Subject Re: [firebird-support] Bad surprise on performance
Author Hugo Eyng
Hello.

FB 2.5.3 works (for me) on Win Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 bits, and
others version of Win Server 2008 too.

Dell R620 32GB RAM Intel Xeon E-2609.

Hugo

On 02/01/2015 22:08, André Knappstein Knappstein@...
[firebird-support] wrote:
> Fascinating...
> I created a test table on both old and new server to play with updates
> and inserts (~ 150.000 records)
> Performance with 2.5.3 x64 on Win2008 is constantly
> changing, but at best its some 8 seconds and worst even 2 minutes!
> Performance with 1.5.4 x86 on Win2003 is always about the same, and
> always 2.9 - 3.2 seconds.
>
> My next steps will be:
> - get some sleep
> - reduce example to a database with only this one testtable
> - install 2.5.3 on 2 other new servers (different RAIDs) and test
> there
> - test also with 2.5.3 CS x86, 2.5.3 SS x64/x86, 1.5.4 CS x86
> - fire myself before presenting bill for new server to my boss unless
> I find a solution
>
> If somebody *KNOWS* for sure that Firebird just won't work on
> Server2008, or if someone knows for sure that it does, please drop a
> note.
>
>
> Query
> ------------------------------------------------
> update X3058000 x
> set
> x.p3058_004n = (x.p3058_004n * 2)
>
> Plan
> ------------------------------------------------
> PLAN (X NATURAL)
>
>
> Query Time (new Server))
> ------------------------------------------------
> Prepare : 0,00 ms
> Execute : 30.781,00 ms
> Avg fetch time: 0,00 ms
>
> Query Time (old Server)
> ------------------------------------------------
> Prepare : 15,00 ms
> Execute : 3.110,00 ms
> Avg fetch time: 0,00 ms
>
>
> Memory (new Server)
> ------------------------------------------------
> Current: 10.412.912
> Max : 10.504.672
> Buffers: 2.048
>
> Memory (old Server)
> ------------------------------------------------
> Current: 5.887.792
> Max : 6.158.624
> Buffers: 2.048
>
>
> Operations (new Server)
> ------------------------------------------------
> Read : 2.247
> Writes : 5.960
> Fetches: 2.476.240
> Marks : 807.922
>
> Operations (old Server)
> ------------------------------------------------
> Read : 8.516
> Writes : 6.084
> Fetches: 1.602.243
> Marks : 582.584
>
>
>
>
> mit freundlichen Grüßen,
>
> ppa. André Knappstein
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> Ihre Nachricht:
>> Hey! Happy new year to all!
>> For me, it should have started with something great, new...
>> FINALLY! The migration from FB 1.5 to 2.5 (trust me, I had reasons not
>> to do it earlier). But now the old appications are all gone, and I can
>> migrate.
>> Seems there will be a delay. I migrated the database from old hardware
>> running 1.5.4 to new hardware running 2.5.3. Backup/Restore is about 4
>> times faster. Wow!
>> But normal working is - at least - 50% slower sometimes worse.
>> I already scanned the newsgroups and noticed that other users had the
>> same problem, but none of them seems to have found a good solution.
>> For me - being only a part time wannabe administrator - I really don't
>> have a clue where to start looking.
>> Here are some details of the 2 systems; if anybody can point me into a
>> direction where to look first it would be most welcome.
>> [Old]
>> Server 2003 x86 no service packs
>> Xeon with 4 GB RAM
>> Classic 1.5.4 (x86, of course)
>> Raid 0 on 2 * 500 GB SAS (though this is from memory, I should look it
>> up...)
>> [new]
>> Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1
>> Xeon with 8 GB RAM (I will shortly add +8)
>> Classic 2.5.3 x64
>> Raid 0 on 3 * 600 GB SAS
>> In comparison to what I read from others, my databases are small.
>> Biggest database is some 1 GB only.
>> Bad performance on updates and inserts and extremely bad performance
>> on committing a big number of record changes (~ 150.000 updates).
>> Database has 4096 Page Size and 2048 buffers (which sounds like
>> setting for SS but I specifically set it higher to use more RAM
>> according to a hint from experts).
>> While testing the configuration, nobody is in the network.
>> Firebird runs on dedicated server (just windows and Firebird).
>> where to look?
>
>
>
>> mit freundlichen Grüßen,
>> ppa. André Knappstein
>> EDV und Controlling
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> beta Eigenheim- und Grundstücksverwertungsgesellschaft mbH
>> Hafenweg 4
>> 59192 Bergkamen-Rünthe
>> Telefon: +49 2389 9240 140
>> Telefax: +49 2389 9240 150
>> e-mail: knappstein@...
>> Amtsgericht Hamm Nr. B 420
>> Geschäftsführer: Achim Krähling, Dirk Salewski und Matthias Steinhaus
>> USt-IDNr.: DE 125215402
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Atenciosamente,

Hugo Eyng