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Principled Technologies, Inc.: Initial investment payback analysis: Dell PowerEdge R710
solution with VMware ESX vs. HP ProLiant DL385 solution
Appendix A – Test server information
Figure 8 presents detailed information for the test servers we used in this report.
Servers Dell PowerEdge R710 HP ProLiant DL385 G1
General dimension information
Height (inches) 3.5 3.4
Width (inches) 17.0 17.5
Depth (inches) 27.0 26.0
U size in server rack (U) 2 2
Power supplies
Total number 2 2
Wattage of each (W) 870 575
Cooling fans
Total number 5 7
Dimensions (H x W) of each 2.5” x 2.5” 2.5” x 2.5”
Voltage (V) 12 12
Amps (A) 1.60 1.10
General processor setup
Number of processor packages 2 2
Number of cores per processor
package
4 1
Number of hardware threads
per core
2 1
System power management
policy
Balanced Always On
CPU
Vendor Intel AMD
Name Xeon X5550 Opteron 254
Stepping D0 E4
Socket type LGA1366 Socket 940
Core frequency (GHz) 2.66 2.80
L1 cache 32 KB + 32 KB (per core) 64 KB + 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB (4 x 256 KB) 1 MB
L3 cache 1 x 8 MB N/A
Platform
Vendor and model number Dell PowerEdge R710 HP ProLiant DL385 G1
Motherboard model number PWBYN967 4K0585
Motherboard revision number X08 F01
BIOS name and version Dell 0.2.15 HP A05
BIOS settings Enabled Virtualization Technology Default
Memory modules
Total RAM in system (GB) 96 4
Number of types of memory
modules
1 1
Vendor and model number Samsung M393B1K70BH1-CF8 MT18VDDF1282Y