Performance management on IBM i

General performance resources

• 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

• IBM Systems Training
• Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning for IBM i

Performance papers and articles

• 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)

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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.

• IBM Diagnostics Guide for Java, Version 6 (PDF, 2.21MB)
• Diagnostics Guide for Java 2 Technology Edition Version 5.0 (PDF, 2.57MB)