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LTSP Benchmarkingon a zSeries Mainframe and xSeries 335This paper presents the personal opinions of the author who acknowledges his debt to the efforts of GNU and open-sourcedevelopers and users who have made their work and experience freely available to the public. Trademarks are owned by their owners. There is no warranty associated with the information contained in this document. Use and distribute at your own risk. License information is in the appendix.Jordan RosenJordan.Rosen@lillecorp.comAugust 15, 2005Table Of ContentsMainframe zVM Environment 1zVM Environment 1User Image Environment 1Benchmark Goals 2Benchmark Environment 2Simultaneous Desktops 2OpenOffice 2Mozilla 2Evolution 2Data to be captured 2Commands to access Perfkit 3Data to be captured 4Test Machines 4Test 4 – 8Summary 8 – 9 Appendix - Public Documentation License Notice 10Benchmark for LTSP Desktop Environment on the MainframeI. Mainframe zVM EnvironmentHardware EnvironmentzSeries 8908GB of Memory1x IFL Engine20MB half ESCON Disk Storage1Gb/S OSA NetworkII. zVM Environment3GB IFL Memory1GB zVM Swap Memory1x IFL Engine dedicatedzVM User Images of InterestPSPLTSP - LTSP Desktop EnvironmentPSPPRINT - Printer / File / Samba ServerPSPNETSV - DNS / TFTP ServerIII.User Image EnvironmentPSPLTSP1. NFS server to serve the root filesystem for Diskless Thin Clients2. GDM - Gnome Login Display Manager3. ICEWM - ICE Windows Manager (replaces Gnome Metacity WM)4. ...