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A Principled Technologies test report 19
Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge
R815 vs. IBM System x3850 X5
APPENDIX A – SERVER CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 7 provides detailed configuration information about the test servers.
System
Dell PowerEdge R815
IBM System x3850 X5
Power supplies
Total number
2
2
Vendor and model
number
Dell L1100A-S0
Emerson Network Power 7001524-J000
Wattage of each (W)
1,100
875
Cooling fans
Total number
6
2
Vendor and model
number
San Ace 60 9GA0612P1K611
Nidec UltraFlo V60E12BS1C3-07
Dimensions (h x w) of
each
2-3/8” x 2-1/2”
2-5/8” x 2-19/32”
Volts
12
12
Amps
0.95
1.04
General
Number of processor
packages
4
4
Number of cores per
processor
12
8
Number of hardware
threads per core
1
2
System power
management policy
OS Control, with Windows Server set
to Balanced
OS Control, with Windows Server set to
Balanced
CPU
Vendor
AMD
Intel
Name
Opteron
Xeon
Model number
6174
X7560
Stepping
1
D0
Socket type
Socket G34
Socket LGA1567
Core frequency (GHz)
2.20
2.26
Bus frequency
6.4 GT/s
6.4 GT/s
L1 cache
64 KB + 64 KB (per core)
32 KB + 32 KB (per core)
L2 cache
512 KB (per core)
256 KB (per core)
L3 cache
12 MB (shared)
24 MB (shared)
Platform
Vendor and model
number
Dell PowerEdge R815
IBM System x3850 X5 7145-AC1