Figure 3: DVD Store Version 2 performance results, in OPM, for the test servers in a virtualized environment. Higher numbers are better.

WHAT WE FOUND

As Figure 3 shows, in a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD Store results

 

virtualized environment, the Dell

 

 

 

 

 

PowerEdge R815 server achieved

 

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

418,103

 

411,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a DVD Store Version 2 score of

OPM

400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

418,103 Orders Per Minute, a 1.7

300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

percent increase over the IBM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System x3850 X5 server, which

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

achieved a score of 411,224

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orders Per Minute.2

 

 

 

Dell PowerEdge R815

 

IBM System x3850 X5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 4 shows the OPM

results, by VM, for the Dell

PowerEdge R815 server and for the IBM System x3850 X5 server. The Dell PowerEdge R815 server results show that 48 virtual machines on the Dell PowerEdge R815 server achieved a higher DVD Store Version 2 average orders-per-minute score than 48 virtual machines on the IBM System x3850 X5 server.3

OPM

Dell PowerEdge R815

IBM System x3850 X5

 

 

 

Virtual machine 1

9,301

8,216

Virtual machine 2

9,372

8,619

Virtual machine 3

8,970

8,328

Virtual machine 4

8,817

7,806

Virtual machine 5

8,569

8,676

Virtual machine 6

9,180

8,967

Virtual machine 7

9,457

8,986

Virtual machine 8

6,207

7,685

Virtual machine 9

9,313

9,690

Virtual machine 10

9,523

8,587

Virtual machine 11

8,997

8,624

Virtual machine 12

8,858

7,074

Virtual machine 13

7,593

9,427

Virtual machine 14

9,139

8,358

2. Based on DVD Store Version 2 testing conducted by Principled Technologies, Inc., and reported in “Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge R815 vs. IBM System x3850 X5,” comparing Dell PowerEdge R815 server with AMD Opteron processors Model 6174 (12 cores per processor package) and IBM System x3850 X5 server with Intel Xeon Processor X7560s (8 cores per processor package), an August, 2010 report commissioned by Dell Inc. For details, see http://principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Dell/PowerEdge_R815_vs_IBM_virt_database_0810.pdf.

3Ibid.

Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge

A Principled Technologies test report 4

R815 vs. IBM System x3850 X5