E, network fabric and
controller selection
Memory:
o More memory = Less I/O stress
o 64GB-72GB in optimized configurations recommended
CPU:
o Use modern cpu’s with Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading capabilities.
o Emphasis on core count and single thread cpu core performance
Optimization Best Practices
System Selection Compare
Storage I/O:
RAID
Memory
CPU
Cost
DL380 G5
3Gb/s SAS
1.5GB SATA
512MB BBWC
32GB / 64GB
3.33GHz / 4- Core
$499 - $5199
DL380 G6/G7
6Gb/s SAS 3Gb/s SATA
PCI-E 2.0 SSD
1GB FBWC
288GB / 384GB
3.6GHz / 6C 12MB / HT &
Turbo
$599-$9099
DL380p G8
6Gb/s SAS 6Gb/s SATA
PCI-E 3.0 SSD’s
2GB FBWC
384GB /768GB
3.5GHz / 12-Core 30MB / HT
&Turbo2
$4699-$15,899
Optimization Best Practices
System Selection
Questions & Answers
