Performance Measurement of the PeopleSoft Multi-Tier Remote Computing Application

Abstract

The Center for Information Technology Integration has undertaken a study of the potential impact of PeopleSoft software on U-M production computing environments, focusing on the measurement and modeling of the Peoplesoft 6 architecture in order to provide results useful in sizing various components of the M-Pathways campus deployment. This report describes several experiments designed to evaluate the performance of PeopleSoft 6 remote computing applications being implemented at the University of Michigan. The purpose of these experiments is to develop a proper measurement methodology for quantifying the resource requirements of PeopleSoft OLTP transactions in a three-tier architecture consisting of client WinStations, WinFrame servers, and Oracle database servers. The measurement results are applied to an analytic three-tiered performance model and can be used to generate sizing estimates for production system components.