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Virtualized data center performance

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family is at the heart of a flexible and efficient data center that meets your diverse needs. These engineering marvels are designed to deliver the best combination of performance, energy efficiency, built-in capabilities, and cost-effectiveness. You’ll be delighted by the exceptional virtualization performance you’ll see with Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family-based servers. The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family – versatile processors at the heart of today’s data center.

Virtualized data center performance

    SPECvirt_sc*2010

Virtualized Server Consolidation Performance Using SPECvirt_sc*2010

SPECvirt_sc*2010 is SPEC's first benchmark addressing performance evaluation of data center servers used in virtualized server consolidation. SPECvirt_sc*2010 measures the end-to-end performance of all system components including the hardware, virtualization platform, and the virtualized guest operating system and application software. The benchmark supports hardware virtualization, operating system virtualization, and hardware partitioning schemes.

The benchmark utilizes several SPEC* workloads representing applications that are common targets of virtualization and server consolidation. SPEC modified each of these standard workloads to match a typical server consolidation scenario of CPU resource requirements, memory, disk I/O, and network utilization for each workload. These workloads are modified versions of SPECweb*2005, SPECjAppServer*2004, and SPECmail*2008. The client-side SPECvirt_sc*2010 harness controls the workloads. Scaling is achieved by running additional sets of virtual machines, called "tiles," until overall throughput reaches a peak. All VMs must continue to meet required quality of service (QoS) criteria.

The benchmark also includes options for measuring power consumption and power/performance relationships. Based on SPECpower methodology, power measurement requires the use one of the accepted power analyzers. The benchmarker has the option of running with power monitoring enabled and can submit results to any of three categories:

  • Performance only (SPECvirt_sc*2010)
  • Performance/power for the system under test including storage (SPECvirt_sc*2010_PPW)
  • Performance/power for the server only (SPECvirt_sc*2010_ServerPPW)

The benchmark is targeted for use by hardware vendors, virtualization software vendors, application software vendors, data center managers, and academic researchers.

SPEC* and the benchmark name SPECvirt_sc* are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.

Virtualized Server Consolidation Performance Using SPECvirt_sc*2010

Configuration Details

Best publications to http://www.spec.org as of April 20, 2012.

  Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690-Based Platform Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2690-Based Platform

System

IBM BladeCenter HS22V*

HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8*

Number of processors

2

2

Number of cores / threads

6/12 per processor

8/16 per processor

Processor rated frequency

3.46 GHz

2.9 GHz

Last level cache

12 MB

20 MB

Platform manufacturer

IBM Corporation

Hewlett Packard*

System memory

288 GB

512 GB

Link speed

6.4 GT/s QPI

8.0 GT/s QPI

Operating system

Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server release 6.0

Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2

Source

http://www.spec.org/virt_sc2010/results/res2011q1/virt_sc2010-20110209-00022-perf.html

 http://www.spec.org/virt_sc2010/results/res2012q2/virt_sc2010-20120403-00045-perf.html

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1. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.


2. Relative performance for each benchmark is calculated by taking the actual benchmark result for the first platform tested and assigning it a value of 1.0 as a baseline. Relative performance for the remaining platforms tested was calculated by dividing the actual benchmark result for the baseline platform into each of the specific benchmark results of each of the other platforms and assigning them a relative performance number that correlates with the performance improvements reported.


3. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology: See the Processor Spec Finder at http://ark.intel.com or contact your Intel representative for more information.


4. Requires a system with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 are only available on select Intel® processors. Consult your PC manufacturer. Performance varies depending on hardware, software, and system configuration. For more information, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html.


5. Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) requires a computer system with a processor supporting Intel HT Technology and an Intel HT Technology-enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. For more information including details on which processors support Intel HT Technology, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hyper-threading/hyper-threading-technology.html.


6. Intel® processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html for details.


7. Intel® products are not intended for use in medical, life saving, life sustaining, critical control or safety systems, or in nuclear facility applications. All dates and products specified are for planning purposes only and are subject to change without notice.