General performance resources
- IBM i 7.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - February 2013 (PDF, 1.46MB)
- IBM i 7.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - November 2012 (PDF, 1.41MB)
- IBM i 7.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - October 2012 (PDF, 1.40MB)
- IBM i 7.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - April 2012 (PDF, 1.40MB)
- IBM i 7.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - October/April 2011 (PDF, 1.38MB)
- IBM i 7.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - April 2011 (PDF, 1.53MB)
Performance education resources
Performance papers and articles
- IBM i on Power - Performance FAQ (PDF, 890KB)
- Under the Hood: POWER7 Logical Partitions (PDF, 2.53MB)
- Under the Hood: Of POWER7 Processor Caches (PDF, 413KB)
- POWER7 Virtualization Best Practice Guide (DOC, 120KB)
- Performance Implications of POWER7 Model 780's TurboCore Mode (PDF, 670KB)
- Of Numa on POWER7 in IBM i (PDF, 580KB)
- What's This Multi-Core Computing Really? (PDF, 20KB)
- Performance Value of Solid State Drives using IBM i (PDF, 169KB)
- DS5300 Performance Results in IBM i Power Systems Environment (PDF, 116KB)
- Of GigaHertz and CPWs (PDF, 45KB)
- LPAR Performance on Power Systems with POWER4, POWER5 and POWER6 (PDF, 191KB)
- Simultaneous Multi-Threading on POWER7 Processors (PDF, 52KB)
System i WebSphere and Java tuning resources
Tuning your WebSphere and Java applications on the IBM System i technology just got easier. The following papers and articles will help you take advantage of the latest System i performance improvements, tools, and tuning methods to optimize the performance of your IBM i5/OS application.
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