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Principled Technologies, Inc.: Initial investment payback analysis: Dell PowerEdge R710
solution with VMware ESX vs. HP ProLiant DL385 solution
Servers Dell PowerEdge R710 HP ProLiant DL385 G1
Type PC3-8500 DDR3 PC-3200 DDR
Speed (MHz) 1,066 400
Speed in the system currently
running @ (MHz)
800 400
Timing/latency (tCL-tRCD-iRP-
tRASmin)
6-6-6-18 3-3-3-8
Size (GB) 96 4
Number of RAM modules 12 x 8 GB 4 x 1 GB
Chip organization Double-sided Double-sided
Hard disk
Vendor and model number Seagate ST973451SS HP BD07285A25
Number of disks in system 4 4
Size (GB) 73 72.8
Buffer size (MB) 16 8
RPM 15,000 15,000
Type SAS SCSI
Operating system
Name ESX Build 148592 Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise
Build number 148592 3790
File system VMFS3 NTFS
Language English English
Network card/subsystem
Vendor and model number Broadcom 5709c NetXtreme II
Broadcom BCM5704 NetXtreme
Gigabit Ethernet
Type Integrated Integrated
Optical drive
Vendor and model number TEAC DV-28S-VDB Compaq SN-124
USB ports
Number 4
3
Type 2.0
1.1
Figure 8: Detailed system configuration information for the two test servers.