Performance of HP ProLiant BL465c G7 with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors in 32- and 64-bit HP SBC environments
Technical white paper
Table of contents
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3
G7 technologies .............................................................................................................................. 3
Test methodology ................................................................................................................................. 4
Test tools ......................................................................................................................................... 4
User profile ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Test scenario ................................................................................................................................... 6
Test topology ................................................................................................................................... 7
Configurations ................................................................................................................................. 8
Performance test results....................................................................................................................... 10
Configured with processor Model 6174 ........................................................................................... 11
Configured with processor Model 6164 HE ...................................................................................... 14
Configured with processor Model 6136 ........................................................................................... 17
Configured with processor Model 6128 HE ...................................................................................... 20
Test analysis summary ........................................................................................................................ 22
Comparing scalability in the 32-bit environment ................................................................................ 23
Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 24
x64 platforms ................................................................................................................................ 24
Avoiding disk I/O bottlenecks ......................................................................................................... 24
Using write cache .......................................................................................................................... 24
Virtualization ................................................................................................................................. 25
Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 26
Appendix A – Using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions ........................................................ 27
Historical scalability limitations ........................................................................................................ 27
Appendix B – SBC solution sizing ........................................................................................................ 28
Online sizer tool ............................................................................................................................ 28
For more information .......................................................................................................................... 30
