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IBM Announces IBM i Solution Edition for JD Edwards

This week, IBM announced the IBM i Solution Edition for JD Edwards which is an infrastructure solution specifically designed, configured, and priced to reduce the cost, complexity, and risk of deploying JD Edwards world-class solutions on IBM i. It provides a complete hardware and software solution, it is quick and easy to implement, and it provides powerful POWER7 based technology at a lower cost than competing solutions. For further information see the IBM i Solution Editions website.

The benchmark results for these servers show strong performance and scalability. On a Power 720 Express running at 3.0 Ghz, a one core configuration was able to run 300 web-client based users. Two and four core configurations ran 600 and 1200 web-client based users respectively. All of the response times were subsecond. These results are now available on IBM TechDocs. Please refer to the Benchmarks section below.

The IBM i Solution Edition for JD Edwards also includes installation of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software by a trained expert using the new “Rapid Install” process. This process allows for installation to be completed in days instead of weeks, reduces the complexity of managing fixes, and provides an installed EnterpriseOne image which has been pretested by IBM and Oracle. This offering is planned for 2011.

IBM Lab Services provide a variety of services that can be tailored for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne installations including the following:

  • JDE EnterpriseOne performance tuning on IBM i
  • DB2 optimization for JDE
  • Getting started with IBM System x solutions for IBM i
  • Getting started with DB2 Web Query for i
  • Migration assistance
  • IBM i Security HealthCheck assessment

For more information on service offerings, see the IBM Lab Services website.

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EnterpriseOne Support for WebSphere Application Server Express

Oracle recently announced that WebSphere Application Server Express 7.0 is supported with IBM i 7.1 beginning with tools release 8.98.3. For additional information, please refer to the JD Edwards MTR (link resides outside of ibm.com) for Web Servers on the Oracle website. (User id and password required.)

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Support for IBM i 7.1

At the Collaborate conference held April 18- 22 in Las Vegas, Oracle announced that JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools release 8.98.3 will include support for IBM i 7.1 which was announced the previous week by IBM. For additional information see the announcement (link resides outside of ibm.com) on the Oracle website. (User id and password required.)

NEW Recently, Oracle has also announced that IBM i 7.1 will also be supported with EnterpriseOne Xe (B73.3.3) SP24.1.2/ERP 8.0 SP24.1.2. For additional information, please refer to their MTR (link resides outside of ibm.com).

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Industry leading performance with POWER7 and IBM i 7.1

The charts to the right contain the results from the latest benchmark project conducted at the IBM i development site in Rochester Minnesota. They describe benchmarks that achieve a new highwater mark of 4000 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne users on an 8 core Power 750 running IBM i 7.1 and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3. (IBM also did similar tests on the same system in February with IBM i 6.1 showing 3600 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne users.) These results demonstrate the close working relationship between IBM and Oracle to provide maximum value to our JD Edwards customers.

POWER7 measurement details

  • Hardware
    • IBM Power 750 - POWER7 8 cores
    • 60GB memory
    • 48 disk arms
  • Software
    • “All on i” configuration
    • IBM i 7.1
    • Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0/8.98.3
    • WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.29
  • Workload
    • Oracle “Day in the Life’ workload kit
  • Detailed statistics
    • 8 HTML servers, approx 500 users each
    • Total processor utilization: 64.2 percent
    • Weighted average response time: 0.621 seconds

These results are now available on IBM TechDocs. Please refer to the Benchmarks section below.

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Oracle Validation of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on IBM i 6.1

Yes, IBM i 6.1 is fully certified for JD Edwards applications!

In continuance of support for the IBM Power Systems, Oracle announces validation and support for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne product line on IBM i 6.1 (i5/OS V6R1). Validation has completed for IBM i 6.1 with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.97 update 1 (8.97.1.0), which runs with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application releases 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.11 SP1, and 8.12.

The Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools team has also announced the availability of tools release 24.0 for customers running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application release XE or ERP8. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 24.0 includes support for IBM i 6.1.

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Applications Unlimited

Oracle furthered its commitment to the IBM System i customers, extending support and enhancement efforts for JD Edwards Applications on IBM System i. In addition to Lifetime Support, Oracle is providing new product development for JD Edwards World and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Oracle has published a new set of Frequently Asked Question (PDF, 189KB) about their continued support on the System i. For more information on Oracle Application Unlimited visit the Application Unlimited website (link resides outside of ibm.com).

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Fact sheets

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Customer references

SNC Lavalin Profac

See Profac talk about their JD Edwards migration from Intel to System i.

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White papers

  • Using JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Server Manager to create an HTML server vertical cluster on WebSphere ND and IBM i

    This paper describes the results of a joint project conducted by Oracle and IBM to provide step by step instructions on how to implement JD Edwards EnterpriseOne HTML servers in a clustered WebSphere Application Server environment running on IBM i in conjunction with the JD Edwards Server Manager introduced in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools release 8.97. Clustering provides customers with greater functionality and flexibility for supporting larger numbers of users and for improving performance and availability.

  • WebSphere 6.1 Performance

    This white paper compares the performance of WebSphere 6.1 with WebSphere 6.0 in a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12 environment on an IBM Power Systems platform with IBM i. The tests, utilizing Oracle’s robust “Day in the Life” (DIL) kit for web users, clearly shows the benefits of upgrading to WebSphere 6.1.

  • Configuring Multiple HTTP Servers for the HTML Web Server on i

    This document will discuss how to configure the HTML Web Server application to use two (or more) HTTP Servers. This type of configuration gives the advantage of using HTTP workload balance across multiple HTTP servers to access the HTML Web Server application, which is the web application used to access Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.

  • Securing JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.96 HTML Web Server on System i

    This document explains how to secure JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.96 Tools HTML Web Server between web-based clients and the HTTP Server running on the System i. The following products/technologies are used to complete the configuration; Digital Certificate Manager, i5/OS Web Administration GUI, and IBM WebSphere Application Server v6.0 for i5/OS.

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Analyst Papers

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Redbooks

  • JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.9 with IBM eServer iSeries and Storage

    JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a complex application that provides Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) capabilities. It can run with Citrix, fat, or Web clients. This IBM Redbook provides helpful hints as you work with the EnterpriseOne product on iSeries.

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Benchmarks

  • IBM i Solution Edition for Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne performance benchmark results

    This paper describes the results of recent measurements which demonstrate the performance of Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on IBM Power Systems POWER7 processor-based servers running IBM i. These latest measurements reflect the recent announcements of POWER7 based entry servers, the IBM i Solution Edition for JD Edwards, and Oracle support for WebSphere Application Server Express.

  • Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Scaling with IBM POWER6, POWER7, and IBM i

    This paper describes the results of recent performance measurements which demonstrate the scalability of Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on IBM Power Systems POWER6 and POWER7 processor-based servers running IBM i. The POWER6 results show near linear scalability across several easurements of 500, 1000, and 2000 web-based users on two, four, and eight core onfigurations. The POWER6 measurements also achieved a new high-water mark of 2400 web-based users on an eight core configuration. In this version of the document, that value has been surpassed by the results from an eight core POWER7 configuration which achieved 4000 web-based users.

  • Customer case study of UBE Performance on POWER6

    This paper describes Universal Batch Engine (UBE) performance tests done for the Donaldson Company to assess the performance improvements available from upgrading to IBM i 6.1 and to POWER6 processors. The results show that i 6.1 provided an improvement of approximately 10-13 percent when compared to i 5.4. The results also show that POWER6 processors and i 6.1 together provided an improvement of approximately 58 percent when compared to POWER4 processors and i 5.4. This validates previous results which indicate significant performance improvements available from POWER6 processors and i 6.1.

  • Power6 performance testing

    This paper describes measurements that demonstrate the significant performance improvements available to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne clients as a result of recent POWER6 processor, IBM i 6.1, and WebSphere Application Server 6.1 product announcements. In addition to impressive reductions in processor and memory requirements for web-based clients, test results show more than a 30% reduction in UBE (batch) elapsed times.

  • JDE EnterpriseOne 8.11 SP Benchmark Validation Test with IBM System i5 (171KB)

    In June 2006, IBM conducted a validation test in Rochester, Minnesota (USA) to measure the online performance of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.11 SP1 with Tools 8.96_A1 on an IBM System i5 Model 570 with four 2.20Ghz advanced POWER5 processors. These tests were conducted using an "All-on-i" configuration in which one instance of i5/OS is used for web, application, and database serving. This test used IBM WebSphere 6.0.2.7, V5R4 of i5/OS, and DB2 for i that is an integrated part of i5/OS.

  • POWER 6 EnterpriseOne Benchmark

    This paper describes tests which demonstrate improved price/performance for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on the IBM System i platform based on recent product announcements including new POWER6 processors.

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Info APAR web site links

Information APAR web site links for the IBM i compatibility and recommended PTF information by operating system release level:

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Other related sites

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  • iSociety

    Where is the cool place to hang out if you have a System i. Where can you go to talk about System i, JDE, and even get advice from your peers? iSociety. Check it out!

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