SELECTION GUIDE Intel Xeon processor-based servers

dependable, Intelligent: Intel Xeon processorbased servers

practical Information for smart server choices

Every IT organization has to satisfy a unique mix of server purchase requirements (high performance, reliability, technology headroom, etc.), while working within data center constraints, including budget, floor space, power/ thermal capacity, and many others. Your servers need to fit your deployment strategy (scale up vs. scale out), while delivering optimized support across a broad range of applications. They must also provide a flexible foundation for virtualization and cloud computing, so you can consolidate your infrastructure, drive down your costs, and improve your service levelseven as you continue to add new capabilities to grow your business. Whatever your requirements, you can take comfort in knowing that Intel, the world leader in server technology, has server platforms based on advanced, proven technology to help you deliver more efficient, dependable, and responsive solutions for business. This guide helps you select from the broad range of Intel processor-based servers.

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The Intel Xeon Processor Family

The latest Intel Xeon processors usher in a new era of intelligent performance that takes energy-efficiency and compute density to new heights, while delivering best-in-class support for virtualization, consolidation, and cloud computing. Servers based on these processors can help you create a standardized, reliable IT infrastructure that helps you drive down data center space, power, cooling, and management costs, while providing exceptional performance and reliability, even for your most data-demanding applications.
Intelligent Performance
Intel Xeon processors offer leadership performance across multiple industry benchmarks1 in servers that range in size from 1 to 256 sockets. The latest processors boost performance by up to 80 percent versus the prior generation,2 and include advanced technologies to address key data center challenges. They deliver better performance per watt by intelligently adapting processor frequencies to match workloads. They provide hardware assists for virtualization, so you can consolidate more applications on fewer servers with better performance. These processors also provide advanced security features, including Intel Advanced Encryption Standards New Instructions (Intel AES-NI), which reduces the performance penalties of encryption, and Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT), which provides hardware-based resistance to software attacks that occur before the virtual machine boots. With these and other advantages, the latest Intel Xeon processors provide the ideal foundation for the next-generation data center.

1-2 Processor Systems: Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600/1600 Product Families

As the worlds most widely deployed server architecture, Intel Xeon processor-based servers deliver proven support for the broadest range of business needs, including e-mail, departmental applications, Java* application servers, financial applications, and more. Servers and storage based on the Intel Xeon processor E5 family are the foundation of a flexible and efficient data center that scales readily to meet growing needs. They offer best-in-class performance in virtualized environments and a better foundation for security. They also provide industry-leading energy-efficiency, plus tools for optimizing power at the rack, row, and data center levels. Intel Xeon processor e5-2600/1600 product Families Based on a new Intel microarchitecture and Intels leading-edge 32nm process technology, the latest Intel Xeon processor E5 families deliver up to 80 percent2 more performance than previous-generation processors. They offer more cores, cache, and memory capacity, and include Intel Integrated I/O, which increases I/O capacity and reduces latency up to 30 percent.3 Intel Intelligent Power Technology dynamically optimizes energy-efficiency to keep performance high and costs down across the data center. These processors are ideal for demanding technical applications, since Intel Advanced Vector Instructions (Intel AVX) boosts performance up to 2x for vector and floating point operations.4 Intel Xeon processor 5600 series The prior generation Intel Xeon processor 5600 series helps IT meet the requirements of the growing data center by intelligently optimizing performance and energy consumption based on application needs. These processors support up to 6 cores, 12 MB of last level cache, and 9 DIMMs per socket. They also include advanced security technologies such as Intel TXT and Intel AES-NI.

Security, Reliability, and Efficiency

Intel Xeon processor-based systems are built with advanced features that give you the headroom, reliability, and compatibility you need to keep pace with an ever-changing business environment. Advanced reliability and security features work to maintain data integrity, accelerate encrypted transactions, maximize availability, and provide a foundation for trusted infrastructure. Advanced power management technologies optimize energy-efficiency and virtually eliminate the power draw for inactive portions of the chip, while intelligently ramping up performance for peak workloads.

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Intel Xeon processor e3-1200 product Family Servers based on the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 product family offer a smart investment for small businesses, providing increased responsiveness and advanced security at affordable prices. These servers boost performance up to 30 percent5 versus the prior generation and provide up to 5.9x better performance than a 4-year old desktop with up to 6.5x better energy efficiency.6 Intel AES-NI accelerates encryption to enable strong data protection and Intel TXT prevents malicious software intrusion at startup. Integrated technologies help to ensure data and applications are always available, including Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) for protecting data against hard drive failures, and ECC memory, which automatically corrects memory errors.

A Superior Foundation for Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Moving Forward with Confidence

2-Processor to 256-Processor Large Memory Systems: Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800/2800 Product Families
The Intel Xeon processor E7-8800/4800/2800 product families are ideal for missioncritical enterprise applications and for virtualization and consolidation, where performance, scalability, and reliability are critical. With their expandable designs, these servers increase business and IT agility and help drive down costs. They offer more processors, memory, I/O, and redundancy than standard 2-socket systems and are well suited for data- and transaction-intensive applications. While primarily used in 4-socket and larger servers, there is growing interest in 2-socket systems based on the Intel Xeon processor E7-2800 product family. Intel Xeon processor e7 Family The top-of-the-line Intel Xeon processor E7 family builds on the breakthrough missioncritical capability of the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series (described below), delivering up to 40 percent more performance,7 more resources (cores, threads, and cache), twice the memory capacity, and additional reliability and security features. Servers range in size from 2 to 256 sockets. Each socket provides up to 20 threads, 30 MB of on-die cache, and supports up to 16 DIMMs. With world-record virtualization performance8 and 18x performance per server versus dual-core processors, the Intel Xeon processor E7 family delivers up to 18:1 server consolidation9 to drive down data center power, cooling, and space requirements. The extraordinary scalability and reliability of servers based on these processors make them ideal for hosting mission-critical applications, including business processing (database, ERP, CRM), business intelligence, large-scale virtualization, and large-node technical computing. Intel Xeon processor 7500 series Intel Xeon processor 7500 series-based servers delivered a quantum leap in enterprise computing, providing up to 8 cores,16 threads, and 24 MB of cache per processor, and 4 advanced, high-bandwidth Intel QuickPath Interconnect links. These servers scale from 2 to 256 sockets and provide up to a full terabyte of memory in a 4-socket configuration. With more than 20 new advanced reliability features versus previous generations, the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series is architected for data-demanding and mission-critical applications.

businesses are moving toward end-to-end virtualization to drive down costs and are evolving toward cloud computing to improve efficiencies, agility, and service levels. Intel Xeon processor-based servers provide an optimized foundation for virtualizing all enterprise applications and for moving confidently toward next-generation private, public, and hybrid cloud solutions. the broad range of scalable, reliable, and energyefficient servers provides a flexible foundation for virtualization, consolidation, and cloud computing. Intel virtualization technology (Intel vt) enables near-native virtualization performance with low overhead, even for database and transactional applications. Intel vt FlexMigration enables seamless workload migration across server generations. It can establish a single pool of virtualized resources, which is ideal for the transition to cloud computing. advanced security technologies help protect systems and data in virtualized and cloud environments. Intel AES-NI significantly reduces the performance penalties of encryption. Intel tXt helps It establish trusted pools of virtualized resources by ensuring that virtual machines boot only into known good states. both capabilities are valuable when moving data and workloads, especially across federated private and public clouds. Intel ethernet 10 gigabit server adapters provide up to 10x higher bandwidth and up to 45 percent lower power consumption per rack to address growing bandwidth needs in virtualized and cloud infrastructure. Intel Xeon processor-based storage systems combine high performance and scalability with advanced data protection features for scaling out storage cost-effectively. Intel solid-state drives deliver superior performance and efficiency for I/o-intensive applications.

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INTEL XEON PrOCESSOrS AT A GLANCE Intel Xeon processor e5 Family summary outstanding 2-socket performance, energy efficiency, and IT value with leading microarchitecture, 32nm silicon technology, multi-core processors, and comprehensive platform solutions designed for high performance, density, and versatility. delivers up to 80% more performance than the previous generation Intel Xeon processor 5600 series.2 Intel Xeon processor e7 Family Maximize the reliability, performance, and scalability of your standard high-volume servers. Ideal for the most demanding, mission-critical database, ERP, server virtualization, and reducing server footprint through data center consolidation. More cores, threads, and cache, up to twice the memory capacity, and additional reliability and security features take mission-critical computing capability to new heights. extends Intels industry-leading enterprise performance on multi-socket (MP) processorbased servers. extraordinary server reliability keeps your mission-critical workloads running. socket scaling supports systems with up to 256 processors, providing scalable performance for the largest and most data-demanding workloads. virtualization technologies across the entire platform enable near-native VM performance and the economical use of multi-generational Intel Xeon processor-based systems in a single virtualization pool.

advantages over prior generation

advantages over competition

extends the industry-leading performance, energy-efficiency and compute density of Intel Xeon processor-based servers, while delivering best-in-class support for virtualization with features such as Intel VT-c and Intel VT-d. adapts to workloads to optimize power and performance: Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 dynamically adjusts core frequencies; Intel QuickPath Technology delivers scalable shared memory architecture with high-speed, point-to-point interconnects. Improved I/o: Intel Integrated I/O reduces latency up to 30%, while enabling greater I/O capacity and improved bandwidth.

advanced security features help to protect systems and data more effectively, to reduce costs associated with malware protection/remediation, data breaches, and data loss. Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (Intel AES-NI) significantly reduces the performance penalties usually experienced with pervasive encryption. Intel trusted execution technology (Intel tXt) helps to increase malware protection through measured launches into known good states. It benefits outstanding virtualization headroom in a 2-socket platform to support higher consolidation ratios with better application performance. lower operating costs through intelligent and automated management of processor resources to optimize performance and energy-efficiency across all workloads. Ideal for virtualizing and consolidating data-demanding enterprise applications.10 Most virtualization headroomperiod. 10-core (20 thread) processing supports the highest consolidation ratios of any Intel Xeon processor. system power and os licensing cost savings of over 90% via 18:1 consolidation of older 4-socket systems using dual-core processors.9 2-256 6, 8, or 10 Up to 2.4 GHz (2.66 GHz 6C) Up to 30 MB shared L3 Quick Path Interconnect (up to 6.4 GT/s) DDR3 64 slots for 4S (up to 2TB) ; 128 slots for 8S (up to 4TB) Best Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) Yes (select processors) Yes (select processors) Yes Yes (with FlexMigration) Best Best

sockets number of cores Frequency on die cache Interconnect type and speed Memory type Max Memory capacity I/o type I/o capacity Microarchitecture Intel turbo boost technology Intelligent power technology system level reliability system expandability and scalability

1-2 4, 6, or 8 Up to 3.3 GHz Up to 20 MB shared L3 Quick Path Interconnect (up to 8.0 GT/s) DDR3 Up to 768 GB Better Intel Microarchitecture (Sandy Bridge) Yes (select processors) Yes (select processors) Yes Yes (with FlexMigration) Better Better

Intel Integrated I/O supporting latest PCIe* 3 specification PCIe Gen 2 and PCIe

Intel Hyper-threading technology Intel virtualization technology+

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Micro Servers

New Cost Efficiencies for Lightweight, Highly Parallel Workloads

Most data center workloads run best on two-socket or larger Intel Xeon processor-based servers, but some lightweight, highly-parallel workloads run more efficiently on large numbers of smaller servers. examples include ultra-low-end Web serving, static content delivery, and basic dedicated hosting, as well as some analytics and non-relational database applications. To improve density and energy-efficiency for these workloads, Intel has worked with server manufacturers to deliver a new class of micro servers based on the Intel Xeon processor e3 family. additional platforms based on the Intel atom processor are expected to launch in 2012. customers will have a choice of ultra-high-density platforms, with power options ranging from 95W per node to less than 10W. they include support for 64-bit software, Intel virtualization technology, and error-correcting code (ecc) memory. since these micro servers are based on Intel architecture, they can run the same applications supported by larger Intel Xeon processorbased servers. IT organizations can deploy them with confidence to optimize performance, density, energy-efficiency, and total cost of ownership (tco), knowing they can readily move their workloads to larger and more robust servers as requirements change.

A Compelling Alternative to rISC

Better Value with Standards-Based Servers

according to Idc, over 85 percent of higher end workloads are now running on industry-standard servers, including business intelligence, data warehousing, database, and enterprise resource planning applications.11 In the current economic environment, It managers have a strong desire to eliminate the high costs and inflexibility of proprietary rIsc architectures. Many are migrating away from rIsc-based systems to Intel Xeon processor-based servers, even for mission-critical solutions where the highest levels of scalability and availability are required. servers based on the Intel Xeon processor e5 family and Intel Xeon processor e7 family are offered at substantially lower prices and provide significantly better price/ performance than servers based on the oracle ultrasparc* t2+ processor, the Fujitsu sparc64vII* processor and the IbM poWer 7* processor.12

Matching the Server to the Job and the Data Center

Selecting the right architecture and server platform for your data center pays dividends today, as well as over time. Maximum IT value is achieved by balancing critical purchase criteria such as performance, cost, reliability, and power consumption to best fit your application requirements and desired deployment model.

Step 1: What Do Your Applications Demand of Your Servers?

Applications and the users who rely on them vary in their requirements. Infrastructure applications such as e-mail, networking, and office databases demand cost-effective capacity. Enterprise applications such as analytics and ERP require higher performance and data bandwidth. Start by choosing the most cost-effective server that meets the needs of your application. The table below can help. requirement
Mission-critical computing Highly scalable, most reliable computing platform for mission-critical IT workloads

Applications
Large database applications Data warehousing Large-scale ERP Large-scale business analytics Real-time transaction systems Server consolidation/ virtualization Enterprise databases Business Intelligence (BI) ERP SCM Decision support CRM Transaction-intensive applications such as e-Commerce Infrastructure virtualization Mail and web Networking File/print Office or department databases Line-of-business applications Rendering farms Application servers Technical computing Scale-out of financial service and Java* applications

Best Value
reliable Intel Xeon processor E7 family-based servers

data demanding Compute power and headroom for dataand transactionintensive applications

powerful Intel Xeon processor E7 family-based servers

standard Infrastructure Cost-effective, easy-tomanage performance and capacity for standard business applications

versatile Intel Xeon processor E5 family-based servers

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Step 2: Optimize Data Center Value

Servers need to fit your data center deployment model and budget, as well as the applications they host. The following table matches Intel processor-based servers to data center needs: 2-Processor Servers: Intel Xeon Processor E5 Family 2- to 256-Processor Servers: Intel Xeon Processor E7 Family

Feature
reliability, data security

Benefit
Always-on server availability and unique architectural and platform security features aimed at protecting and verifying real-time accuracy of business-critical data. Support for more processors, memory, and I/O in the same system. Higher scalability usually means more application performance per server. Companies choose server deployment models that best fit their business model and IT strategy.

performance, Memory, and I/o scalability

1-2 sockets 768 GB memory scale out provides a rapid method of adding incremental smaller IT resources to meet business growth demands. Pedestal, Rack, Blade

2-256 sockets 2 TB memory (4 socket) scale up enables the deployment of fewer, more powerful servers with the capability to handle more demanding applications and built-in headroom to handle peak periods and business growth. Rack and Blade Predominantly Windows* and Linux* with support for Solaris*

server deployment Model

application Migration versatility

64- and 32-bit application and operating system support for the broadest array of todays leading mainstream and mainframeclass operating systems.

Predominantly Windows* and Linux* with support for Solaris*

Good

Better

Best

High Performance Computing (HPC) and Technical Computing

High Performance Computing and technical computing applications vary widely in their response to different server architectures. Intel Xeon processor e5 Family: Purpose-built 2-socket HPC servers for CPU- and memory-bandwidth-intensive workloads where high performance and performance/watt are critical. These processors are ideal for technical applications, since Intel AVX boosts performance up to 2x for vector and floating point operations. Compelling features for HPC include up to 8 cores, 16 threads, and Intel AVX for CPU bound workloads. Support for up to 24 DIMMs (up to 768 GB) and 4 memory channels meets the challenges of memory bound workloads. Nodeto-node latency for highly clustered solutions is reduced with up to 40 lanes of third generation PCIe 3.0 per socket. Other performanceenhancing features include Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. These well-balanced servers are ideal for technical computing, including seismic modeling, digital content creation, financial and design analysis, fluid dynamics, life sciences, and more. Intel Xeon processor e7 Family: These expandable two- to eight-socket servers deliver scalable performance for data-demanding, transaction-intensive, technical computing workloads requiring individual or clustered systems based on large-memory, high-core-count supernodes. With up to 10 cores and 30 MB of shared on-die cache per processor, up to 2 TB of memory in a four-socket system, and unique data traffic optimization features, the Intel Xeon processor E7 family is ideal for accelerating performance on complex, time-critical calculations. Intel Xeon processor e3 Family: For deployments seeking lowest cost and highest density. Small form factor single-processor servers offer cost-sensitive buyers great performance for 64-bit applications, such as web farms and financial analysis, and for extending HPC in density-challenged data centers.

to learn more about Intel Xeon processor-based servers, go to www.intel.com/xeon or speak to your local Intel reseller.

Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/products/processor_number for details. Intel Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor. No computer system can provide absolute security under all conditions. Intel Trusted Execution Technology is a security technology under development by Intel and requires for operation a computer system with Intel Virtualization Technology, an Intel Trusted Execution Technology-enabled processor, chipset, BIOS, Authenticated Code Modules, and an Intel or other compatible measured virtual machine monitor. In addition, Intel Trusted Execution Technology requires the system to contain a TPMv1.2 as defined by the Trusted Computing Group and specific software for some uses. See http://www.intel.com/technology/security/ for more information. Requires a system with Intel Turbo Boost Technology. Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 are only available on select Intel processors. Consult your PC manufacturer. Performance varies depending on hardware, software, and system configuration. For more information, visit http://www.intel.com/go/turbo Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with an Intel processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading/ for more information including details on which processors support HT Technology. Intel Intelligent Power Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel processor, chipset, BIOS and for some features, an operating system enabled for it. Functionality or other benefits may vary depending on hardware implementation and may require a BIOS and/or operating system update. Please check with your system vendor for details. 1 For the latest Intel processor-based server performance benchmarks, including test descriptions, results, and disclaimers, visit the Intel web site at: http://www.intel.com/performance/server/ 2 Performance comparison using geometric mean of SPECint*_rate_base2006,SPECfp*_rate_base2006, STREAM*_MP Triad, and Linpack* benchmark results. Baseline geometric mean score of 166.75 on prior generation 2S Intel Xeon Processor X5690 platform based on best published SPECrate* scores to www.spec.org and best Intel internal measurements on STREAM*_MP Triad and Linpack as of 5 December 2011. New geometric mean score of 306.74 based on Intel internal measured estimates using an Intel Rose City platform with two Intel Xeon processor E5-2690, Turbo and EIST Enabled, with Hyper-Threading, 128 GB RAM, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 beta for x86_6, Intel Compiler 12.1, THP disabled for SPECfp_rate_base2006 and enabled for SPECint*_rate_base2006. 3 Intel measurements of average time for an I/O device read to local system memory under idle conditions. Improvement compares Xeon processor E5-2600 product family (230 ns) vs. Xeon processor 5500 series (340 ns). Baseline Configuration: Green City system with two Intel Xeon processor E5520 (2.26GHz, 4C), 12GB memory @ 1333, C- States Enabled, Turbo Enabled. New Configuration: Meridian system with two Intel(r) Xeon processor E5-2665 (C0 stepping, 2.4GHz, 8C), 32GB memory @1600 MHz, C-States Enabled, Turbo Enabled. The measurements were taken with a LeCroy* PCIe* protocol analyzer using Intel internal Rubicon (PCIe* 2.0) and Florin (PCIe* 3.0) test cards running under Windows* 2008 R2 w/SP1. 4 Performance comparison using Linpack benchmark. Baseline score of 159.4 based on Intel internal measurements as of 5 December 2011 using a Supermicro* X8DTN+ system with two Intel Xeon processor X5690, Turbo Enabled, EIST Enabled, Hyper-Threading Enabled, 48 GB RAM, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 beta for x86_6. New score of 347.7 based on Intel internal measurements using an Intel Rose City platform with two Intel Xeon processor E5-2690, Turbo Enabled or Disabled, EIST Enabled, Hyper-Threading Enabled, 64 GB RAM, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 beta for x86_6. 5 30% better performance on Intel Xeon Processor E3-1280 compared to Intel Xeon Processor X3480 on SPECjvm*2008 based on Intel performance estimates as of December 2010. 6 Averaged normalized performance and performance/watt of three SMB workloads (e-mail, database, and web) on a 1S server based on Intel Xeon processor E3-1240 is up to 5.9x better and up to 6.5x more energy-efficient than a desktopbased server using Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 based on the results of a study conducted by Principled Technologies. 7 Up to 40% generational compute-intensive throughput claim based on SPECint*_rate_base2006benchmark comparing next generation Intel Xeon processor E7-4870 (30M cache, 2.40GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel QPI, codenamed Westmere-EX) scoring 1,010 (includes Intel Compiler XE2011 improvements accounting for about 11% of the performance boost) to X7560 (24M cache, 2.26GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel QPI, formerly codenamed Nehalem-EX) scoring 723 (Intel Compiler 11.1). Source: Intel SSG TR#1131. 8 World-record virtualization performance claim based on all published VMmark* 1.x results on http://www.ideasinternational.com/Benchmark-Top-Ten/VMmark-1-x. Top-ranked Fujitsu PRIMERGY* RX600 S5 uses four IntelXeon processor X7560 (24M cache, 2.26GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel QPI). 9 Up to 18:1 server consolidation performance with return on investment in about one year claim estimated based on comparison between 4S MP Intel Xeon processor 7041 (dual-core with Intel HyperThreading Technology, 4M cache, 3.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, formerly code named Paxville) and 4S Intel Xeon processor E7-4870 (30M cache, 2.40GHz, 6.4GT/s Intel QPI, code named Westmere-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. Estimated SPECint*_rate_base2006 performance and power results are measured for Intel Xeon processor E7-4870 and estimated for Intel Xeon processor 7041 based servers. Platform power was measured during the steady state window of the benchmark run and at idle. Performance gain compared to baseline was 18x (truncated). Baseline platform: (measured score of 54.6; idle = 546W; active = 812W): Intel server with four Intel Xeon processor 7041 processors, 16GB memory (16x 2GB DDR2-400), 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 operating system, Intel Compiler 11 built SPECcpu* 2006 November 2009 binaries. New platform: (measured score of 1,000; idle = 552W; active = 1053W): Intel internal reference server with four Intel Xeon processor E7-4870 (30M cache, 2.40GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel QPI), 256GB memory (64 x Samsung 4GB 2Rx8 PC3L10600R), 1 hard drive, 3 power supplies, using SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system, Intel C++ and Fortran Composer XE2011 built SPECcpu* 2006 January 2011 binaries. Source: Intel SSG TR#1131. 10 As compared to systems based on the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series or earlier processor generations. 11 Source: IDCs Server Workloads 2008, June 2008. 12 HP DL580 Intel Xeon processor X7460 2.66 GHz 4P/24C, 32 GB memory, SAP*-SD 2 Tier 5155 SDs at system price $26,233 compared to SUN UltraSPARC*T2+ T5240, 128 GB memory, SAP*-SD 2 Tier 4170 SDs at system price $64,795, compared to SUN UltraSPARCT*2+ T5440, 128 GB memory, SAP*-SD 2 Tier 7520 SDs at system price $129,995. POWER system comparison is versus a POWER 550/570 IBM POWER7.
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