APPENDIX A – SERVER CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 7 provides detailed configuration information about the test servers.
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| Dell PowerEdge R815 |
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| IBM System x3850 X5 | |
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| Power supplies |
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| Total number |
| 2 |
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| Dell |
| Emerson Network Power | ||
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| Wattage of each (W) |
| 1,100 |
| 875 |
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| Cooling fans |
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| Total number |
| 6 |
| 2 |
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| San Ace 60 9GA0612P1K611 |
| Nidec UltraFlo | ||
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| Volts |
| 12 |
| 12 |
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| Amps |
| 0.95 |
| 1.04 |
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| General |
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| Number of processor |
| 4 |
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| Number of cores per |
| 12 |
| 8 |
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| Number of hardware |
| 1 |
| 2 |
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| threads per core |
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| System power |
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| OS Control, with Windows Server set |
| OS Control, with Windows Server set to | ||
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| to Balanced |
| Balanced | ||
| CPU |
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| Intel | ||
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| Opteron |
| Xeon | ||
| Model number |
| 6174 |
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| X7560 | ||
| Stepping |
| 1 |
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| D0 | ||
| Socket type |
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| Socket G34 |
| Socket LGA1567 | ||
| Core frequency (GHz) |
| 2.20 |
| 2.26 |
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| Bus frequency |
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| 6.4 GT/s |
| 6.4 GT/s | ||
| L1 cache |
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| 64 KB + 64 KB (per core) |
| 32 KB + 32 KB (per core) | ||
| L2 cache |
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| 512 KB (per core) |
| 256 KB (per core) | ||
| L3 cache |
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| 12 MB (shared) |
| 24 MB (shared) | ||
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| Dell PowerEdge R815 |
| IBM System x3850 X5 | ||
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| Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge |
| A Principled Technologies test report 19 | |||||
| R815 vs. IBM System x3850 X5 |
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