Appendix a – test server information – Dell POWEREDGE DL385 User Manual
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Appendix A – Test server information
Figure 8 presents detailed information for the test servers we used in this report.
Servers
Dell PowerEdge R710
HP ProLiant DL385 G1
General dimension information
Height (inches)
3.5
3.4
Width (inches)
17.0
17.5
Depth (inches)
27.0
26.0
U size in server rack (U)
2
2
Power supplies
Total number
2
2
Wattage of each (W)
870
575
Cooling fans
Total number
5
7
Dimensions (H x W) of each
2.5” x 2.5”
2.5” x 2.5”
Voltage (V)
12
12
Amps (A)
1.60
1.10
General processor setup
Number of processor packages
2
2
Number of cores per processor
package
4 1
Number of hardware threads
per core
2 1
System power management
policy
Balanced Always
On
CPU
Vendor Intel
AMD
Name
Xeon X5550
Opteron 254
Stepping D0
E4
Socket type
LGA1366
Socket 940
Core frequency (GHz)
2.66
2.80
L1 cache
32 KB + 32 KB (per core)
64 KB + 64 KB
L2 cache
1 MB (4 x 256 KB)
1 MB
L3 cache
1 x 8 MB
N/A
Platform
Vendor and model number
Dell PowerEdge R710
HP ProLiant DL385 G1
Motherboard model number
PWBYN967
4K0585
Motherboard revision number
X08
F01
BIOS name and version
Dell 0.2.15
HP A05
BIOS settings
Enabled Virtualization Technology
Default
Memory modules
Total RAM in system (GB)
96
4
Number of types of memory
modules
1 1
Vendor and model number
Samsung M393B1K70BH1-CF8
MT18VDDF1282Y