Power Systems with IBM i Benchmark Centers

There are two facilities for IBM Power Systems with IBM i Benchmarking. These facilities are located in Poughkeepsie, NY and Montpellier, France. The Power Systems with IBM i Benchmark Centers are part of the IBM Systems and Technology Group. Both of these centers are available to help you whenever you have system performance validation and testing needs.

Using state-of-the-art tools the Benchmark Center is able to provide you hands-on experience with Power Systems with IBM i solutions to help you answer with confidence questions such as:

• How long will my nightly batch job run if I upgrade to a new model?
• Can we handle xxx,xxx,xxx interactive transactions/hour?
• What will my response time be if I double the number of users?
• Can my configuration support xxx,xxx,xxx client/server users?
• How can I get test time on the latest IBM Power Systems with IBM i hardware or software releases?

Have you recently modernized an application? You can test the response time of its new functions against various sets of users. Does your application have "hot spots"? The Power Systems with IBM i Benchmark Center has the tools to help you "tune" those transactions that seem slow.

Here are some examples of what others have done using our facilities:

• Determine release-to-release compatibility and practice upgrade before performing it on a production system
• Demonstrate that a proposed solution will work in our benchmark center "sandbox"
• Capacity planning to provide sizing information for sales and marketing
• Prove disaster recovery strategy works
• Determine performance of an application prior to deployment
• Study consolidation of several distributed systems into a single location
• Utilize an IBM Power Systems with IBM i as a web server to test replacement of several Windows systems.

The benchmark center operates on a cost recovery basis. Fees are determined based on the length of time and the size and quantity of hardware required.

If you are ready to pursue a benchmark at one the Power Systems with IBM i Benchmark Centers in Poughkeepsie or Montpellier or have questions pertaining to the use of our facilities, simply fill out the Benchmark request form.

Contact information for benchmarks in Poughkeepsie:

Power Systems with IBM i Benchmark Center
Poughkeepsie, NY
Contact the Benchmark Center

Contact information for benchmarks in Montpellier, France:

Michelle Rosique
IBM EMEA Products and Solutions Support Center - Montpellier
Power Systems with IBM i Benchmark Center
Parc Technologique de la Pompignane
Rue de la Vieille Poste
34006 Montpellier, France
Phone: 011-33-467-34-4355
Fax: 011-33-467-34-4355
Internet: mrosique@fr.ibm.com