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A Principled Technologies test report 5
Virtualized database performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge
R815 vs. IBM System x3850 X5
OPM
Dell PowerEdge R815
IBM System x3850 X5
Virtual machine 15
9,395
8,592
Virtual machine 16
6,142
7,775
Virtual machine 17
9,529
8,980
Virtual machine 18
9,292
9,437
Virtual machine 19
9,142
9,015
Virtual machine 20
8,997
8,184
Virtual machine 21
8,848
9,344
Virtual machine 22
9,288
8,970
Virtual machine 23
9,233
9,187
Virtual machine 24
6,223
8,021
Virtual machine 25
9,303
8,962
Virtual machine 26
9,501
9,760
Virtual machine 27
8,935
9,737
Virtual machine 28
8,790
8,149
Virtual machine 29
8,819
9,432
Virtual machine 30
9,311
9,977
Virtual machine 31
9,368
9,611
Virtual machine 32
5,844
8,078
Virtual machine 33
9,250
8,614
Virtual machine 34
9,464
8,656
Virtual machine 35
8,821
8,630
Virtual machine 36
8,819
7,718
Virtual machine 37
8,750
8,414
Virtual machine 38
9,009
8,773
Virtual machine 39
9,215
8,966
Virtual machine 40
7,947
7,895
Virtual machine 41
9,367
9,347
Virtual machine 42
9,101
8,399
Virtual machine 43
8,963
8,654
Virtual machine 44
8,477
6,805
Virtual machine 45
8,459
8,302
Virtual machine 46
8,801
7,882
Virtual machine 47
8,908
7,814
Virtual machine 48
5,496
6,101
Total OPM
418,103
411,224
Figure 4: OPM from the median run for each virtual machine for the test servers. Higher numbers are better.
To make our price-performance comparison, we gathered retail pricing data from the Dell and IBM
Web sites as of July 30, 2010. The Dell PowerEdge R815 cost $25,953, while the IBM System x3850 X5 cost