Hardware cluster performance expectations

A cluster is a set of machines, called nodes that run containerized applications that are managed by Kubernetes. This topic outlines typical performance characteristics for clusters of different sizes.

Small production performance characteristics

This table outlines the typical performance characteristics for small production clusters.

Table 1. Small production performance characteristics
Performance Characteristic Statistic
Ingestion Rate (eps) 140,610
Query Time (seconds) 297
DB2 CPU Used/Requested (vCPU) 4/6
DB2 Memory Used/Requested (GiB) 20/48

Medium production performance characteristics

This table outlines the typical performance characteristics for medium production clusters.

Table 2. Medium production performance characteristics
Performance Characteristic Statistic
Ingestion Rate (eps) 289,670
Query Time (seconds) 273
DB2 CPU Used/Requested (vCPU) 6/10
DB2 Memory Used/Requested (GiB) 40/120

Large production performance characteristics

This table outlines the typical performance characteristics for large production clusters.

Table 3. Large production performance characteristics
Performance Characteristic Statistic
Ingestion Rate (eps) 370,445
Query Time (seconds) 275
DB2 CPU Used/Requested (vCPU) 9/20
DB2 Memory Used/Requested (GiB) 60/200