Virtualized database comparison: Dell PowerEdge R710 vs. HP ProLiant DL380 G6 We compared the database performance and hardware cost of two servers in similar common enterprise configurations running eight virtual machines.
Virtualized Exchange comparison: Dell PowerEdge R710 vs. HP ProLiant DL380 G6 We used LoadGen to compare the virtualized Microsoft Exchange performance two servers in similar common enterprise configurations.
Migrating legacy physical servers to Hyper-V virtual machines on Dell PowerEdge M610 blade servers featuring the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 seriesSummarizes and then details the tested and validated approach that PT recommends for this migration.
Migrating legacy physical servers to VMware vSphere virtual machines on Dell PowerEdge M610 blade servers featuring the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 seriesSummarizes and then details the tested and validated approach that PT recommends for this migration.
Exchange comparison: Dell PowerEdge R710 vs. HP ProLiant DL380 G6 We tested nearly identical server configurations with internal storage only, running Microsoft Exchange Load Generator (LoadGen) to determine the average throughput of each system in messages per second.
Database comparison: Dell PowerEdge R710 vs. HP ProLiant DL380 G6 We compared the database performance, hardware cost, and power utilization of two servers in similar common enterprise configurations.
SPECjbb2005 performance and price of the Dell PowerEdge R710 and HP ProLiant DL380 G6We measured real-world price and performance differences of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 server and HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server using SPECjbb®2005.
Tests of servers using Intel’s new X5570 processor Intel commissioned PT to conduct a series of tests of servers with their Xeon processor X5570 vs. servers with other Intel and AMD processors shipping at the time of the tests.
SQL Server consolidation: Replacing eight legacy servers with one Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server We determine how many HP ProLiant DL380 G4 legacy servers running SQL Server we could replace with one Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server using VMware vSphere 4.
SQL Server performance comparison: Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server vs. HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server Blade We compare the SQL Server 2008 performance of the following blade servers using VMware vSphere 4: Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server and HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server Blade.
SQL Server performance comparison: Cisco UCS B250 M1 Extended Memory Blade Server vs. HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server Blade and HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server Blade We compare the SQL Server 2008 performance of the following blade servers using VMware vSphere 4: Cisco UCS B250 M1 Extended Memory Blade Server, HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server Blade, and HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server Blade.
Exchange performance comparison: Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server vs. HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server Blade We compare the Microsoft Exchange performance of the following two blade servers using VMware vSphere 4: Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server and HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server Blade.
Exchange consolidation: Replacing eight legacy servers with one Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server We determine how many HP ProLiant DL380 G4 legacy servers running Microsoft Exchange we could replace with one Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server using VMware vSphere™ 4 (vSphere).
Real-world server consolidation: 35 HP ProLiant DL385 servers onto 5 Dell PowerEdge M610 blade servers with VMware vSphere We consolidated 35 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto 5 Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 blade server and storage solutions.
Real-world server consolidation: 35 HP ProLiant DL385 servers onto 5 Dell PowerEdge M610 blade servers running Hyper-V We consolidated 35 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto 5 Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 blade server and storage solutions.
Initial investment payback analysis: Dell PowerEdge R710 solution with VMware ESX vs. Dell PowerEdge 2850 solution We estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 server and storage solutions onto a Dell PowerEdge R710 server and storage solution using VMware ESX. Full report and summary.
Initial investment payback analysis: Dell PowerEdge R710 solution with VMware ESX vs. HP ProLiant DL385 solution We estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 server and storage solution using VMware ESX. Full report and summary.
Dell PowerEdge R710 solution vs. HP ProLiant DL385 solutionWe estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 server and storage solution. Full report and summary.
Dell PowerEdge R710 solution vs. Dell PowerEdge 2850 solution We estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 server and storage solutions onto a Dell PowerEdge R710 server and storage solution. Full report and summary.
Dell PowerEdge R710 solution with Hyper-V vs. HP ProLiant DL385 solution We estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 server and storage solution using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™ technology (Hyper-V). Full report and summary.
Initial investment payback analysis: Dell PowerEdge R710 solution with Hyper-V vs. Dell PowerEdge 2850 solution We estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 server and storage solutions onto a Dell PowerEdge R710 server and storage solution using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™ technology (Hyper-V). Full report and summary..
A performance comparison of current and previous-generation Dell Optiplex desktop systems We ran a set of tests to compare Windows performance and system responsiveness on a mix of current- and previous-generation Intel-processor based Dell OptiPlex desktop systems.
A performance comparison of current and previous-generation Dell Precision desktop workstation systems We compared the performance of two current and one previous-generation Intel® processor-based Dell™ Precision™ desktop workstation system.
A performance comparison of current and previous generation Dell OptiPlex desktop systems We tested the system performance, application responsiveness, and system responsiveness of a current and previous generation Dell™ OptiPlex™ desktop systems.
A performance comparison of two current Dell Precision notebook systems vs. previous-generation Dell notebook and desktop systems We tested performance, battery life, and application responsiveness of a Dell Precision M4400 notebook, a Dell Precision M6500 notebook, a previous-generation Dell notebook system, and a previous-generation Dell desktop system.
A performance comparison of a current Dell Precision M4400 notebook system vs. previous-generation Dell notebook and desktop systems We tested performance, battery life, and application responsiveness of a current Dell Precision M4400 notebook system, a previous-generation Dell notebook system, and a previous-generation Dell desktop system.
A feature and performance analysis of the Intel vPro technology-based Dell Latitude E6400 notebook system running Windows 7 We tested the Dell Latitude E6400 notebook system and several comparison systems, focusing on the following Intel vPro technology features: Windows Virtual PC RC (Windows XP Mode), BranchCache, DirectAccess, and Remote upgrade.
A performance comparison of a current Netbook and previous generation Dell Latitude notebook systems We tested the battery life, and system responsiveness of a current Netbook and previous generation Dell™ Latitude™ notebook systems.
Battery life performance ratings of the Acer Aspire One D250-Windows XP Home Edition and Acer Aspire One D250-Windows 7 Starter Edition Netbook systems We ran BAPCo’s MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 battery life benchmark test on two models of the Acer Aspire One D250.
A performance comparison of current and previous generation Dell Latitude notebook systems We tested the system performance, battery life, application responsiveness, and system responsiveness of a mix of current and previous generation Dell™ Latitude™ notebook systems.
Battery life performance ratings of the Acer Aspire Timeline 4810TZ notebook system We ran BAPCo’s MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 battery life benchmark test on the Acer Aspire Timeline 4810TZ.
Battery life performance ratings of two Acer Aspire Timeline 13.3” notebook systems We ran BAPCo’s MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 battery life benchmark test on the Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T and the Acer Aspire Timeline 3810TZ.
Battery life performance ratings of the Acer Aspire Timeline 5810TZ notebook system We ran BAPCo’s MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 battery life benchmark test on the Acer Aspire Timeline 5810TZ.
Java density performance comparison: Red Hat Kernel Virtual Machine with KSM vs. Microsoft Hyper-V on the Dell PowerEdge R710 solution We compared virtualized Java workload density performance of Red Hat KVM technology using Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V™ technology (Hyper-V) running on the same server-and-storage solution.
Virtualized database hypervisor scaling report: Red Hat Kernel Virtual Machine running on the Dell PowerEdge R710 solution We analyzed the scalability of virtualized online transaction processing (OLTP) performance of the Red Hat® Kernel Virtual Machine® (KVM) hypervisor technology.
Dell PowerVault DL2100 with CommVault Simpana 8.0 remote office/branch office data replication and deduplication analysis We tested remote office/branch office data protection schemes using the Dell PowerVault DL2100 powered by the CommVault backup appliance.
Performance and power comparison of 12 3.5-inch desktop-class hard disk drives We tested four groups of hard disk drives: 500GB drives, 1TB green or low-power drives, 2TB green or low-power drives, and 2TB high-performance drives.
Dell 6Gbps vs. HP 6Gbps RAID controller performance comparisonWe compared the performance of the 6Gbps Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H800 and H700 against the 6Gbps HP Smart Array Controller P411 and P410i using both external drive arrays and internal hard disk drives.
Dell 6Gbps vs. 3Gbps RAID controller performance comparisonWe compared the performance of the 6Gbps Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H800 and H700 against the 3Gbps Dell PERC 6/E and 6/i using internal hard disk drives, internal solid state drives, and Dell PowerVault MD1120 and MD1220 external drive arrays.
Dell PowerVault MD3000i high-availability testing on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V
We tested whether the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i iSCSI storage array in a high-availability configuration could support small (200-user) and medium (500-user) organizations running virtualized workloads while in both an optimized and degraded system state.
Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV performance with varying user counts running a combined database, email, and file server workload We determined how many users a Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV storage array can support for small- and medium-business activity involving multiple simultaneous common workloads..
File server performance comparison of three Dell PowerVault NX3000 configurations using Microsoft’s File Server Capacity Tool We compared the performance and the maximum number of supported users of three Dell PowerVault NX3000 unified network storage solution configurations providing file services.
Migrating Exchange Server 2003 to highly available Exchange Server 2010 on Dell PowerEdge R510 servers with capacity Near Line SAS drives Shows the best practices and benefits of this migration.
Exchange 2010 migration: Legacy HP ProLiant DL385 to Dell PowerEdge R510 We examine the benefits of migrating a legacy Exchange 2003 infrastructure to Exchange 2010.
M610 vs. HP BL460c: Full enclosure SPECpower_ssj2008 testing We used the SPECpower_ssj2008 test tool to compare the performance per watt per dollar of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 blade server solution and the HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server solution.
SMB Workload performance testing: PowerEdge T110 vs. an older small business desktop running typical small business server and client applications We compared the SMB workload performance of the current Dell™ PowerEdge™ T110 server and the older HP Compaq dc5700 Microtower PC system.
SMB workload performance comparison: AMD processor-based Dell PowerEdge T105 vs. Intel-based Dell Vostro 220 Mini Tower We measured the small-business workload performance of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T105 server against that of the Dell™ Vostro™ 220 Mini Tower desktop system.
Performance of three Intel-based SMB servers running Web, email, and database applicationsWe compared the performance on a mixed workload of small- and medium-sized business servers with the following processors: Intel Xeon X3430, Intel Xeon X3450, and Intel Xeon X3470.
Performance of four Intel-based SMB servers running Web, email, and database applications We compared the performance of servers with the following processors: Intel Core 2 Quad Desktop Processor Q8400, Intel Xeon Processor X3220, Intel Xeon Processor X3380, and Intel Xeon Processor X3450. We used WebBench to simulate Web traffic, LoadGen to simulate email activity, and DVD Store to simulate database activity.
Time comparison for OS deployment: Dell Unified Server Configurator version 1.1 vs. HP SmartStart version 8.25 x 64 We compared the operating system deployment times of the following system management applications: Dell™ Unified Server Configurator version1.1 and HP SmartStart version 8.25 x64.
Using the Dell Management Console and additional Symantec solutions to manage servers in Dell-only and heterogemeous environments We examine the capabilities of the Dell™ Management Console version 1.0 and the expanded capabilities of the Dell Management Console in combination with the Altiris™ Management Suite version 7 in a Dell™ PowerEdge™ environment and in a multi-vendor environment.
PT is working with Dell to create a series of Deployment Guides outlining our recommended approach for implementing a tested and validated solution for SQL Server in a variety of environments. PT is performing hands-on testing and research and drawing on real-world experiences to document best practices and help systems administrators and database administrators simplify operations and take full advantage of the software’s features.
Consolidation via Microsoft's Hyper-V
Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge R610 servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V
Consolidating SQL Server 2000 databases onto Dell PowerEdge R610 using Microsoft’s Hyper-V
Consolidating SQL Server 2000 onto Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 using Microsoft’s Hyper-V
Consolidating SQL Server 2005 onto Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 using Microsoft’s Hyper-V
Consolidating SQL Server 2008 onto Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 using Microsoft’s Hyper-V
Consolidation via multiple SQL Server instances
Consolidating SQL Server databases from Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers to a Dell PowerEdge 2950 server
Consolidating SQL Server databases from Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers to a Dell PowerEdge R805 server
Consolidating SQL Server databases from Dell PowerEdge 6650 servers to a Dell PowerEdge R900 server
Consolidating SQL Server databases from Dell PowerEdge 6650 servers to a Dell PowerEdge R905 server
Migration
Deployment
Deployment Guide: SQL Server 2005 x64 on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 on Dell PowerEdge 2970
Deployment Guide: SQL Server 2008 x64 on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 on Dell PowerEdge 2950