Run Oracle OLTP workloads in HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM v6.1.5

vPars supports dedicated CPU and memory resources, while Integrity Virtual Machines supports shared CPU and

memory. In both cases, IO resources can be dedicated

or shared. Virtualization makes it easier to optimize hardware

resources since one Integrity server can host multiple OS instances. vPars and Integrity VM products are good solutions

for hardware consolidation, offering the following benefits:

• Reduce the number of hardware components required to run multiple OS instances

• Improve return on IT investment through optimized server utilization

• Increase server flexibility through easy resizing and relocation of vPars and VMs

• Improve service levels, such as application response time through dynamic workload management providing

automatic allocation of resources based on user-defined level objectives

Several scalability improvements have been introduced in vPars and Integrity VM v6.1.5 enabling you to deploy

larger-scale Oracle workloads.

Integrity VM now supports the following:

• 16 Virtual CPUs per VM

• 128 GB Memory per VM

• AVIO storage devices per VM

– 256 without NPIV

– 2048 with NPIV

For vPars, the limit on the size and number of supported cores and memory is equal to the limit of the particular type of

server, minus the resources needed to run the VSP. Also, in vPars, the AVIO storage device limits are the same as for

Integrity VM.

Significant features supported by the vPars and Integrity VM v6.1.5 product include:

• Full Integrity family support: for BL8x0c i2/i4 blades, Superdome 2, and rx2800 i2/i4 servers

• Direct I/O for dedicated networks as well as high volume network requests

• Offline transformation to convert a vPar to an Integrity VM guest and vice versa

• Serviceguard integration

• Support for online migration of Integrity VM guests and offline migration of vPars and Integrity VM guests

• vPars performance improvements, including redesigned AVIO network and storage implementation

• GUID Manager integration to support NPIV

• Integrity VM support for entire Intel® Itanium® Processor series

HP-UX vPars and Integrity VMs provide different capabilities.

• vPars, with dedicated cores, memory, and optionally, Direct I/O Networking, can yield near bare metal performance.

• Integrity Virtual Machines, with fully virtualized cores, memory and I/O, and Online VM Migration, is ideally suited for

deploying dynamic workloads via the most cost-effective method.

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