1. Optimizing Infrastructure For Peak Database Performance

2. Thank You For Attending!

3. Agenda
I. Introduction
II. Database Server Roles
III. Top Database Challenges
IV. Best Practices
V. Conclusion

4. Webinar Logistics
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Audio & Visual
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Questions & Answers
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Polls
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Technical Problems
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Event Hashtag: #AventisPeakDatabase

5. Today's Speakers
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Audio & Visual
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Questions & Answers
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Polls
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Technical Problems
Aventis Systems’ National Account Managers
Lance Kosmal, Southeast Territory
Stacey Vanden Boogart-Romenesko, Southwest
Territory

6. Database Server Roles
Database Overview

7. Database Server Roles
Understand your workload
OLTP
DSS (OLAP/Reporting/DW)
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Real-time, day to day transactions
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Data mining, reporting information
from OLTP
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Short transactions, more random
write activity
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Fewer, longer sequential reads.
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Quick data access by many users
Immediate updates (IOPS)
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Responsiveness to complex queries
is key (Throughput)

8. Let’s Take A Few Polls

9. Optimization Best Practices
Scale up, Scale out!
Capacity
Over-capacity
8
4
2
Load
Under-capacity

10. Common Database Challenges
1.
2.
3.
4.
Storage I/O
RAM
CPU
Advanced Configuration
Options

11. Optimization Best Practices
Storage Subsystem: Max IOP’s

12. Let’s Take A Poll!

13. Optimization Best Practices
Drive Selection: SAS, SATA, or SSD?
ISS Solid State Drives
Avg IOP's Min
Avg IOP's Max
15K SAS Drives
10K SAS Drives
0
5000
10000
15000

14. Optimization Best Practices
SSD FAQ: Can I really afford Solid State Drives?

15. Optimization Best Practices
SSD FAQ: Are SSD’s reliable?

16. Optimization Best Practices
RAID Configurations

17. Optimization Best Practices
Memory

18. Optimization Best Practices
Processors
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CPU INTENSIVE

19. Optimization Best Practices
Quick Review
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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

20. Optimization Best Practices
System Selection
DL380
G5
DL380
G6/G7
DL380
p G8
3Gb/s SAS
1.5GB SATA
6Gb/s SAS
3Gb/s SATA
PCI-E 2.0 SSD
6Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SATA
PCI-E 3.0 SSD’s
RAID
512MB BBWC
1GB FBWC
2GB FBWC
Memory
32GB / 64GB
288GB / 384GB
384GB /768GB
CPU
3.33GHz / 4Core
3.6GHz / 6C
12MB / HT &
Turbo
3.5GHz / 12Core 30MB / HT
&Turbo2
Cost
$499 - $5199
$599-$9099
$4699-$15,899
Compare
Storage I/O:

21. Optimization Best Practices
System Selection

22. Questions & Answers