HP (Hewlett-Packard) BL35P Server User Manual


 
Scalability and performance of HP ProLiant BL35p server
blades with AMD Opteron Model 250 (2.4 GHz/1 MB)
processors in an HP SBC environment
Executive summary............................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 3
This performance brief...................................................................................................................... 3
Overview............................................................................................................................................ 4
Benefits........................................................................................................................................... 4
Ideal environment ............................................................................................................................ 5
Features.......................................................................................................................................... 5
Performance testing.............................................................................................................................. 6
Test tools and scripts......................................................................................................................... 6
Tools........................................................................................................................................... 6
More information on the test tools................................................................................................... 7
Test scripts................................................................................................................................... 7
Test scenarios .................................................................................................................................. 8
Monitoring processor utilization ..................................................................................................... 8
Validation using a canary script..................................................................................................... 8
Tested environment .............................................................................................................................. 9
Guidelines..................................................................................................................................... 10
Configurations............................................................................................................................... 11
System summary ............................................................................................................................ 12
Performance test results....................................................................................................................... 13
% Processor Time ........................................................................................................................... 14
Canary time .................................................................................................................................. 15
Results summary............................................................................................................................. 16
Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 16