Comparision of socket programming and their efficiency in IBM iSeries and x86 computer systems
Błażej Adamczyk, Hafed Zghidi · 2013
Clusters and other complex computer systems, containing many cheaper computers, are getting very popular these days. Therefore, it is worth to analyze what advantages bring the advanced server architectures like for example IBM Power Series, especially in the distributed network services context. In this article we would like to focus on the way IBM iSeries computer with i5/OS operating system services network requests and compare its performance with standard x86 computer with Linux system. We want to summarize the differences between methods of programming the network services in both platforms and analyze the influence of processor and operating system on their performance.