Cloud and Virtualization: Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Cloud and Virtualization with New Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

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Data Center Performance Overview Virtualization Benchmarks Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors World Record Performance

Server virtualization is the process of using a system to run multiple workloads within a virtualized environment. Workload virtualization exists across many datacenter segments including business processing, decision support, application development, industrial research and development, web infrastructure, IT infrastructure, and collaborative workloads.

All performance measurements are accurate as of April 2, 2019.1 2

Server Consolidation with SPECvirt*_sc2013

SPECvirt_sc2013 utilizes several SPEC* workloads representing applications that are common targets of virtualization and server consolidation. These workloads are modified versions of SPECweb* 2005, SPECjAppServer* 2004, SPECmail* 2008, and SPEC CPU* 2006 that match a typical server consolidation scenario of CPU resource requirements, memory, disk I/O, and network utilization for each workload. Scaling is achieved by running additional sets of virtual machines, called "tiles", until overall throughput reaches a peak. All VMs must continue to meet the required quality of service (QoS) criteria.

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Configuration Details

System Overview 1-Node, 4 x Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8180 Processor 1-Node, 4 x Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280L Processor
System Description Lenovo* Global Technology ThinkSystem SR950 Lenovo* Global Technology ThinkSystem SR950
Processor Information Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8180 processor (2.5GHz, 38.5MB Cache) Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280L processor (2.7GHz, 38.5MB Cache)
Number of Sockets 4 4
Number of Cores / Threads 112 / 224 112 / 224
Memory Configuration
1.5TB (48 x 32 GB, 2R x4 PC4-2666 DDR4 2666MHz RDIMM)		 3 TB 
Operating System SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (kernel 4.4.114-94.11-default) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Virtual Vendor/Product SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (KVM) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (KVM)
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology Yes Yes
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Yes Yes
Benchmark Name SPECvirt*_sc2013 SPECvirt_sc2013
Benchmark Score 6388 7410
Number of VMs 357 420
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Server Consolidation with Live Migration Using VMmark* 3.1

The VMware VMmark* 3.1 benchmark incorporates popular workloads from multi-tier application categories most commonly represented in customer data centers and measure the performance of multi-host virtual environments. VMmark 3.1 is a virtualization benchmark that compares different virtualization and hardware platforms, consists of multiple hosts, and offers multi-tier workloads, and infrastructure operations. It features a tile-based scheme for measuring the scalability of 19 VMs concurrently executing diverse workloads and provides a consistent methodology that captures both the overall scalability and individual application performance. Results available include performance, server power, and server and storage power.

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Configuration Details

System Overview 2-Nodes, 4 x Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8180 Processor 2-Nodes, 4 x Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280 Processor
System Description HPE Synergy* 480 Gen10 Fujitsu* PRIMERGY RX2540 M5
Processor Information Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8180 processor (2.5GHz, 38.5MB Cache) Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280 processor (2.7GHz, 38.5MB Cache)
Number of Sockets 4 4
Number of Cores / Threads 112 / 224 112 / 224
Memory Configuration 768GB (24 x 32GB 2Rx4 DDR4 2666MHz RDIMM) 768GB (24 x 32GB 2Rx4 DDR4 2666MHz RDIMM)
Vmware vCenter Server VMware vCenter* Server 6.7 build 8217866/04-17-2018 VMware vCenter* Server 6.7 build 8217866/04-17-2018
Virtualization Platform VMware ESXi* 6.5 U2 Build 8294253 VMware ESXi* 6.7 EP 06
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology Yes Yes
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Yes Yes
Benchmark Name VMware VMmark* Version 3.0 VMware VMmark* Version 3.1
Benchmark Score 7.93 9.02
Number of Tiles 8 9
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Product and Performance Information

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Performance results are based on testing as of the dates shown in configurations and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

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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. For more information go to www.intel.co.uk/benchmarks.