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PeopleSoft Ping

PeopleSoft Ping. David Kurtz Go-Faster Consultancy Ltd. david.kurtz@go-faster.co.uk www.go-faster.co.uk. Resources. If you can’t hear me say so now. Please feel free to ask questions as we go along. The presentation will be available from Customer Connection –> Events -> UK Tech PUG

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PeopleSoft Ping

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  1. PeopleSoft Ping David Kurtz Go-Faster Consultancy Ltd. david.kurtz@go-faster.co.uk www.go-faster.co.uk

  2. Resources • If you can’t hear me say so now. • Please feel free to ask questions as we go along. • The presentation will be available from • Customer Connection –> Events -> UK Tech PUG • www.go-faster.co.uk www.go-faster.co.uk

  3. Independent consultant System Performance Tuning Oracle/Unix/Tuxedo PeopleSoft Apps www.ukoug.org Book www.apress.com Who am I? www.go-faster.co.uk

  4. It is a component which runs a ‘standard’ transaction and measures the duration of that transaction at each component in the PIA. What is PeopleSoft Ping? www.go-faster.co.uk

  5. What does PS Ping Measure? Browser/ Network Time Web Server Time Application Server Time Database Time Web Server Access Log Tuxedo Service Trace PeopleTools Trace Oracle SQL*Trace Application Server (application logic) DBMS (application data & meta-data Browser (presentation & JavaScript) Java Servlet (presentation logic) http / https Tuxedo Message SQL Screen Paint Java Script Servlet Thread APPQ PSAPPSRV www.go-faster.co.uk

  6. Where is PeopleSoft Ping? • DERIVED_PTP.HTMLCTLEVENT.FieldChange • Each ping saves the results from the previous ping to the database • PS_PTP_TST_CASES • Can get basic Ping graphs from PeopleSoft • Can’t control scale • I prefer to use Excel www.go-faster.co.uk

  7. Ping Chart www.go-faster.co.uk

  8. Example of Contention www.go-faster.co.uk

  9. The Database Test • Repeatedly queries same rows from • PTP_TABLE1_VW • PTP_TABLE1 • Poor test of database performance • Data blocks will become cached • %PerfTime = Application Server clock www.go-faster.co.uk

  10. The Application Server Test • Creates and copies row sets • Application server time = CPU time + DB time + Cache access time + Wait Time • Row set operations CPU intensive • Indication of CPU performance www.go-faster.co.uk

  11. Case1:Browser Time www.go-faster.co.uk

  12. Case 1: Desktop Specification • 384Mhz PC, 64Mb physical memory • Windows Commit Charge 125Mb • It’s paging memory to/from disk • With PS Ping running on PC, shut down everything else (virus checking etc). • Commit Charge reduced to 89Mb • Response time fell from 0.8s to 0.4s www.go-faster.co.uk

  13. Case 1: Conclusion • Paging memory from disk is slow • General Windows performance affected • Including the browser • Make sure that you have enough physical memory in your desktops • The web browser is a critical business platform • It’s not just for surfing www.go-faster.co.uk

  14. Case 2: Application Server CPU Benchmark? www.go-faster.co.uk

  15. HP-UX 11 750Mhz Ping Time: 1.43s [PT8.43.15] Windows 2000 3.2Ghz Ping Time: 0.33s Case 2: Two Application Servers www.go-faster.co.uk

  16. Case 2: Conclusion • Application server is CPU intensive • If active and not waiting for the database, it is using CPU to execute PeopleCode etc. • Fewer faster –v- More slower CPUs? • CPU speed is critical • When executing in user mode, a clock cycle is a clock cycle is a clock cycle? www.go-faster.co.uk

  17. Conclusion • Ping is not a fundamental indicator of system performance. • It does indicate: • contention in a particular tier. • CPU performance of Application Server • Performance of Browser www.go-faster.co.uk

  18. Questions www.go-faster.co.uk

  19. PeopleSoft Ping David Kurtz Go-Faster Consultancy Ltd. david.kurtz@go-faster.co.uk www.go-faster.co.uk

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