“Cash for Clunkers” is arguably one of the hottest government-funded programs in history. Through this program, old, energy-inefficient gas guzzlers are being replaced by newer, greener vehicles.
Like the “Cash for Clunkers” program, the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series (codenamed Nehalem-EP) enables a similar benefit for IT. Replacing older Intel servers with new servers using the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series will allow IT organizations to realize an estimated 90% reduction in annual energy OpEx, letting them recoup their CapEx within as little as eight months.
In addition to energy efficiency, the new Xeon processor 5500 systems have a significant increase in performance due to an integrated memory controller with dedicated memory and links to other processors and the I/O hub leveraging high-speed Intel QuickPath Interface (QPI) connections. When combined with other features such as PCI Express 2.0, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d), the result is a quantum improvement in performance.
When you combine these high-performance systems with new 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), you can build a platform with unparalleled price/performance.
Emulex Labs recently conducted some performance analysis, looking at performance on an Intel Xeon 5500 versus that of last year’s Intel Xeon 5300 using the Emulex LPe12000 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA). We also compared the performance to similar products from QLogic.
Highlights include:
- A 225% increase in IOPs per GHz of CPU resource for Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with Emulex LPe12000 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs
- 3.4 times the maximum IOPs for Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with Emulex LPe12000 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs
- 21% higher read IOPs and 29% higher write IOPs for Emulex LPe12002 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs when compared with QLogic’s QLE2562 8Gb/s
For the performance report, click here to download: Performance Advantages with LPe12000 and Intel Xeon 5500.
For more information on how Intel Xeon 5500 Series Platforms and Emulex 8 Gb/s HBAs perform together, visit Emulex’s Intel Xeon 5500 Series Platforms Solution site.
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