System

 

 

Dell PowerEdge R815

 

 

IBM System x3850 X5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motherboard chipset

 

 

AMD SR5650

 

Intel ID3407

 

BIOS name and version

 

 

Dell Inc. 1.1.9 (07/2010)

 

IBM 1.02 (03/12/2010)

 

BIOS settings

 

 

Default

 

Default

 

Memory module(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total RAM in system

 

256

 

256

 

 

(GB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor and model

 

 

Samsung M393B1K70BH1-CH9

 

Samsung M393B1K73BHD-CF8

 

number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

 

PC3-10600R

 

PC3-8500R

 

Speed (MHz)

 

1,333

 

1,066

 

 

Speed running in the

 

1,333

 

1,066

 

 

system (MHz)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size (GB)

 

8

 

8

 

 

Number of RAM

 

 

32 x 8 GB

 

32 x 8 GB

 

module(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chip organization

 

 

Double-sided

 

Double-sided

 

Rank

 

 

Dual

 

Quad

 

Hard disk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor and model

 

 

Dell ST9146852SS

 

IBM 42D0677

 

number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of disks in

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size (GB)

 

146

 

 

146

 

 

Buffer size (MB)

 

16

 

 

16

 

 

RPM

 

15,000

 

 

15,000

 

 

Type

 

 

6Gb/s SAS

 

6Gb/s SAS

 

Disk Controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor and model

 

 

Dell PERC H700 Integrated

 

ServeRAID-BR10i

 

Controller cache

 

 

512 MB

 

0 MB

 

Controller driver

 

 

Dell 4.17.2.64 (09/28/2009)

 

LSI Corporation 1.31.2.0 (09/28/2009)

 

Controller firmware

 

12.0.1-0091

 

01.27.88

 

 

RAID configuration

 

 

RAID 1

 

RAID 1

 

Operating system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

 

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

 

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

 

Build number

 

7600

 

 

7600

 

 

Service pack

 

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

File system

 

 

NTFS

 

NTFS

 

Kernel

 

 

ACPI x64-based PC

 

ACPI x64-based PC

 

Language

 

 

English

 

English

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge

 

A Principled Technologies test report 20

 

R815 vs. IBM System x3850 X5