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TOP RATED: HP’s ProLiant DL385 G7 with New AMD Opteron 6200 Processors

by kristenreyes on 12-14-2011 10:18 PM - last edited on 12-15-2011 03:28 PM

Guest blog written by Barry Brooks, HP Product Marketing Manager, ISS

 

DL385 G7.jpgWith the recent AMD Opteron 6200 processor refresh, the HP ProLiant DL385 G7 server delivers a new “first” that further solidifies its leadership in the two-processor 2U AMD rack space.

 

Taking the #1 spot in the two-processor TPC-C performance benchmark*, a test that simulates an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) database environment by measuring the performance of a system when it’s tasked with processing numerous short business transactions concurrently, an HP ProLiant DL385 G7 populated with AMD’s Opteron 6282SE processors, achieved 1,207,982 tpmC (denoting the average number of new-order transactions that the system processed per minute over a minimum of a two hour period) at USD $0.89/tpmC  - passing IBM’s best POWER7-based two-processor server and far exceeding the results achieved with prior Opteron 6100 series processors.

 

Similar database performance improvements were seen on the HP ProLiant DL385 G7 from the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution standard application benchmark** that mimics a sell-from-stock scenario from the creation of a customer order to the corresponding delivery with subsequent goods movement and invoicing. The AMD Opteron 6200 test results yielded a 32% improvement over prior Opteron 6100 results and even beat similar results from Intel’s Xeon 5600 processor series.

 

Whatever your database need, these results should assure you that the HP ProLiant DL385 G7, coupled with AMD’s Opteron 6200 processors, can deliver the power you need for today’s extreme workloads as well as the headroom for growth you’ll require tomorrow.

 

If you’d like to learn more about how HP’s Opteron-based ProLiant servers can help meet your business needs, click here and visit to the HP/AMD Microsite for the most up-to-date information about the HP ProLiant AMD portfolio of products.

 

 

* “HP ProLiant DL385 G7 with AMD Opteron™ 6282 SE processors a performance record setter!”, www.hp.com/servers/benchmarks

 

** “HP ProLiant two-processor servers take a giant performance scalability leap”, www.hp.com/servers/benchmarks

 

HP ProLiant DL385 G7: 5,805 SAP SD benchmark users and 31,720 SAPS on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark. 2.60GHz AMD Opteron 6282 SE Processor,. (2 processors/32 cores/32 threads). Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x64 operating system, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 database,,SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0. Certification No. 2011045. Benchmark results as of 11-14-11. For more information visit: www.sap.com/benchmark. SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and several other countries.

 

TPC-C publication on HP ProLiant DL385 G7: 1,207,982tpmc @ USD$0.95/tpmC. System. 2.60GHz AMD Opteron 6282 SE Processor (2 processors/32 cores/32 threads), 512GB main memory. Availability is May14, 2012. Benchmark results as of November 14, 2011. Please see http://www.tpc.org for up-to-date information.

TPC-C is a trademark of the Transaction Processing Performance Council.

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by Daniel Bowers(anon) on 12-16-2011 04:36 AM
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Barry,

I'm glad to see Bulldozer available, and congrats on the excellent TPC-C and SAP SD 2-Tier results. 

 

Also, thank you to you & team for publishing other standard benchmarks on the DL385 G7 with the Opteron 6200.  I also see you've published TPC-E, SPECjbb2005, SPECvirt_sc2010, and lots of SPEC CPU2006 rate results on the server.  Posting plenty of results like this -- right at product launch -- helps paint a clear picture of capability.

 

You should call out the SPECvirt results here.  Awesome to see the first Opteron system with a SPECvirt result (and a result that edges over the 2-socket Xeon 5600 results).

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by Product Marketing(anon) on 12-16-2011 01:36 PM
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Similar database performance improvements were seen on the HP ProLiant DL385 G7 from the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution standard application benchmark** that mimics a sell-from-stock scenario from the creation of a customer order to the corresponding delivery with subsequent goods movement and invoicing. The AMD Opteron 6200 test results yielded a 32% improvement over prior Opteron 6100 results and even beat similar results from Intel’s Xeon 5600 processor series.

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by Ed Guldner(anon) on 01-09-2012 10:16 PM
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Hi David

 

We know several companies that have mixed ESX environments.  If there are specific answers you are looking for, feel free to ask or give me a call 800-488-2587 or shoot a email ed.guldner@glcomp.com. 

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