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HP continues to upgrade existing HP ProLiant servers and introduce new servers to meet particular
business needs. To help customers select the appropriate server for their particular HP SBC
environment, HP publishes this and other performance characterizations so that you can compare
individual server performance and scalability.
This section describes how HP determined the optimal number of users supported by an HP ProLiant
BL685c G5 server blade with the Opteron Processor Model 8356 (2.3 GHz) – henceforth referred to
as the HP ProLiant BL685c G5 server blade – in a 64-bit test harness.
Important:
As with any laboratory testing, the performance metrics quoted in this
paper are idealized. In a production environment, these metrics may be
impacted by a variety of factors.
HP recommends proof-of-concept testing in a non-production environment
using the actual target application as a matter of best practice for all
application deployments. Testing the actual target application in a
test/staging environment identical to, but isolated from, the production
environment is the most effective way to characterize system behavior.
This section provides more information on test tools, user profiles and test scenarios.
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