BMC Helix Innovation Suite applications benchmarking lab and solution deployment
The deployment architecture of the BMC Helix Innovation Suite Application benchmark is illustrated in the following figure:
Hardware specification for servers
The specifications for hardware used in the deployment architecture are shown in the following table:
Server/Machine | Specification | Number of nodes/servers | Server Details |
Rancher Master Node | 2 CPUs, 8 GB RAM | 1 | CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) |
Rancher Worker Nodes | 8 CPUs, 32 GB RAM | 16 | CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) |
Rancher Worker Nodes | 18 CPUs, 34 GB RAM | 5 | CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) |
Postgres DB 13.12 server | 24 CPUs, 48 GB RAM | 1 | CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core), PostgreSQL Configuration |
JMeter Client Server | 16 Core at 2.10 GHz each, 32 GB RAM | 7 | CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core), Apache JMeter version 5.1.1 |
Client computer (end-user timings) | 4 Core at 2.11 GHz each, 16 GB RAM | 1 | OS - Microsoft Windows Server 12 R2, 64-bit |
BMC Helix solution stack deployment details
All the hardware is virtualized. The details of the deployed instance are as follows:
Application Pods Specifications
Tier | # of Pods | PODs/Servers CPU and Memory Limit | JVM Heap Size | Software Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BMC Helix SSO | 2 | 2 Core CPU and 4 GB RAM | -Xmx2048m | JVM version 11.0.15+10, vendor AdoptOpenJDK. Apache Tomcat version - 9.0.84 |
BMC Helix MidTier-User | 3 | 4 Core CPU and 8 GB RAM | -Xmx6G -Xms6G | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1 . Apache Tomcat version - 9.0.84 |
BMC Helix Platform-FTS | 2 | 4 Core CPU and 24 GB RAM | -Xmx12G -Xms12G | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1 |
BMC Helix Platform-User | 3 | 12 Core CPU and 22 GB RAM | -Xmx12G -Xms12G | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1 |
BMC Helix Platform-INT | 2 | 3 Core CPU and 13 GB RAM | -Xmx8G -Xms8G | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1 |
BMC Helix Platform-SR | 2 | 3 Core CPU and 13 GB RAM | -Xmx8G -Xms8G | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1 |
BMC Helix Smart IT | 2 | 4 Core CPU and 8 GB RAM | -Xmx6G -Xms6G | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1. Apache Tomcat version - 9.0.84 |
BMC Helix Digital Workplace | 2 | 1.5 Core CPU and 8 GB RAM | -Xmx6144m -Xms6144m | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1. Apache Tomcat version - 10.1.17 |
catalog-itsm-plugin | 2 | 2 Core CPU and 1 GB RAM | JVM default value | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.8.1+1 |
virtualchatplugin | 2 | 2 Core CPU and 1 GB RAM | -Xmx256m -Xms256m | NA |
virtualchatserver | 2 | 2 Core CPU and 2 GB RAM | -Xmx1024m -Xms1024m | NA |
Database server | 1 | 24 Core and 48 GB RAM | NA | PostgreSQL 13.12 server |