SIZING FOR SUCCESS

Deanna Glinka – Integra Solutions

Blanchard Jacobus – Integra Solutions

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AGENDA

1. What is sizing and why is it important

2. Monitoring your system
3. Your data your benchmarks
4. Sizing your system
5. Testing for results
6. Conclusion
7. Q&A

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SIZING FOR SUCCESS

What is sizing and why is it important?

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WHAT IS SIZING AND WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT

Sizing is:
Determining the number of reports
Processed
View on Demand
Determining the number of users
Measuring your systems effective workload
Determining the number of servers/services needed
Without sizing you cannot:
Effectively state the benefits of change
Isolate performance problems
Correct allocation of resources

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WHAT IS SIZING AND WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT

BusinessObjects provides basic benchmarks*

One CPU for every 500 concurrent active users
One CMS service for every 600 - 700 concurrent active users
Five processing reports per job server
Restrictions on server processes
Page/Cache Server
Job Server
File Servers
But it’s your installation that should set the mark
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with
courage, need not be lived again.
Maya Angelou
US author & poet (1928 - )

* Source: boe_xi_sizing_recommendations.pdf

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STRATEGY FOR SIZING

Don’t guess – Assess

Monitor/profile system resources
Compare against audited results
Your data = your benchmarks
Create benchmarks
Sizing your system
Use benchmarks to create a custom sizing plan
Testing your system
Close the loop by continuing to test/refine benchmarks

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MONITORING

Monitoring and Auditing your current

implementation

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CREATING PROFILES

Profile existing load by monitoring

What metrics do you need if you are going to:
Upgrade
enhance current environment
Critical resources measured are:
CPU
Memory
I/O (disk)
Network
What is the appropriate time period

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MONITORING IN 6.5

PERFMON (Demo)
The main resources that are measured are CPU,
memory, I/O (disk), and network
Processes
WIQT - WebIntelligence Query Technique (single threaded)
Busobj - Full client BusinessObjects process (single threaded)
WIReportServer - V6 WebIntelligence report server (multi
threaded)

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MONITORING - CPU-METRICS

CPU Parameters
% Processor Time (per process)
% of CPU required by a particular BusinessObjects process
% Processor Time (over all CPUs)
% of CPU overall

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MONITORING - MEMORY METRICS

Memory Parameters
Amount of free memory in MB
Number of memory pages swapped to disk
Memory
Working Set (per process)
Memory required for a particular process. Not exact but close.
OS Memory footprint
Memory required for Windows 2003 (Includes required non-variable BO
processes)

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MONITORING - I/O METRICS

I/O Disk
% Disk Time - Percentage of time disk array is busy
% Idle Time - Percentage of time disk array is idle
Avg. Disk Queue Length - Average number of processes waiting
(blocking) for I/O
Current Disk Queue Length - Current number of processes waiting for
I/O
Disk Bytes/sec - throughput rate (bytes per second) that are
written/read

Network Metrics
Connection Failures
Segments Received/Sec

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MONITORING IN XI

PERFMON
The main resources that are measured are:
CPU
Memory
I/O (disk)
Job/Page/Cache Servers
Network

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes

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Processes in Perfmon - Baseline

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – VOD Crystal Reports 2 Viewers

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – Move to Pg. 2 – 2 Viewers

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – Webi – VOD – 2 Viewers

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Processes in Perfmon – Deski VOD – 2 Viewers

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – CR 1 Job Sched. – Emp. Profile

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – CR 5 Reports Proccesed

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – Webi 5 Reports Proccesed

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – Deski 1 Report Processed

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MONITORING IN XI

Processes in Perfmon – 5 Deski Reports Proccesed

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Processes in Perfmon – Create a Deski Report 3 Tier

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Processes in Perfmon – CR 5 Reports Processed

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YOUR DATA - YOUR BENCHMARKS

Analyze gathered data

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ANALYZING YOUR SYSTEM

Move data to Access database

Create a simple universe
against this database.

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ANALYZING 6.5 RESULTS

Create one query for all major BusinessObjects processes (Busobj,

WIQT, and WIReportServer).
Add a second query for the Audit information.
Evaluate the data

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CREATING BENCHMARKS

Putting it all together

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Sizing Parameters
Assumptions
Processes
BusObj
WIQT
Report Server
Document

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Capacity Plan
Parameters

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Capacity Plan
RAM Measures

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Capacity Plan
RAM Calculations

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Capacity
CPU Calcs

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Capacity
CPU Measurements

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER XI

Sizing Parameters
Assumptions
Processes
Cache
Page
Proc Lov
Proc Dest

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CONCLUSION

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CONCLUSION

Why sizing is important

How to monitor your system
Working with benchmarks
Sizing your system
Testing your system

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Q&A

Questions
Deanna Glinka – Integra Solutions
Blanchard Jacobus – Integra Solutions
I will repeat questions to ensure everyone can hear

Contact information
DGlinka@integrasolutions.net
WWW.INTEGRASOLUTIONS.NET

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