¹ “Up to 20:1 server consolidation performance with as low as <1 year payback” claim estimated based on comparison between 4S MP Intel® Xeon® processor 3.33Ghz (single-core with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, 8M Cache, 800MHz FSB, formerly code named Potomac) and 4S Intel® Xeon® processor X7560 (24M Cache, 2.26GHz, 6.4GT/s Intel® QuickPath Interconnect, formerly code named Nehalem-EX) based servers. Calculation includes analysis based on performance, power, cooling, electricity rates, operating system annual license costs and estimated server costs. This assumes 42U racks, $0.10 per kWh, cooling costs are 2x the server power consumption costs, operating system license cost of $900/year per server, per server cost of $36,000 based on estimated list prices, and estimated server utilization rates. All dollar figures are approximate. SPECint*_rate_base2006 performance and power results are measured for Intel® Xeon® processor X7560 and Intel® Xeon® processor 3.33GHz based servers. Platform power was measured during the steady state window of the benchmark run and at idle. Performance gain compared to baseline was 20x (truncated).
- Baseline platform (measured score of 33.8): Intel server with four Intel® Xeon® processor MP CPU 3.3Ghz (single core w/HT, 1MB L2, 8MB L3) processors, 16GB memory (8x2GB DDR2-400), 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 operating system, cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1.sep112009.binaries.tar.bz2 binaries.
- New platform (measured score of 709): Intel internal reference server with four Intel® Xeon® processor X7560 (24M Cache, 2.26 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel Turbo Boost Technology), 128GB memory (64x 2GB QR DDR3-1333), 1 hard drive, 3 power supplies, using SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 11 operating system, cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1.linux64.binaries.nov242009.tar.bz2 binaries.
² Intel consolidation based on replacing 15 four-year-old single-core Intel® Xeon® processor 3.8 GHz with 2M cache based servers with one new Intel Xeon processor X5600-based server while maintaining performance as measured by SPECjbb2005* business operations per second. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information, visit www.intel.com/performance/server.
– Baseline platform: Intel® server platform with two 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor 3.80Ghz with 2M L2 Cache, 800 FSB, 8x1GB DDR2-400
memory, 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft* Windows* Server
2003 Ent. SP1, Oracle* JRockit* build P27.4.0-windows-x86_64 run
with 2 JVM instances.
– New platform: Intel server platform with two six-core Intel® Xeon®
processor X5670, 2.93 GHz, 12MB L3 cache, 6.4QPI, 12GB memory
(6x2GB DDR3-1333), 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 64 bit SP2, Oracle* JRockit* build P28.0.0-29
run with 2 JVM instances.
³ Five month ROI claim estimated based on comparison between 2S single-core Intel® Xeon® processor 3.80 with 2M L2 Cache and 2S Intel® Xeon® processor X5670 based servers. Calculation includes analysis based on performance, power, cooling, electricity rates, operating system annual license costs and estimated server costs. This assumes 8kW racks, $0.10 per kWh, cooling costs are 2x the server power consumption costs, operating system license cost of $900/year per server, per server cost of $7200 based on estimated list prices and estimated server utilization rates. All dollar figures are approximate. Performance and power comparisons are based on estimated server side java benchmark results (Intel Corporation Jan 2010). Platform power was estimated during the steady state window of the benchmark run and at idle. Performance gain compared to baseline was 15x.
– Baseline platform: Intel® server platform with two 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor 3.80Ghz with 2M L2 Cache, 800 FSB, 8x1GB DDR2-400
memory, 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft* Windows* Server
2003 Ent. SP1, Oracle* JRockit* build P27.4.0-windows-x86_64 run
with 2 JVM instances.
– New platform: Intel server platform with two six-core Intel® Xeon®
processor X5670, 2.93 GHz, 12MB L3 cache, 6.4QPI, 12GB memory
(6x2GB DDR3-1333), 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 64 bit SP2, Oracle* JRockit* build P28.0.0-29
run with 2 JVM instances.
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