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Active power (W) | 716 | 962 |
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Figure 6: Power usage results, in watts, for the test servers. Lower numbers are better.
HOW WE TESTED
Setting up and configuring the Dell storage
We used six Dell EqualLogic™ PS5000XV storage arrays with 16 disks each for this testing. Each array was equipped with a Dell EqualLogic Control Module 4 with three Ethernet ports. We cabled each of the three Ethernet ports to a Dell PowerConnect™ 6248. We used an Intel PRO/1000 PT
4Based 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.
5Ibid.
Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge | A Principled Technologies test report 6 |
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