Dell POWEREDGE DL385 User Manual

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Principled Technologies, Inc.: Initial investment payback analysis: Dell PowerEdge R710
solution with VMware ESX vs. HP ProLiant DL385 solution

Servers

Dell PowerEdge R710

HP ProLiant DL385 G1

Type PC3-8500

DDR3

PC-3200

DDR

Speed (MHz)

1,066

400

Speed in the system currently
running @ (MHz)

800 400

Timing/latency (tCL-tRCD-iRP-
tRASmin)

6-6-6-18 3-3-3-8

Size (GB)

96

4

Number of RAM modules

12 x 8 GB

4 x 1 GB

Chip organization

Double-sided Double-sided

Hard disk
Vendor and model number

Seagate ST973451SS

HP BD07285A25

Number of disks in system

4

4

Size (GB)

73

72.8

Buffer size (MB)

16

8

RPM 15,000

15,000

Type SAS

SCSI

Operating system
Name

ESX Build 148592

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise

Build number

148592

3790

File system

VMFS3

NTFS

Language English

English

Network card/subsystem

Vendor and model number

Broadcom 5709c NetXtreme II

Broadcom BCM5704 NetXtreme
Gigabit Ethernet

Type Integrated Integrated
Optical drive
Vendor and model number

TEAC DV-28S-VDB

Compaq SN-124

USB ports
Number 4

3

Type 2.0

1.1

Figure 8: Detailed system configuration information for the two test servers.

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