HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade takes world record

HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade takes world record

Designed to deliver unmatched performance and expansion in the densest four-processor server blade form-factor available, the HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade demonstrated those features with its results on the three-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark. With 34,000 SAP SD Benchmark users, the ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade earned the titles of #1 four-processor server for the three-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark.

The benchmarks were performed by HP’s SAP Engineering lab in Houston, TX. HP completed the testing with a 100% BladeSystem solution across all three tiers in a configuration available from HP today. HP received certification from SAP AG for the ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade (2008003) on February 26, 2008. The servers were running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 operating system, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 database, and the SAP ERP 6.0 application. The sixteen servers were configured with 16 x 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 7340 processors (4 processors/16 cores/16 threads), with 2 x 4MB L2 cache per 2 cores and 16×4GB DIMMS (64GB total main memory). The Xeon 7300 series include the first Quad-Core processors from Intel designed to be used in servers with four or more processors. The ProLiant BL680c G5 utilized an Onboard Smart Array P400i Controller with 512MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC) attached to 2 x 72GB 15K SAS Drives and 3 x QLogic HBAs with each attached to 1 x MSA1000 (3 total) with 2 x MSA30 (6 total) each with 14 x 72GB 15K SCSI Drives (126 total), and 3 x HP BladeSystem c7000 rack enclosures.

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How to install Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant c-Class server blades

How to install Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant c-Class server blades

Microsoft® Hyper-V (formerly Viridian), is a hypervisor-based virtualization technology that is a key feature of Windows® Server 2008. Hyper-V serves to help customers consolidate server hardware, improve server utilization, increase server automation, and enhance system portability. Additionally, Hyper-V reduces hardware costs and power consumption. This document describes, step-by-step, how to manually install Hyper-V on HP ProLiant c-Class server blades. Detailed instructions on how to install Windows Server 2008 are not included in this document.

Target audience: Customers with Windows Server 2008 who need a quick and easy guide to install Hyper-V on ProLiant c-Class server blades.

System requirements
Hardware requirements
The test environment is based on HP ProLiant c-Class server blades, and includes:
• Test blades: BL460c, BL465c, BL480c, BL680c, BL685c.
• Recommended server configuration for best performance should be dual-core or quad-core processors, 4 GB memory or greater and 70GB free disk space
• HP BladeSystem c-Class c3000 or c7000 enclosures
• Dongles and USB 2.0 DVD drive

Note
Microsoft Hyper-V installation is not limited to c-Class server blades. HP ProLiant servers with x64 Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) or AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) hardware assisted virtualization also support Hyper-V

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IBM x3755 AMD Opteron Server CPU Performance and Xcelerated Memory

IBM x3755 AMD Opteron Server CPU Performance and Xcelerated Memory

The IBM System x3755 out performed the HP DL585 G2 by 10.4% using SPECjbb2005 with identical CPU and Memory configurations. This exemplifies the Xcelerated Memory Technology™ and its ability to deliver a performance advantage.

The IBM System x3755 when configured with three processors and IBM’s CPU Pass Thru card out performed the HP DL585 G2 configured with four processors by 27.7%. This illustrates the System x3755 CPU utilization advantage

The IBM CPU Pass Thru card provides a solution for potential savings with ISVs who have a licensing fee structure based on CPUs. The x3755 with Pass Thru card would provide equal or better system performance for a lower software licensing fee.

The test environment consisted of IBM System x3755 and HP DL585G2 server. Both servers ran Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition SP1. The IBM System x3755 specifications included 4 dual-core AMD Opteron 2.8GHz processors, 32GB(DDR2 PC5300) RAM, and a 273GB SAS hard drive. The HP DL585 G2 specifications included 4 dual-core AMD Opteron 2.8GHz processors, 32GB (DDR2 PC5300) RAM, and a 204GB SAS hard drive. Due to the nature of the benchmark tool utilized, hard drive size was not a determining factor in performance. Additional description and details can be found in Appendix A. SPECjbb2005 was installed on both servers. SPECjbb2005 is a benchmark for evaluating the performance of servers running typical Java business applications. The same test methodology and configurations of SPECjbb2005 were executed on both servers, and scores from SPECjbb2005 were used to compare IBM CPU Pass Thru card and Xcelerated Memory Technology™ memory performance.

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Server Sensor Version 7.0 for HP-UX Advanced Tuning Parameters Reference Document

Server Sensor Version 7.0 for HP-UX Advanced Tuning Parameters Reference Document

The server sensor version 7.0 software supports advanced tuning parameters. Advanced tuning parameters allow you to configure (or tune) the server sensor to better meet your security needs or to enhance the performance of your hardware.
Name/value pairs
Tuning parameters are composed of name/value pairs.
Using tuning parameters
You can use tuning parameters to configure predefined name/value pairs.

Windows used for tuning parameters
You can configure tuning parameters using the following windows:
• Policy Editor window
• Sensor Properties window

Policy Editor window
When you configure tuning parameters in the Policy Editor window, the parameters apply to the policy file you have open. You must save any setting changes and then apply the policy to a server sensor for the changes to take effect.

Because you can apply the policy to as many server sensors as you want, you can use the Policy Editor window to make global configurations. You should, however, ensure that the changes you have made are appropriate for all of the sensors you apply the policy to.

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